US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat, New York) isnāt fazed by Congressā failure to move forward with the impeachment of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
From her perspective, Democrats have almost too many people to investigate once they gain control of Congress in January.
āThere are so many criminals in this administration, itās hard to figure out who should be, you know, the order of operations,ā Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with CNNās Manu Raju on Tuesday.
āThere are going to be many, many, many investigations,ā she added. āI imagine many subpoenas, and we have to follow wherever the evidence takes us.ā
Sheās on a tightrope.
She has a lot of people whispering in her ear to primary Schumer in 2028, and calling for someone else to be the majority leader would essentially be a declaration of intent when sheās still weighing her options between that, running for President, accepting a VeeP nomination, or maybe joining the cabinet in 2029.
Thatās not a tightrope. Those are just different ways for her to personally respond to the same problem. She could say Chuck and Hakeem suck publicly and all of those options are still on the table.
If she doesnāt persue Schumerās seat in 2028, sheād be making a powerful senator from her own state an enemy needlessly. She has no vote in the Senate leadership, and sheās not going to change the mind of anyone who does have a say in it. Her strongest allies in the Senate are already going to vote against him. What good does publicly chastising him do?
It lets her constituents and supporters know that she understands and shares their position. Thatās the whole purpose of having a representative in the first place. They are supposed to say things on your behalf, and not only when it benefits them personally. In fact, I would argue that you canāt be a good representative if you arenāt willing to do that when it doesnāt personally benefit you.