'Breathtakingly counter-productive': Writer says Pelosi's victory over AOC cost Dem party

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) secured a victory on Tuesday at the cost of the Democratic Party, according to a writer at The New Republic.

Pelosi, 84, reportedly helped nix Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (R-NY) bid to become ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), 74, who revealed a throat cancer diagnosis last month, defeated Ocasio-Cortez in a closed-door vote.

New Republic writer Kate Aronoff noted that Connolly joins other Democrats...