Welp, I don't support Hakeem Jeffries. So, there you go.
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What happened to his primary opponents? He was scheduled for a primary election this uear but it says both of his opponents either dropped out or were disqualified and I can't find info on that.
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You dumb Cunt
And to think, I helped get this guy elected to the Senate for his first term. I campaigned for this asshole. I canvassed. I had a lanyard. I had a clipboard. I knocked on doors. I convinced others to vote for him.
I met him and shook his hand. and this motherfucker lied right to my goddamn face.
I feel fucking dirty, and I feel disgusting for spreading that filth to others
Edit: the Hakeem Jeffries wasn’t in front of the Javiz Center at the BLM protest… But I was and I can bring that fight to the next election… And the next. Didn’t bet on that did you, Hakeem? Well, fuck you. And fuck that horse of entitlement you rode in on.
You know what else survived the NYPD crackdown at the Javits center? This watch (cracks courtesy of the NYPD):
And this watch says your time has run out.
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Find someone who looks at you like Hakeem looks at a war criminal.
Step one: get rid of the Nazis
Step two: get rid of moderate Democrats
The Overton window has shifted so far that this dude would be hard right anywhere else in the civilized world.
We are the moderates. Current Dem leadership are regressive.
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Unrelated, isn't this so cute?
Yeah man i fucking hate making sure americans can afford to live their goddamn lives and maybe spend some of that time with their families?
No? Just work and missiles for war criminals? Fuck off.
I hope you guys on the left understand the assignment is to retake the party from the dumb fucks in my older generation (Gen X specifically, but also the Boomers who haven't croaked yet.) We think we know but we don't. We/they are wrong. The center can win you a battle but it will never ever win the fucking war. Go win the war.
They try to pull right because they are right, their only job is to make sure actual left never rises.
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Instead, Jeffries argued Democrats should focus on making healthcare more affordable by reversing Republican-enacted Medicaid cuts and extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that he said have helped millions of Americans manage insurance costs.
So basically he's saying that now that Republicans hamstringed our healthcare, we should change our goals and just go back to how things were??? I feel like this is the most obvious it has ever been that establishment dems are NOT on our (the people's) side.
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Hakeem Jeffries can fuck off. It's been clear since day 1 of trump 2.0 that he's a fucking hack, and here we are.
The first job of the new Dem Congress after the Midterm, is to immediately replace the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries. If they don't work for the other side, they might as well be. Get rid of them.
We all know this, but I am surprised that he actually admits it publicly.
But... perhaps there's no point in manipulating the public. It's not as if there's a viable alternative.
Meanwhile, he has the very best healthcare on Earth, all thanks to US taxpayers.
This is just one more reason why our major parties continue to lose voters every year. Rs are now 30%, Ds are now 30%, and Independents are up to 40% (many polls, pick your favorite).
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Get the fuck out then
Well then you got to go son.
He knows he will...
He's just trying to depress his own party's turnout because he'll say if we ran neoliberal candidates and had a neoliberal DNC we'd have done better.
He won't have a leadership position in February if Martin still has the DNC, and Jefferies would rather hand the government to trump for another two years than see progressives elect progressive congressional leadership.
That Jeffries guy becomes more and more suspicious to me every time I see a new article. It may be the billionaire-owned media painting this picture or the man may be a fraud. I'm watching you Jeffries. I'm watching you billionaire-owned media.
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Every corner of rot needs to be dealt with in this country, including controlled opposition.
"as the leader of the house democrats, you can rest assured that i will always support the two central missions of our party: accepting dumptrucks of money from israel and losing elections"
Fuck this guy. I hope karma catches up to him and all his bullshit.
Jeffries is clearly a MAGA plant. He can just go cross the aisle and sit with his buddies. He’s taking up a Dem seat. Oh I’m sure the GOP stans will want to re-elect him. You’ve got no friends, buddy.
Ha, he's not a MAGA plant. He's like every other leadership Democrat. This is a Democrat. Believe what's always been right in front of your face.
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Why wasn't he primaried, New York?
DSA member Chi Osse wanted to challenge Jeffries, but the DSA narrowly dropped him because Zohran Mamdani told DSA not to primary Jeffries.
So you can thank Zohran Mamadani for this.
Man he sucks. He makes voting for the dems hard.
Ok well move aside then asshole and let people take over who actually DO give a damn.
Time to clean up the Dem party. Vote blue no matter who goes both ways!
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Vote out this piece of shit corpo
He's managed to reach across the aisle to achieve unity; everybody hates this motherfucker and wants his ass thrown to the curb out of Congress. This piece of shit is approaching Ted Cruz levels of hating. Fuck this dork.
Jeffries just lacks decent values. It's that simple. Fuck him, he helped get us where we are today and doesn't feel bad about it.
Tell me you only care about your corporate masters without saying you only care about your corporate masters.
Anyone else read his statement in the voice of Uncle Ruckus?
Aipac shakur
Seeing as he isn’t up for reelection until 28, if we are able to secure House in mid-terms — he shouldn’t even be Speaker. We need someone backing these agendas and not stalling our needs.
Uh... he is up for re-election this year. House members serve 2 year terms.
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I don't support Hakeem Jeffries, so I guess we're even?
Resign
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