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According to a report from Punchbowl News former Speaker fo the House Nancy Pelosi is working behind the scenes to “tank” New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s efforts to serve as top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

Is Nancy trying to wrestle the party back from the far left?

From The New York Post:

Pelosi (D-Calif.), 84, would rather see Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) serve as ranking member on the high-profile panel and is “actively working to tank” AOC’s bid, according to Punchbowl News.

The former House speaker has been “making calls” urging Democrats to support Connolly, 74, over Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), 35, the outlet reported Thursday.

Pelosi has publicly backed Connolly’s candidacy, but the scope of the powerful Democrat’s lobbying campaign was previously unknown.

Connolly and Ocasio-Cortez are in a heated intra-party race to replace current Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).

The Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will meet next week and make a recommendation to the full Democratic caucus on who should be elected ranking member on the panel tasked with handling oversight of the incoming Trump administration.

Multiple outlets have reported that Ocasio-Cortez has the support of the majority of Democrats on the oversight panel.

AOC also has an unlikely fan in Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY).

“I’m a big AOC fan,” Comer told CNN on Thursday. “Obviously, I don’t agree with very much of her policy, but I think she’s a good person, I think she’s very well-spoken.”

“I tell the press when they ask about the race for ranking member, the Democrats have nowhere to go but up after having Jamie Raskin for the last four years, so, I think AOC would be great,” Comer said, before sliding in that Connolly would also “be great.”

Former CNN contributor Chris Cillizza shared a thread on X recapping the bad blood between Pelosi and AOC; “Nancy Pelosi really does not like AOC. She’s fighting to keep the New York Dem from getting the top spot on the House Oversight Committee. This is NOT a new thing. There’s six years of shade that Pelosi has thrown,” Cillizza shared.

More over at The New York Post: