Earlier this week, Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), has now reportredly made the announcement that he intends to run against Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the former Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“I’ve got some news: I’ve decided to run against Nancy Pelosi to represent San Francisco in Congress. I know some of you might be surprised that Speaker Emeritus Pelosi is running again, but she is — for her 21st term!” he announced on social media.
“Watching Trump and Elon freely unleash chaos in their illegal seizure of government, it’s become clear to me that the Democratic Party needs new leadership. I don’t understand how DC’s Democratic leaders are so paralyzed and unprepared for this moment after living through President Trump’s first term — and after Trump and Elon warned us exactly what they planned to do.” he added.
“I respect what Nancy Pelosi has accomplished in her career, but we are living in a totally different America than the one she knew when she entered politics 45 years ago. In an interview with Ezra Klein after Trump’s victory, Pelosi said the Democrats don’t need to change. I disagree. When Democrats were about to appoint their star communicator — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — to chair the powerful Oversight committee to hold Trump and his cronies accountable, Pelosi personally intervened to block it.” Chakrabarti continued.
“When Nancy Pelosi was first elected to Congress, you could buy a home on a single income. A summer job could pay for college. Republicans believed in climate change and respected election results. Now, the things that defined the American Dream — being able to afford health care, education, a home, and raise a family — are impossible for most people. And the Republican Party is overtly conspiratorial and anti-democracy. The Democratic Party needs to stop acting like it’s competing against a normal political party that plays by the rules, and it needs a bold vision for how to raise living standards, quality of life and security for all Americans. America is stuck, and Americans want real solutions that are as big as the problems we face.” he concluded.
Together with Cenk Uygur, who was also a co-creator of The Young Turks, political journalist Kyle Kulinski, and Zack Exley, who was a senior adviser to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, Chakrabarti was one of the co-founders of the progressive political political action committee (PAC) Justice Democrats in 2017.
After Ocasio-Cortez won her election for Congress in New York, Chakrabarti was hired as her chief of staff. Chakrabarti was the campaign manager for Ocasio-Cortez, and the Justice Democrats were the ones who put her up as a candidate for Congress.
In 2019, Chakrabarti tendered his resignation from his position as chief of staff.
Since the year 1987, Pelosi has been a member of Congress. Chakrabarti, who is now 39 years old, was younger than two years old when Pelosi was first elected to represent California in the United States House of Representatives.
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