‘Attacking the future of the party while Republicans strip every poor person of Medicaid in the middle of the night,’ by way of example, is not acceptable leadership. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward.
‘Attacking the future of the party while Republicans strip every poor person of Medicaid in the middle of the night,’ by way of example, is not acceptable leadership. He's gonna have to clarify his position on that as he moves forward.
I don't see the clarity being difficult. He's laid it out time and again. There is a revolution afoot by the people, for the people. It's ridiculous there's hang up on the word. Context, man. Context.
Hakeem Jeffries is an absolute terrible leader. He talks a lot but says nothing. He and Schumer are a perfect example of why the Democratic party has such low approval. We need news leadership and now.
Yeah, it's crazy that New York gave us Schumer, Gillibrand and Jeffries, and yet also Mamdani. Almost like people recognize shitty soulless leadership.
Do you deny that "globalize the intifada" is an ambiguous phrase, and is often used to condone/promote violence? If you don't, shouldn't Mamdani condemn its use in that manner?
globalize the intifada non ironically
Nancy Pelosi’s handpicked successor
I don’t see a problem on his answer. Many people don’t know this candidate! We can’t question our candidates anymore?
It's a non-issue in the real world. Mamdani has addressed this clearly and only a dishonest AIPAC lowlife would disagree. A real Dem Leader says"this isn't a thing, Jon. You know what's a real thing? Donald Trump throwing 12 million people off their health insurance. That's what I care about."
Jeff is just making it clear that Mamdani does not share our values. NYC can vote for whoever it wants but the Democratic Party does not generally support palestinian terrorism.
Neither does Mamdani. Read the fucking transcript yourself. Your bad-faith BS on this CAUSES anti-semitism, and ignores real hatred to care about. Battle real enemies, not allies. bsky.app/profile/rado...
This is very disappointing from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social . Is Hakeen bought or stupid?
he takes money from aipac and other donors.
Our democrat leaderSHIT at its best.
Hakeem🤦♀️
That is NOT what Mamdani said. Weaponizing language is the worst of the worst deceptions used by politicians. bsky.app/profile/rado...
It’s fun when a Black politician attacks another politician of color using the same techniques as the racist white ones. This sounds like a GOP pol calling Jeffries a Black Panther.
Are we positive Israel has not replaced him with a robot? Like, maybe at birth?
I’ve spent the morning contemplating how I leave this party that no longer represents me. Jeffries has been compromised and is not my leader. He can’t be.
It's not like there is something more important going on than the NYC mayoral race right now.
Ask yourself- Why wouldn't you just read the room and lean into the obvious public will? They think they're better off without constituents? What do they imagine their fate will be at the hands of the fascists? Just loitering around to grab a few final checks before fleeing on the donors jets? What?
They have to or they won't get that sweet AIPAC money
Email sent. Angry email!
As usual dems eating themselves with priorities all effed up.
Intifada means rebellion/uprising. Both acceptable English words he could have used. Intifada could mean different things, including the 2nd intifada in Israel. Suicide bombings were used against civilians. It's not far-fetched to ask him to clarify.
What's amazing to me is that you're all like a broken clock. This time I believe you're correct in wanting AIPAC Shakur primaried. But not for this. You all don't realize that intifada could mean busses blowing up, and making that more global is antithetical to everything you claim to stand for.
Trump loves the Democratic leadership.
They remain totally oblivious to the anger/frustration/desire for CHANGE AND ACTION happening in the streets/outside DC. They think 2026 is gonna be a throw the bums out election w/r/t Republicans but the way they're going it's gonna be a throw ALL the bums out election.
Jeffries should explain where he gets his donations from and why he supports genocide. Would love to hear it.
It is obvious now that Jeffries has donors that will be affected severely by Mamdani policies...dem elite are no different than Republicans elite...Richers look out for their own...
Speech in this country is LITERALLY being used to disappear people. When people say "condemn this phrase" it is hard not to hear it as "and anyone using this phrase should be immediately put in an ICE concentration camp don't you think?"
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Just Dems things
these idiots really are just blindly following orders from israel. boss called and said demonize the muslim
Jeffries is a faux democrat. His ass needs to be primaried.
If you think Jeffries is the future of the Democratic Party, go ahead and stretch your arms out for the cuffs. He is a weak and useless minority leader, and in times this dire, he is not the one to lead us against fascism.
I guess this isn’t the time and place of his choosing.
Perfectly applied. 10/10
To every single establishment Democrat: expect a primary challenge
AIPAC, repeal Citizens United.
Agreed!
He's going to have to clarify his position on resigning.
This man doesn't care. We are now in a facist dictatorship, and all he wants is to keep the status quo. He is against a two state solution, which keeps Hamas going.
He should go back on his book tour: jeffries.house.gov/serving-you/...
Nobody loves losing quite like Dem leadership
Well said, Mr Onion and/or Collins! bsky.app/profile/dana...
Dems really need to get over this, and put out messaging on the budget.
BS! @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Waiting on the Dem version of the BBB…our Project 2026/28?Why r Dems not out in every state screaming what our version of the bill/agenda is? Cuz there is none! You/DNC r weak, reactive and an embarrassment. Total failure all!
Why do so many NY democrats range from awful to mid (Adams, Cuomo, Jeffries, Gillis, Schumer)? What is wrong with the party in that state?
I don't understand why these politicians are taking the (corporate media) bait. I know Jeffries is a NYer. Respond with a terse one sentence reply and get back to matters of the House. Non-NYers, the NYC Mayoral race is non-responsive. Treat it as such. You're not being asked about it in good faith.
I'm a practicing Jew and up until Netanyahu I supported Israel. As far as I'm concerned, Rep Daniel Goldman resolved this issue. Jefferies needs to shut the fuck up and someone needs to primary him.
Hakeem Jeffries STOP WORRYING ABOUT WHAT MAMDANI SAID ABOUT THE U.S. The U.S. is currently dogshit and is a piece of land with a flag made of cloth. Mamdani can wipe his ass with it as far as I care, its painted cloth. The current president is a hateful criminal! Get off your ass and stop him!
do we now have the House version of a Fetterman?
Please tell me what Jeffries has done to save the democracy.
Hak is just playin' his position... ain't no "I" in team... unless, you don't know how to spell
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, you are embarrassing. You’re basically a MAGA collaborator in that you do NOTHING to stop the damage they are doing to the country or even the institution you’re a part of. Please resign. Or will someone please primary this asshat. Ditto for @schumer.senate.gov.
Why does Jeffries always have an expression on his face like he's watching someone slowly drown?
Where do we even go from here when the official position of the "good guys" is that mass slaughter is great and anyone against it should be taken down
It's a double standard by the media that Dems have to answer for anything he says, but somehow the media gives GOP a pass on stuff trump says and does.
fuck you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Zohran has done so, repeatedly. Is Hakeem really this oblivious or is he trying to hamstring perceived competition?
Seems Jeffries has taken lessons in fecklessness from Schumer 🤨
Because Dem leadership does not listen to its voters. Using their designed leadership structure to paid professionals, (consultants, pollsters, messaging) leaving voters thoughts and voices out into the void. Out of touch leaders by design.
This is not leadership anyone in the country should follow. Jeffries should not be minority leader if he wants to do GOP lies.
I am so fucking sick of Hakeem Jeffries
He knows Mamdani is a threat to his leadership. So watch Jeffries, Schumer, and the like expend political capital to fight Mamdani the way they should be fighting Trump.
We the voters need to respond accordingly. We have the numbers, we need to be organizing. These No Kings rallies are fertile soil for the planting of seeds
I've read many posts from hard-core big D Democrats and even they don't like him.
Personally I couldn’t give a shit if weak-kneed Dems like Schumer and Jeffries endorse Mamdani or not.
Hakeem’s response to the GOP’s shit show is consistently to have no response.
Hakeem had better take his patented, stilted, I am important style of speech and stfu
Hakeem thought he was the future. So did so many others. Step TF aside for the next generation.
This senator is deriding someone that has captured a winning platform. Mind, you, this is coming from a senator that decided performative filibusters are a thing. The Democratic leadership is severely wanting.
Jeffries is the House Minority Leader, not a Senator. I doubt your familiarity with US Government structure.
You are correct. He is a Congressman. Feel better?
Have you confused him with Sen. Booker??? Extremely not a good look fella.
Hey Hakeem Jeffries is not a Senator.
"Attacking the possible future" is the correct phrase. He won one primary. Biden delivered massive gains to millions of people. I would honestly like to know what progressive would be satisfied with that isn't fantasy.
This guy. I am satisfied with this guy.
I think it will be a good thing if he delivers all the unicorns he promises. TBD
I wish the Democratic Establishment fought Trump with as much vigor as they attack Mamdani. It's time to purge these incompetents who only crave power.
But it’s his turn now! Pelosi crowned him so we have to follow him for the next 20 years!
Dems look around and decide “form a Circular Firing Squad!” first with Cali Rep Eric Swalwell and NY Rep Laura Gillen, then Minority Leader jumps in and cements the stupidity of attacking a Dem for something he hasn’t stated at all! Dems find new ways to piss me off and embrace losing bigger!
The democratic party is royally fucked and literally all signs are pointing to failed leadership.
Several months ago it was reported he forbade House Dems from going to El Salvador. He could have had an easy win here by publicly (or via a leak) telling Dems to knock off the attacks on Zohran, but he took the exact wrong approach instead.
I had high hopes for our minority leader when he first attained the position. Imagine my disappointment finding out he's just another milquetoast old school democrat.
Again, I say, the patriarchy of the Democratic Party you need to get woke up!
Fuck this asshole. The Republican party needs to be euthanized, and the Democratic party needs an enema.
It’s time for elected Democrats to start fearing the Democratic base instead of fearing the Republican base.
We got to get another speaker. This is the wrong way to lead.
I’m done waiting for him to clarify his position. I think @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social needs to step aside and let the less cautious wing of the party take over.
Fuck these people in the eye.
Oh, so the Dem establishment CAN coalesce around consistent messaging if they want to. It’s a shame they haven’t been this consistent speaking about…I don’t know…the white nationalist MAGA regime and tax dollars for concentration camps?
Jeffries is funded by the Koch brothers. The Dem funding in Albany will get frozen against Mamdani. They don’t want to help him.
It’s amazing how Jeffries is able to walk upright without a spine.
He's got Pelosi's bony old claw in his ass propping him up.
Democrahave a unique ability to F things up over and over!
This certainly took a sharp turn towards stark antisemitism. It's ok to be antisemitic as long as you're a Dem? Calling for "worldwide intifada" is hate speech. I don't give a rat's ass if 90% of the 18-25 year old voters cast their ballot for income equality, that does not excuse antisemitism.
Intifada just means struggle. Would you be so upset had he said "lutte"?
Did mamdani ever actually say “globalize the atifada?” I looked for this the other day and couldn’t find anything confirming this. He gave a nuanced answer when asked about it, but I don’t think he’s said it. Am I wrong?
The current Democratic leadership is so busy defending the status quo that they cannot see their base is ready to move on to creating a future for the American people. If the Democrats retake the House, it will be in spite of, not because of the leadership.
They only care about the donor class.
Because they donate. Funding is how elections are won. Every single race from city council of a rural town to US President needs money. There is filing fees, merch, yard signs, advertising, websites, food for volunteers, phone bank centers, block walks, etc. Everything runs on donations.
huh, how much did Kamala spend to lose?
Less than what the Republican billionaire donors gave Trump to his campaign or through SuperPACs. It seems you don't understand how the election system works.
It seems you made an assumption, and cannot read as well, skipped right over the word "spend" Harris spent 1.9billion, trump spent 1.6 billion........ it seems basic facts elude you.
Trump had more money because of SuperPACS. Musk spent a huge chunk to get Trump elected. It's not just campaign expenditures you need to take into account, but the SuperPACS who decide the winners. americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires....
We also need to discuss earned media and how Fox News and their like gave billions of free airtime to Trump and his campaign and actively advocated for him. inthesetimes.com/article/bill...
To persuade voters, you need 7 touches. Be it in person block walking, phone banking, text messages, or ads. Fox News does more than that in a single day. It's how they brainwash people. That is why they are considered state media. www.socialmediatoday.com/content/seve...
To win elections, you need money for filing fees, merch, office hqs, supplies, phone banking, text banking, yard signs, billboards, misc things, and ADVERTISING. If you have free advertising like Trump does through Fox News advocating for him. It matters. www.sfexaminer.com/forum/fox-ne...
The amounts listed include the Super pacs, they just don't have to disclose where the money came from.......... also harris didn't only spend more money but also raised more money as well, stop making excuses for democrat failures.
UHHHH i already proved you wrong on one account, you really wanted to double down on being wrong and come back for more????????????
The problem is not that the donors are courted, but that they are allowed to dictate party policy and platforms. They control the politicians. We can thank Rahm Emanuel and Bill Clinton for that.
Citizens United did that.
The shift to the donors came 15 years before Citizens United. When Rahm Emanuel, Clinton's Chief of Staff, was asked why, he said because they have the money. Just a Wall Street banker inviting his pals into the hen house.
Sounds like a fundamental problem with democracy in a capitalist state then.
Okay, so money should rule.
Future of the party? My god dude he won one election. Jeffries looks dumb here but we really need to take the hyperbole down a notch.
Someone else said earlier it's not about progressive and moderate. It's about fighters and folders. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is a folder, willingly acquiescing to fascism.
I wonder how much money AIPAC sends him to do nothing for us?
Clip of Mamdani on MTP: I’m a democratic socialist and I never used those words. Those are not my words. 15 seconds later: Deutsch on Morning Joe: I find it offensive this socialist won’t walk back his words. The NYC Dem establishment is terrified of Mamdani & what he represents
"Jesus, I see what you've done for Kirsten Gillibrand, and I want that for myself."
If Mamdani is the future of the party then MAGA rule is the future of the nation.
Also... why is this even an item on the sunday talk shows, while the biggest calamity on the US way of life has been voted in by the senate yesterday?
We are literally watching a meme being passed around as if it’s a fact at this point. Why is it so viral? RACISM is still foundational in the USA.
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Agree, 100%. He is not going to attract voters with this sort of talk. The hubris to believe that only their corporate donors matter will keep them in the minority. It’s why they lost in 2016. It’s why they lost in 2024 against a convicted felon.
His position has always been clear: whatever AIPAC says.
Dixiecrat
Jefferies is so Obama lite and he’s so annoying
We look forward to your resignation Jeffries. We have more than enough anchors on this ship.
If they'd listen to what's said rather than reacting to the word "intifada" the statement was self-explanatory. Globalizing the struggle by doing what you say.
As a lifelong Democrat this INFURIATES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of these folks really are more concerned with maintaining power in the minority than they are with either winning or helping people.
Jeffries needs to turn in his blue card and pick up the yellow one he wants to carry as he sits back and ignores the bigger problems. Where does his money come from?
Let em check with aipac and he’ll get right back to ya
Another example of everyone accepting Dems gotta be perfect while diarrhea can flow from MAGA’s mouth and it’s just normal.
He will fight the NYC Mayoral candidate harder than he fights POTUS ... why?
If he’d like to go ahead and get the hell out of the way now…
Primary this man.
Which one is more dangerous Hakeem, Trump or Mamdavi? Tough call for you.
Hakeem Jeffries is one of those politicians who is less impressive the more you see him. He's like some walking Mad Libs grab bag of cliches & conventional wisdom. And arguing that any criticism of fellow Dems somehow enables Trump is just so tone deaf.
The adage "Watch what they do, not what they say" applies to Democrats as much as it applies to Republicans. Saying the right things and saying them well is not the same doing the right things and doing them well.
AMEN.
Time to primary him. We need a change in leadership!
Hakeem Jeffries is a millstone around the Democratic Party's neck
Dude is simply not up to the task of leadership in this (or any other moment)
As a Jewish person, I resent my religion being used as a cudgel against a good, decent, and energizing politician who has the potential to be the future of the party
No clarification needed. Jeffries is out in a sane world.
It's almost like there aren't eleventy billion other levels of shite happening in the US 🤔
My favorite part was the email I got afterward asking for money
Maintaining that old Dem patriarchy smell.
and when will @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social apologize for paraphrasing George Wallace? oh yes you did Hakeem > bsky.app/profile/did:...
We need new leaders
I guess they're not so much a big tent party, as much as a circle the wagons one.
Jeffries is so fake. He has done nothing to actually thwart the regime and the closest he came when he did a sit in with Booker was just following marching orders to take spotlight away from the fight oligarchy tour Bernie and AOC were doing. They're desperate to stop the momentum of progressives.
They will do anything that isn't them having to do something.
Corp dems and corp gop feed at the same trough
Ye old patriarchy.
He already lost me. I donated to David Hogg’s PAC, and as a monthly. I’m done with the establishment. Pelosi and Jeffries can pound sand.
Just donate enough and you can tell him what his position is.
DSA took the Democratic Party in Nevada...that's your glorious future
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Jeffries’ rushing to validate GOP and anti-Muslim framing of Mamdani is so godawfully cowardly. Every day Democrat leadership shows why Mamdani’s win happened.
Is it actually cowardice though? Jeffries was the second-largest recipient (👇❗). Dots are connecting everywhere all at once, wouldn't you say. truthout.org/articles/fec...
Every time I scroll past that clip, at a glance I think it’s a Stephen A Smith talking head, which is probably telling about what’s wrong with modern politics.
#Mamdani ain’t got to clarify dick to #Jeffries
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Republicans are going to try to use this as a gotcha on every Dem politician. Respond by calling them out about staying on Twitter where moderation doesn’t exist and then point out how weird it would be for a mayor to try to ban a phrase in their city.
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Perhaps he’s not the future of the Democratic Party. Perhaps he’s only the future of democratic leadership in NYC (a very large & diverse city). His primary win represents the views of voters in NYC. And, there was only a 30% turnout in this primary election.
Where do you think Hakeem Jeffries is from?
Hakeem Jeffries is from NYC, born in Brooklyn. Hakeem represents his NYC district in Congress. Hakeem could not likely get elected in any red state in America or in any rural area or in any small town. So, it’s difficult to try to equate a victory in a Dem. primary in NYC to the national level.
Believe it or not I think 30% is about the norm for us (might even be high) - how sad is that!
Really sad. The disengagement of voters everywhere is pathetic. Too many American citizens have chosen to disenfranchise themselves.
Relax Tim Onion. Stay in your lane
If you live in a duplex and don't like your neighbors new siding, you put aside your differences and turn on the hose if his house catches fire. All policy differences are small when our form of government as we know it is under attack.
Do you think he knows how screwed he is in upcoming primaries?
Dems are truly tone deaf.
Jeffries speaks like a wind-up toy mechanically reciting a Constitution he fears to enforce -- a feckless figurehead for a party allergic to urgency & risk & addicted to symbolism over action. He speaks with robotic sounds and gestures while democracy bleeds -- clearly a 'wonky' wind-up toy.
How hard would it be for Jeffries to actually talk about the devastating affects that $Trump's tax scam will have on the DEIA Working Class party, & recognize that that is WHY Mamdani's campaign did so well. Instead,Jeffries is carrying water for $Trump's maga party, just as they hoped he would.
Jeffries was never up to the job. Every time I see or hear him, he just proves how right that statement is.
Instead of moving forward he needs to move out of the wavy
"the future of the party" [is what I SAY it is] Heard this for so long from R & D [I'm neither, never have been] And still the future comes and it is never so cut and dry as an ideology. It is... "shit happens 'cause shit happened & I don't like this shit" vs "Oh, it's okay shit, I can't smell"
With each day that passes we see more evidence supporting the @davidhogg.bsky.social argument.