Jen Psaki breaks ranks to blast Nancy Pelosi and ‘old guard’ Democrats for blocking ‘young talent’ AOC [Video]

Jen Psaki blasted the ‘old guard’ of the Democrat Party for denying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the party’s lead on the House Oversight Committee. 

Ocasio-Cortez was defeated by Gerry Connolly to chair the House Democrats on the panel. 

Some in the party’s far left have argued that Ocasio-Cortez, 35, stood an opportunity to put a new generation of liberals in power, whereas Connolly is 74 and was recently diagnosed with cancer. 

Psaki agreed, arguing on her MSNBC show that this was a ‘big opportunity’ missed for the party. 

‘Democrats passed over one of the youngest, most media-savvy members of Congress for a key public leadership role,’ the former White House Press Secretarysaid of Ocasio-Cortez.

She praised former chair Jamie Raskin for ‘countering Republican misinformation’ within the committee and saying it had become a high profile position for Democrats. 

‘This is one of the few committees in Congress that actually generates national attention or …