Saikat Chakrabarti, chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., works on a computer in his office in the Cannon House Office Building June 26, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Mary F. Calvert For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
While Chakrabarti said he respects the Democratic leader, the country has dramatically changed since her early days in Washington. He noted that Pelosi intervened to block Ocasio-Cortez from becoming chair of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
"When Nancy Pelosi was first elected to Congress, you could buy a home on a single income. A summer job could pay for college," he wrote. "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."
He added that the Republican Party is "overtly conspiratorial and anti-democracy."
Saikat Chakrabarti and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., leave a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center July 15, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
They "certainly seem hell bent to do to black and brown people today what the old Southern Democrats did in the 40s," he wrote in a now-deleted post.
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