This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by <a href="https://www.factset.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset">Factset</a>. Powered and implemented by <a href="https://www.factset.com/solutions/business-needs/digital-solutions" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_digital_solutions">FactSet Digital Solutions</a>. <a href="https://www.factset.com/privacy" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_factset_privacy">Legal Statement</a>. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by <a href="https://lipperalpha.refinitiv.com/" data-omtr-intcmp="topnav_more_refinitive_info">Refinitiv Lipper</a>. <br>Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., left, speaks to Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram about besting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to take the House Oversight Committee ranking member position.<br>President-elect Trump commented Wednesday that it was "too bad" Rep. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,</a> D-N.Y., was recently turned down for a leadership position on a House committee, prompting an amused response by the progressive politician. <br>"Really too bad that AOC lost the Battle for the Leadership Seat in the Democrat Party," Trump wrote Wednesday on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113676181382851560" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Truth Social</a>. "She should keep trying. Someday, she will be successful!"<br>Later, the New York congresswoman screenshot Trump's remarks and wrote a humorous response.<br>"Damn you know it’s bad when even Trump is feeling bad for me," Ocasio-Cortez said, adding a laughing emoji.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-defense-pick-goes-offense-support-grows-hegseth-confirmation" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>TIDE TURNS FOR HEGSETH AS TRUMP'S DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE GOES ON OFFENSE</u></strong></a><br><span>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., responded Wednesday to barbs by President-elect Trump on Truth Social.</span> <span>(Getty Images/AP Images)</span><br>The amusing exchange came just one day after the 36-year-old Democrat was defeated in her bid to serve as the top Democrat on the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>House Oversight Committee.</u></a> The leadership role went to Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, who received 131 votes to Ocasio-Cortez's 84.<br>"I thank my colleagues for their support and the confidence they’ve placed in me to lead House Democrats on the Oversight Committee," Connolly said <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-loses-bid-top-democrat-powerful-house-oversight-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a statement</a> after being elected by the House Democratic Caucus.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-picks-so-far-heres-who-advising-new-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>GET TO KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET: WHO HAS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT PICKED SO FAR?</u></strong></a><br><span>Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., listens during an event in Fairfax, Va.</span> <span>(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)</span><br>"This will be trench warfare," he added. "Now is not the time to be timid. I promise the American people that our Committee Democrats will be a beacon of truth and prepared from day one to counter Republican gaslighting."<br>Ocasio-Cortez, who has served on the oversight committee since 2023, wrote on the social media platform Bluesky that she "tried her best" with her bid.<br><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a><br><span>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Aug. 19. </span> <span>(Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)</span><br>"Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone — we live to fight another day," she wrote.<br><i>Fox News Digital's Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.</i><br>Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. 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