What did she have to lose? Her fortune, her family’s assets, any and all legitimacy she has. While you say she’s a lame duck, she’s still ‘respected’ by representatives in power. By making this stance clear, it’s another thing that can be used against representatives that think Pelosi and her choices have any positive impact on democrats or society - aka, it’s a cudgel people can hit AOC on the head with the next time she tries to defer to centrist dems on something.
Pelosi might be gone, but her legacy of ‘raising’ junior reps is not, and those junior reps, for ‘some’ reason keep doing her bidding even when it goes against the mandate they were elected for.
What did she have to lose? Her fortune, her family’s assets, any and all legitimacy she has. While you say she’s a lame duck, she’s still ‘respected’ by representatives in power. By making this stance clear, it’s another thing that can be used against representatives that think Pelosi and her choices have any positive impact on democrats or society - aka, it’s a cudgel people can hit AOC on the head with the next time she tries to defer to centrist dems on something.
Pelosi might be gone, but her legacy of ‘raising’ junior reps is not, and those junior reps, for ‘some’ reason keep doing her bidding even when it goes against the mandate they were elected for.
It would be nice if Pelosi just went the fuck away. She has done irreparable harm and aided facism at every turn.