old tweet that aoc s chief of staff had put out and, you know, trying to say that he was targeting native american women or something like that. it s been brewing for a long time. i m looking at the daily news cover right now. people are not afraid to go after aoc because she is crossing nancy pelosi who has been leading the democratic caucus for a while now. a lot of people are saying this is a generational divide. pelosi doesn t know how to deal with them. she hasn t experienced someone like this before coming at her in this way. it will be difficult to manage and it s not going to subside anytime soon. does four members of a squad a caucus make? do we im bu those four with more power and influence than they might have? is this overblown, i guess, is what i m asking you? they re not the freedom caucus. it s not overblown. it s not overblown.
monday. now to alexandria ocasio-cortez responding to reporters after making comments insinuating that the house speaker nancy pelosi may have racist animus to democratic progressives. take a listen. it s stupidly untrue, she said. she is a principal in a clash between moderate democrats and progressives in the house of representatives. a standoff between house speaker nancy pelosi in a group called the squad which includes aoc. that tweet seemed to widen the gap between the two lawmakers. according to aoc, speaker pelosi had been disrespectful, singling out newly elected women of color in the day since other lawmakers and the president have come to the house speaker s defense,
maybe i m now i m going to get it all on twitter. talk to me, don t do this to me on twitter, what is the quality of that dialogue? then maybe the house democrats an account that every single tweet has to be approved by her office shouldn t be attacking aoc staffers on a friday night. this strategy seems very counterproductive, seems to only be drawing more attention to the situation at hand. and i also think it s, first of all, the squad s influence is unparalleled. secondly, nancy pelosi not too long ago was in a is he similar position where she was struggling to be taken seriously. she was under attack by her gender by everyone in her party. i don t quite understand why she s treating younger women in this manner. history with some rhyme. thank you so much, my panelists. coming up at the top of the hour, joy read has more on the