MSNBC’s Joy Reid Fires Back After AOC Rejected for Top Leadership Role: Democratic Party Run like a ‘Gerontocracy’ of Elites

Far-left MSNBC host Joy Reid has blasted the Democratic Party after radical Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was rejected for a top leadership position in the House.

Reid argues that the rejection is an effort by the “gerontocracy” of Democrat elites to hold younger and rising stars back in favor of older and longer-serving members.

However, redi refused to accept that Ocasio-Cortez is simply unqualified to serve as the ranking member of the powerful House Oversight Committee.

“[The] gerontocracy seems like it’s intractable,” Reid said. “I recall when Barack Obama was elected, he kind of pushed aside the DNC and created his own organization because I think there is a frustration with the sort of creaky way the DNC operates.”

The debate over age and mental fitness has become increasingly divisive in the Democratic Party. […]

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