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Forty-seven-year-old Garcia, who is only on his second term in Congress, defeated Representative Stephen Lynch, one of the most senior Democrats on the committee, in a 150–63 secret-ballot vote. 

Lynch, 70, had previously served as the ranking member when former Representative Gerry Connolly took a leave of absence in April. Connolly’s passing last month allowed Republicans in Congress to passDonald Trump’s gargantuan spending bill, undermining a Democratic agenda and summoning broad scrutiny on the liberal party’s efficacy and reluctance to elevate younger voices. Notably Connolly, whose condition was publicly known, was chosen over the much younger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

Earlier this year, the Trump administration targeted Garcia for his opposition to the Department of Government Efficiency’s corporate-style takeover of the federal government. 

“What the American public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy,” Garcia said in February. Shortly afterward, he received a letter from Washington’s district attorney as if he’d made a threat on Elon Musk’s life.

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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

He's an aipac dem. He's been cosy with lobbyists since he started on the City council. Don't keep your hopes up.

[–] massacre@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

At this stage, he could have his mouth fully surrounding the aipac flag & who cares? Israel is a single issue vote and it's pretty fucking clear that both Dems and Republicans are going this path. The difference being I don't believe the dems want to glass Gaza, turn it into a resort, or start WWIII with Iran, so we'll still call it degrees of difference

We have much MUCH bigger problems at home with a theocratic fascist dictatorship firmly planted in the white house, both houses and the supreme court. They have already rapidly removed all but yes men from military leadership, Homeland, FBI, Justic, CIA, National Security, etc. and dismantled virtually all checks and balances while pivoting into Gestapo tactics at ICE, ignoring the rule of law, and pissed on Posse Comitatus by sending marines into LA. Oh, and they have arrested prominent democrat politicians. We won't even get into the privacy erosion with DOGE, the Billionaire handouts, Tarriff graft with insiders, and general fuckery with our supposed allies (Canada, Greenland, Ukraine, Europe & NATO). The US is well and truly cooked.

But yah.... let's focus on Aipac lobbying while our system of government is fighting for survival.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, booooo Democrats, I got it.