General Discussion

being just fine (he is now the Oversight Committee Ranking member after Connolly died close to two months ago), but AOC is not, despite triple the length of time in re House tenure as Garcia AND despite the fact AOC already was Vice Ranking Member on that very same Oversight Committee in the previous Congress.

You also had multiple posters here who took the 'AOC needs to wait her turn, she lacks experience' stance but then turned around and supported Jasmine Crockett (who, like Garcia, was a one-termer plus a few months) as the Ranking Member on Oversight (Crockett withdrew after finishing dead last in the preliminary House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee vote).

The fifth highest Democrat in the entire Democratic House Caucus, Joe Neguse, had LESS House tenure than AOC did (in January 2025, when AOC ran for Ranking Member on Oversight) when Neguse assumed that high overall Leadership role (Assistant Democratic Leader) in early 2024 (they both were elected in 2018).

The fourth highest Democrat in the entire Democratic House Caucus (and my House rep) Ted Lieu, only had one term more experience than AOC did when Lieu assumed that high overall Leadership role (Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus).

The third highest Democrat in the entire Democratic House Caucus, Pete Aguilar, only had one term more experience than AOC did when Aguilar assumed that high overall Leadership role (Chair of the House Democratic Caucus).

The 2nd highest Democrat (only underneath Leader Jeffries) in the entire Democratic House Caucus, Katherine Clark, only had one term and a half terms more experience than AOC did when Clark assumed that high overall Leadership role (Democratic Whip).

Clark had LESS House tenure than AOC did (in January 2025) when Clark assumed the high Leadership role of Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus in January 2019.

The highest Democrat in the entire Democratic House Caucus, Leader Jeffries, only had two terms more experience than AOC did in January 2025 (when AOC ran for Ranking Member on Oversight) when Jeffries assumed the Democratic House Leader role in January 2023.


It all adds up to situationally and selectively applied double standards in re AOC.