Connolly secured his position on the pivotal Oversight Committee after leaders in the House Democratic caucus—most notably former Speaker Nancy Pelosi—backed Connolly’s bid over Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez.
While other Democratic leaders have been fumbling for a response to Trump, the administration has been in a public feud with Ocasio-Cortez. Tom Homan, Trump’s handpicked immigration czar, has even called on the Department of Justice to investigate the congresswoman after she advised migrant communities of their constitutional rights.
In contrast to Connolly’s pro-compliance message, Ocasio-Cortez recently wrote, “America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.”
We have to give the people what they want! This is what they voted for.
If democracy and majority rule were the same thing, no new democracy would ever have a second election.
Voter mandate only seems to pop up as a reasoning when it’s doing what rich people want. When is healthcare reform, VA funding, civil rights bills, or regulations to prevent another economic crash, student debt, or worker’s pay and rights, no amount of voter mandate send to register, we get a 10 year delayed bill that ultimately changes nothing.
Line 1 of pretty much every government oath out there: Uphold and defend the constitution. First and foremost. You’re not going to find “do any bidding of a newly elected regime” as part of anyone’s official duties. So the “voter mandate” is complete bullshit.