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The shakeup comes as the congresswoman's office has been engulfed in controversy since Chakrabarti attacked more moderate members of the House majority.Saikat Chakrabarti, and the organization Justice Democrats has some interesting history:
In June, Chakrabarti took to social media to air his frustration with moderate Democrats for forcing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to abandon a $4.6 billion emergency border appropriation bill favored by progressives. In a series of tweets, Chakrabarti likened the moderates to old Southern Democrats, many of whom were avowed segregationists.
He stood by the comparison even when a progressive activist noted Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), the first openly LGBT Native American woman elected to Congress, was one of the moderates that wavered on the bill.
"I think the point still stands. I don't think people have to be personally racist to enable a racist system. And the same could even be said of the Southern Democrats," Chakrabarti said in a now deleted follow-up tweet. "I don't believe Sharice is a racist person, but her votes are showing her to enable a racist system."
Although Breitbart News reported on the controversial comments at the time, neither Ocasio-Cortez nor House leadership acknowledged that Chakrabarti may have crossed a line. The situation, though, changed sharply in July when Ocasio-Cortez accused Pelosi of "singling out newly elected women of color."
After the rebuke, Pelosi's allies within the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) moved simultaneously to defend the Speaker and attack the freshman congresswoman. A number of the CBC's members, including Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO), directed their anger at both Ocasio-Cortez and her chief of staff.
"It shows you how ignorant and little history [Chakrabarti] knows, how ignorant he is to American history. How dare he," Clay toldThe Hill.
The Missouri Democrat extended his criticism to Justice Democrats, the group started by Chakrabart to support left-leaning primary challenges to establishment Democrats.
"I find it juvenile, their tactics, I find their ignorance to be beyond belief about American history and about who are really segregationists," Clay said. "And so how dare they try to play the race card at this point, it shows you the weakness of their arguments."
Other moderates appeared to echo the sentiment, with some even anonymously calling for Chakrabarti's ouster.
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