Nancy Pelosi’s brutal tackle AOC ex-aide Saikat Chakrabarti

Nancy Pelosi has taken the gloves off within the more and more vicious race to succeed her almost 40-year reign representing San Francisco in Congress.

The 86-year-old took goal at Democrat Saikat Chakrabarti, a tech millionaire and former Alexandria Ocasio Cortez staffer, saying she’d by no means even met him throughout a withering radio interview through which she additionally took photographs at a neighborhood newspaper, the San Francisco Democratic Occasion and even the journalist interviewing her.

Pelosi has endorsed Connie Chan, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

“I’ve by no means seen him at a homeless shelter, or a meals financial institution, or an an immigration heart,” Pelosi advised KQED in response to a query about Chakrabarti, who was Ocasio-Cortez’s chief of employees for roughly seven months earlier than exiting in a cloud of controversy.

“I’ve by no means seen him in our group. I don’t have any thought who he’s,” she sniped.

Chakrabarti, a centimillionaire who’s poured $10 million of his personal tech fortune into his major bid for the coveted congressional seat, has confronted “carpetbagger” accusations after data revealed he as soon as listed a Maryland house as his major handle and didn’t vote in a number of native elections.

The 40-year-old Harvard grad insists San Francisco is his house and the place he’s elevating his youngsters.

In response to questions on state Sen. Scott Wiener, Pelosi requested the interviewer: “Are you a part of their marketing campaign?”

Polls present Wiener, an institution favourite who’s endorsed by the San Francisco Democratic Occasion and two native newspapers, with a commanding lead as Chan and Chakrabarti scrap for second place.

Pelosi additional dismissed Wiener’s fame as an efficient legislator on state housing, transit and LGBT points as nonsense.

“You sound just like the SF Chronicle, which is completely irrelevant, together with the Examiner,” Pelosi advised journalist Scott Shafer.

“What’s that?” she shot again after she was requested about Wiener’s Democratic Occasion endorsement.

“Spend your time with the general public,” she mentioned.

Pelosi has referred to as Chan “a voice that might be heard,” harkening again to the slogan she utilized in her 1987 election to Congress.

Chakrabarti has taken photographs at two-time Home Speaker Pelosi earlier than and reportedly aggravated fellow Dems on Capitol Hill throughout his temporary time in Congress.

Ocasio-Cortez has refused to endorse him within the tight race after he relentless name-dropped her in marketing campaign commercials, touting his work on the Inexperienced New Deal throughout a tumultuous tenure as her chief of employees.

Drew Hammill, Pelosi’s former high aide, advised KQED that he suspects the outgoing congresswoman “is ensuring that AOC’s chief of employees shouldn’t be within the high two.”

Chakrabarti didn’t reply to a request for remark.

The highest two vote getters will advance to the November normal election.

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