Democrat's Response (Connolly) To The NLRB Hacking Is Pathetic

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105. Every one of your links confirms that Connolly overwhelmingly won the the secret ballot vote

to assume the role of Democratic Ranking Member of the Oversight Committee. He obviously has the confidence of his colleagues in the whole Democratic Caucus and, in fact, had superior qualifications, having served as Vice Chair of the whole committee, Chair and Ranking Member of two of its subcommittees, and having a proven record of advancing and passing the Oversight legislation that he wrote and sponsored through both the committee and the Congress.

None of your links supports your diminution of the work that Congressman Connolly has done on the Oversight Committee since he entered Congress in 2009. "Just a member", indeed.

None of your links supports the absurd claim that a Vice Chair/Vice Ranking Member of a Democratic Committee (who is limited to a one year term) is automatically "next in line" to serve as Chair/Ranking Member of that Committee.

And of course none of your links supports the ridiculous and insulting assertion that the Democratic Caucus is guilty of passing over a more worthy and qualified woman of color for a "promotion" in favor of advancing a less qualified and less experienced white man.

Finally, Axios confirms that Speaker Emeritus Pelosi's preferred candidate for a different committee Ranking Member position lost his election, demolishing the weirdly gendered and gossipy "the deviously omnipotent Nancy Pelosi plotted and schemed against another women" narrative from the links you posted earlier.

Your narrative is wrong on the facts and disrespectful to the Democratic Caucus in general, and Nancy Pelosi, AOC, and Gerry Connolly in particular.

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You're probably right about this no longer being a matter of simple misinformation. At this point it has morphed into a disinformation storyline that some folks (who appear to have little understanding of what the work of a Committee Chair/Ranking Member actually is) insist on resurrecting from time to time.

Imagine posting an indignant "SUBPOENA DOGE NOW!" OP not knowing that in February Ranking Member Connolly strategized with colleagues and came within one vote of a most unlikely scenario of a minority party subpoenaing Musk himself over the objections of the majority committee Chair.

The OP's ire is better spent on the two Democratic members (one of whom missed the strategy session to go to a Progressive Caucus meeting and has been a friend of Musk for decades) who *inexplicably* missed the vote.

House Democrats try, and fail, to subpoena Musk - Live Updates - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/05/congress/dems-try-to-subpoena-musk-00202777

Republicans Lose Their Minds After Democrats Try to Subpoena Elon Musk

https://newrepublic.com/post/191182/house-oversight-republicans-block-democrats-subpoena-elon-musk

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And finally, who benefits from divisive disinformation concerning members of our Congressional Caucus?

Cui bono?

Not Democrats.