đ˘ Rep. #GerryConnolly, the top #Democrat on the #House #Oversight & Government Reform Committee, will step down from his leadership post on the panel & will not run for reelection.
The #Virginia Democrat, whose constituency includes many #FederalWorkers, cited the return of his esophageal #cancer â first diagnosed in late 2024 â as the reason for his planned departure.
#USpol
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/28/congress/connolly-to-step-down-as-top-oversight-dem-00312360
As I mentioned in the post above, the Trump regime's war on the existence of trans people is clearly important enough to them ideologically and politically, to enact a series of punishments on the entire state of Maine, to cow their governor Janet Mills into submission. That's not just my interpretation as a trans woman, we literally just caught the acting Social Security Administration Commissioner admitting as much in writing:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/leland-dudek-resign
"The top Democrat on the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Wednesday led calls for the resignation of acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Leland Dudek following the revelation of internal emails confirming that the SSA canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback after Democratic Gov. Janet Mills publicly defied President Donald Trump in support of transgender student athletes.
The emailsâwhich were obtained by House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)âshow that Dudek ordered the cancellation of enumeration at birth and electronic death registration contracts with Maine, even though SSAd subordinates warned that such action "would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft."
Dudekâwho is leading the SSA while the Senate considers Trump's nomination of financial services executive Frank Bisignanoâreplied to the staffer: "Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child."
He was referring to Mills, who stood up to Trump in February after the president threatened to suspend federal funding for Maine unless the state banned transgender girls and women from participating on female scholastic sports teams."
I mean good on Connolly to call for Dudek's resignation, but are centrist party strategists even paying attention to what's going on here? I can't stress how degrading it is to keep having to remind powerful cis people who were happy to promote supporting trans rights as a brand eight years ago, that the fascist Trump regime's anti-trans pogrom is going to affect everyone who isn't a fascist negatively, not just trans people. But also, that's exactly what's happening, and even as we speak these same people point to opinion polling as an excuse for leaving trans people and their civil rights to the tender mercies of guys like Stephen fucking Miller.
#Fascism #TransRights #Trump #GOP #LelandDudek #Transphobia #GerryConnolly #Maine #JanetMills #Education #Patriarchy #Revenge #SocialSecurity #CivilRights #ChristianNationalism
âWeâve got a real issue here with, really, this emerging American #oligarch who hasâŚno standing: The American people didnât pick him. He didnât run for office. Nor has he been nominated. I think thatâs a huge stumbling block from the very beginning that could taint the entire process if the #Republicans arenât careful,â Rep #GerryConnolly added.
#USpol #law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #kleptocracy #technocracy
#ElonMusk has been discussed as potentially becoming a âspecial government employeeâ within the #WhiteHouse â a position that would exempt him from certain reporting & disclosure requirements of other senior ofcls.
âŠâHe starts w/enormous #ConflictsOfInterest, & they need to be absolutely addressed in terms of #transparency & #accountability,â said Rep #GerryConnolly (VA), the top #Democrat on the powerful #House #Oversight Cmte.
#USpol #technocracy #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #kleptocracy
'It is numerically possible': House Dem claims Hakeem Jeffries could win speaker vote
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rawstory.com/johnson-numerically-possible-hakeem/
The big #AOC vs. #GerryConnolly showdown over who will lead be the leader on Oversight Committee - AOC MUST WIN
AOC SHOULD WIN
â ď¸BAD CHOICE â People need to know something about the big #AOC vs. #GerryConnolly showdown over who will lead be the leader on Oversight Committee (that oversees anti-corruption)...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1869047488398672261.html?
Even after big election loss, Democrats continue to do stupid shit!
The #Gerontocracy wins again đŹ
"A 74-year-old congressman stricken with an especially deadly form of cancer was chosen today to be the top Democrat in charge of oversight, a watchdog role that will oversee investigations into public corruption and wrongdoing over the next two years.
Two days after his re-election last month, Rep. #GerryConnolly on November 7 disclosed that he had esophageal cancer. Medical experts told us that the survival rate for esophageal cancer is extremely low.â
#AOC #alexandraocasiocortez #kenklippenstein
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/dying-congressman-to-head-oversight
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Loses Bid as Top Democrat on Influential House Congressional Committee https://shinemycrown.com/rep-ocasio-cortez-loses-bid-as-top-democrat-on-influential-house-congressional-committee/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #OcasioCortez #GerryConnolly #HouseOversightCommittee #DemocraticParty #PoliticalNews
Via #RepublicansAgainstTrump @ 6:23pm ET on Dec 16, 2024
The #House #Democratsâ #SteeringAndPolicyCommittee has voted 34-27 to select Rep. #GerryConnolly over #AOC as the ranking member of the powerful #HouseOversightCommittee.
Jasmine Crockett Discusses The Republican's Lack Of Dedication To The Things The Claim To Want | Impeachment | Gerry Connolly Follows Up
@RepJasmine @GerryConnolly
5/16/24
#JasmineCrockett
#GerryConnolly
#MerrickGarland
#JoeBiden
#OversightCommittee
"This is an opportunity for your party to take an opportunity to try to mock the current president. I know a lot of people refer to the former president as the president. But we have 1 president at a time, and that is Joe Biden."
~Jasmine Crockett
DONALD TRUMP FEDERAL PRISON
NBC News
Democratic congressmen unveil bill to rename a federal prison after Trump
The measure comes in response to a group of Republicans introducing a bill to rename Dulles airport after the former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
April 5, 2024, 1:48 PM EDT
By Sahil Kapur and Dareh Gregorian
I second that emotion.
:
#darthtraitor #democrats #donaldtrump #donaldtrumpfederalprison #donaldtrumpprison #gerryconnolly #jaredmoskowitz #johngaramendi #traitortrump #trump #trumpfederalprison #trumpisweak #trumpprison #trumptraitor
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Several of VA's #House #Democrats slammed #Republicans' efforts.
#GerryConnolly said on X that "Donald Trump is facing 91 #felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I'd suggest they find a #FederalPrison."
"Congress must act on pressing issues like reauthorizing the #FAA & passing the #NationalSecurity supplemental. Yet this is what⌠#HouseRepublicans leadership focuses on -- renaming #Virginia's #Dulles airport after #Trump," Abigail Spanberger wrote on X.
Congressmanâs staffers hospitalised after baseball bat attack at Virginia office
#IndependentNews #VirginiaAttack #CongressmanStaffers #BaseballBatAssault #GerryConnolly #VirginiaOffice #Politics #News
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Congressional Intern Attacked With Baseball Bat on Her First Day https://jezebel.com/congressional-intern-attacked-with-baseball-bat-on-her-1850438950 #Jezebel #gretchenwhitmer #gerryconnolly #legislatures #nancypelosi #legislators #politicians #angiecraig #politics #connolly #manuraju #trump #paul
Staff Members Attacked With Bat at Congressmanâs Virginia Office
Two people were hospitalized after the attack at the Fairfax office of Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat, and someone was in custody, the police said. #NYTimes By Remy Tumin
Congressional Staffers Hospitalized after Baseball Bat Attack https://politicaliq.com/2023/05/15/congressional-staffers-hospitalized-after-baseball-bat-attack/ #GerryConnolly #Connolly #ConnollyStaffers #BaseballBatAttack #Congress #politicaliq #news #politics
This hearing is amazing in its incompetence. #Jim_Jordan staff cannot get a single image, video, audio to air during these hearings. Its amazing how bad this EXPENSIVE staff/hearing is run, managed. #jordanCommittee #StaceyPlaskett #GerryConnolly
How is the costing us?
