Nancy Pelosi Gets a Surprising New Primary Challenger

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Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's former chief of staff, thinks the Democrats need a bolder vision.

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Nancy Pelosi Gets a Surprising New Primary Challenger

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Nancy you are 84, go home play with your grandkids or great grandkids, why are you running again?
- And lets be honest you know she's not a cool grandma.
  I bet she's mean and her grandkids are a little bit scared of her, you know the kind I mean.
I hope Chakrabarti sends the old bag packen.
“I’ve got some news: I’ve decided to run against Nancy Pelosi to represent San Francisco in Congress. I know some of you might be surprised that Speaker Emeritus Pelosi is running again, but she is—for her 21st term!” Chakrabarti’s post read.
I fucking hate boomers in political office. They refuse to let go of the reins. They want to hold on until death. Selfish.
I saw a video last year asking people in the UK about USA politics and someone commented how old our leaders are.
- Pelosi is actually older than Boomers. She's 6 years too old to be a Boomer.
  She was born in 1940.
  Fuck fuck's sake. We need age limits for every government position.
  
  Now I hate her even more.
  
  Silent generation, then. Isn't it about time they shut the fuck up?
Critical for the center-left. If Dems in SFO can't get it together and admit pelosi's worth is more as a stock portfolio to copy and less for any good she can do politically, it's a sign of how much worse it has to get before the broader center left awakes.
Socially liberal but economically SFO pretty center leaning hard right in tech now. Hope primaries destroy her and force democratic party bloodbath long since needed.
- wealthy people aint gonna vote against their own interests. Chicaoland and NYC have the same types of politicians because they're full of rich fucks. They jusy pay lip service to black folks, unions, and virtue signalling to get the votes.
- Be a pretty good litmus test for the party. I mean if the Democratic party can't jettison this woman of all people then they're beyond hope and there's no reason any of us should be voting for them anymore. Imperative we have to start our own party at that point.
  
  That moment has long passed, it's more "how many and how early will Dems see the light and start supporting new 3rd party candidates?"

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