GEOFF BENNETT: I want to ask you about some internal Democratic Party politics. Namely, that New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez today lost her bid to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. And this is at a time when Democrats- there’s an appetite for fresh faces, especially in Congress leading some of these committees. Bring us up to speed.
LISA DESJARDINS: That was a big part of her pitch. She is now going to be a four- a fourth-term congresswoman, she’s not new to The Hill anymore. Ocasio-Cortez has talked about that race. First of all, she pitched that new generation. She said, “I am one of the top fundraisers. Seniority is not- should not just be the way that people gain traction here. It should be the people who are strongest and able to voice things for the working class.” But she lost to Gerry Connolly, a Virginia congressman who among other things, has important ties to Washington, D.C., which ia part of the Oversight Committee’s job.
