AOC gripes that Biden and old-school Democrats are limiting the Left

Published December 16, 2020 6:55pm ET



“I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the Intercept in a new interview.

The current leadership is anything but new. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 80, has labored in Democratic politics since the late 70s. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is 70 years old and won his first congressional race in 1980. Reps. Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn, the House majority leader and majority whip, respectively, are both in their early 80s and have been serving in Congress for a combined 67 years. All will maintain their roles in the next Congress.

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