SAN FRANCISCO — To much of the country, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi embodies liberal values and policies. Here in her district, there are plenty of folk who see her as something quite different: the embodiment of establishment power that only pretends to pursue progressive policies while truly pursuing personal power.

It’s a view of Pelosi held by liberal activists across the country who instead identify with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman congresswoman who came to Washington by knocking off Pelosi lieutenant Joe Crowley — who is now at lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs.