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yaesu

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3. I do love how everything is coming together
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 03:13 PM
Feb 2019

I wonder why Ocasio-Cortez declined, seems like the panel would be perfect for her.

I take it no GOPee congresscritter volunteered for a spot sandensea Feb 2019 #1
I presume Kevin McCarthy will announce their appointees. George II Feb 2019 #5
Louie Gohmert and Mo Brooks among them, no doubt sandensea Feb 2019 #11
... George II Feb 2019 #13
Declined? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #2
Yes, that's odd. LisaM Feb 2019 #6
Someday we will be able to openly discuss JD and how their agenda is to harm Democrats Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #7
Probably not here zipplewrath Feb 2019 #10
Especially CERTAIN Democrats NastyRiffraff Feb 2019 #14
JD? YessirAtsaFact Feb 2019 #16
"Justice Democrats". BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #17
The keystone of her Congressional agenda was supposed to have been... George II Feb 2019 #9
She's on Oversight, so you can imagine how much she has to sift through. Qutzupalotl Feb 2019 #22
True, she clearly wasn't snubbed. It's just odd that she decided to not be a member.... George II Feb 2019 #25
Maybe she read Cillizza's hit piece headline on Pelosi supposedly throwing shade on her and threw a PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #15
Since all but one of the appointees... SixString Feb 2019 #24
I see, so if the committee is imperfect, ignore it. If the candidate is imperfect, allow the Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #26
I seriously doubt that. Are you implying the other members are only there to make money? George II Feb 2019 #28
I do love how everything is coming together yaesu Feb 2019 #3
Several possibilities zipplewrath Feb 2019 #8
yes, lots of interesting possibilities. nt yaesu Feb 2019 #12
And quite possibly she did the adult thing... Johnyawl Feb 2019 #19
I seriously doubt that - don't forget this is the committee that she demanded be created.... George II Feb 2019 #21
This was the committee that she demanded be formed by Pelosi back in November. George II Feb 2019 #18
Heard AOC interviewed by Chuck Todd this afternoon summer_in_TX Feb 2019 #34
AOC explained it shellyleit Feb 2019 #36
that makes sense, maybe she would have taken it if asked sooner but felt obligated to the yaesu Feb 2019 #37
Got that impression. summer_in_TX Feb 2019 #38
Jared Huffman is a great choice!!! cally Feb 2019 #4
Nothing against Suzanne Bonamici, but... Reader Rabbit Feb 2019 #20
With Mike Levin on the committee. rogue emissary Feb 2019 #23
Good on all the members who didn't "decline.. Cha Feb 2019 #27
this panel has no real power. It's no surprise AOC declined. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #29
Under ordinary circumstances that would make sense, but she insisted that Speaker Pelosi... George II Feb 2019 #30
the committee didn't develope as she had hoped . this sounds like created drama, Kurt V. Feb 2019 #31
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Now, when she's Speaker............... George II Feb 2019 #32
+100 Kurt V. Feb 2019 #33
Just in case not enough is done in the next few years, Cold War Spook Feb 2019 #35
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