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.”

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    17 hours ago

    This may be cynical but this just sounds like he wants to make people fall in line and adopt more Texas style right-wing politics.

    The “we have to regain their trust” line could be copy and pasted from just about every corporate non-apology in existence. This instills little hope in me for the future of the Democratic party.

    The man didn’t magically appear when you learned his name…

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Martin#Minnesota_DFL_chair

    He wins elections with progressive candidates, because that’s what increases dem turnout.

    What more do you want from a party chair?

    If he’s dirty, where’s the dirt from the time he ran a state party?

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      12 hours ago

      I didn’t say anything of his qualifications or history. I said I think his statements and future plans sound like more of the same ineffective lip service and rightward drift.

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        4 hours ago

        I said I think his statements and future plans sound like more of the same ineffective lip service and rightward drift.

        Statement

        You’re judging him on one quick answer to a question while he was campaigning and ignoring, well, literally everything else.

        And his future plans is literally the opposite of what you’re saying, because that doesn’t win elections.

        Again, you can look at his long history in Minnesota