Jeffries ignored all the protesters.
Yeah, and that right there is the fundamental problem.
Yep. I’m getting sick of the entitlement from establishment dems like Jeffries. He thinks the speakership is his right. The fact that he met with Kushner, who has no official role in the US government, to discuss “areas of common ground” should tell us all we need to know about where his priorities are. He’s a MAGA collaborator and has no business in a leadership role.
Ah, but what you miss is that Jeffries is entitled to the role, according to the Constitution. You see, in Section 20-B, Paragraph 8, Verse 3, the Constitution says:
The individual known as “Hakeem Jeffries” must be installed as Speaker of the House in the year 2027, in accordance with our peace deal with Great Britain.
And somehow, there’s an individual known as Hakeem Jeffries available to be Speaker. What a coincidence! I guess King George III really knew a lot about our current time.
Even if none of the negative shit was true, he shouldn’t feel entitled to anything. The speaker of the house is third in line of presidential succession, it should be an open field for people running.
Corporate media and centrist Democrats will make a big deal about Jeffries being the first black house majority leader to get the party to separate into factions by race/ethnicity. They will try to claim that people that don’t want him in that position is a racist.
I think we should have Angie Nixon as the majority leader. I need someone that is honest, clever, hard working and a very clear communicator.
I bet Jeffries stands in front of the mirror every morning and saying “And gosh darn it’ people like me.” even though, unlike Smalley people don’t actually like him. They use him. and mostly, it’s republicans and corpos using him.
“Remember, ya’ll, I grew up in Brooklyn,” he said.
??? I don’t understand this response. Is that really the best he could come up with?
To be fair, prior to the late 90’s Brooklyn was a pretty rough borough.
Of course, it shows how out of touch he is that he doesn’t realize “I grew up in Brooklyn” scans very differently now, and will make people think he’s bragging about having two Whole Foods stores within walking distance of his loft apartment.
I doubt it’s the best he could come up with, it’s just that he doesn’t believe he has any obligation to answer to the little people responsible for the blue wave. So why bother putting in any effort?
