After Democrats’ historic victory, why is this how Hakeem Jeffries is responding?
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries isn’t interested in seeking impeachment charges against President Donald Trump.
Speaking on MS NOW’s Morning Joe Wednesday, Jeffries laid out his priorities for his party’s newfound leadership in the House of Representatives.
“The American people don’t want us to get even. They want us to get things done on their behalf because life is way too expensive,” Jeffries said.
“The American people don’t want us to get even.”
The American people beg to fucking differ.
Holding them to the law isn’t getting even. It’s not revenge.
You’re right, you’re right
Me to the cops, when I’m caught doing 120 mph in a 35: “Look, maybe you want to get even at me by throwing me in jail, but what does petty revenge accomplish? Be the bigger man here, and for the good of us all, let’s just move forward.”
What really pisses me off is that even by denying his framing, we’re helping feed it with the subtext “but is this pursuit of accountability tinged by a desire for revenge?”, which subtlely invalidates peoples’ legitimate rage.
The American people want you to prosecute the fucking criminals in office, you wet napkin
I thought they mainly wanted lower fuel prices
Even framing it as “getting even” is so goddamn disingenuous
That’s just how our oligarchs and their minions think. To them its not “justice” for the crimes they committed against humanity, it’s “getting even”.
So let me get this straight. They shit on our right to due process, they throw people into camps without said due process, they kill people in broad daylight. But there is no priority for impeachment or justice…
So this is the rope I gave them to hang themselves with by voting blue. This is why I said voting was not going to be enough, and why we cannot stop putting pressure on our politicians even if some of the blue need to be taken to the wood chipper like all of the reds need to be,
Be fucking angry, this should be infuriating.
Upholding the law is no longer a priority - federal legislator
There it is, folks. The Democratic party apathy we knew would come.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad we have some check and balances back. But anyone who thinks things will turn around in January need look no further than this one comment.
Apathy or class consciousness?
Yes
Justice, and an end to the corruption isn’t “getting even”. Get this guy out of there, primary him if you have to! Voters are done…
We should start with Hakeem Jeffries
I don’t think Jeffries needs to be impeached. I think the Democratic Party to act like their name suggests and ask the voters. They are allowed to choose their own leaders any way they want, right? So instead of having a closed meeting secret vote to keep the same guy as last time, hold a non-binding referendum and mail special ballots out to every registered Democrat. Everyone can rank their top 10 and bottom 10 choices for the next Speaker of the House. They don’t have to commit to going with the popular winner but they do have to publish the results, and it would look bad on the leadership if they don’t pick someone in the overall top 3.
Introduce democracy into the Democratic Party? Crazy talk.
They kinda did. There has literally just been an election. Jeffries should have been primaried in it, but that never happened.
And now because of this one district we’re all stuck with Jeffries. Which is the issue being talked about by uen3.
So no “kinda” and no “did”. A district got to put their two cents in for him, and that’s it.
With the method proposed, every other party member would get a chance to put their two cents in as well.
You’re not automatically stuck with Jeffries. It’s not like the winner of that district automatically becomes speaker. The House is going to vote on it, and they could vote for someone else.
Although I think there might be a risk of something really weird happening: I’m not certain about the rules, but if the entire house votes on this, it would be possible for Jeffries to become speaker with the support of a minority of Democrats and all Republicans who decide to vote for him in order to prevent a more progressive speaker. I have no idea if that’s possible or likely, but it would be terrible for his credibility if it happened.
All I was saying is your statement was wrong. The only people who could gate Jeffries, didn’t. And nobody else has had a chance to say otherwise, so there was no “kinda vote” in the same scope OP of this thread was talking about. Which makes OP’s suggestion a valid one, imo.
This.
Accountability, motherfucker! Accountability means hearings, investigations, and prosecutions.
Do popular, affordability-focused legislation as well, but accountability is part of what America told you to get on yesterday.
I don’t want them to impeach his ass unless they’re a billion fucking percent sure they have the votes to convict his ass.
AND IF THEY DON’T HAVE THOSE VOTES, THEY NEED TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY FUCKING UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE REPUBLICANS WHO REFUSE TO HOLD THAT ASSHOLE ACCOUNTABLE.
he met with KUSHNER just a few weeks ago, he knows what hes doing.
Nobody wants “getting even”. We want accountability!
Jeffries needs to sat a the back of the class. His red underclothes are showing. Trump, his gang, his family, his judges, his congress… needs to go and if Jeffries starts with his usual “oh it’s okay we’ll just all be friends” crap - we may as well have lost on Tuesday. He should have no say in the upcoming battle to free America from fascism and trump. Pussies and turncoats and money changers are not an option from this point out.
We hired y’all to do one thing - put America back together again and keep this hellscape from happening again. And that means clearing out the bad guys who’ve taken over our government. All the bad guys… judges, congressmen, senators, his family, his “fox and friends”, his treasonous military leadership, his “police departments, …”. And it’s got to happen pretty goddam quick else that pumpkin colored criminal will REALLY fuck up America… beyond repair.
So “yay - we won”. When the gate opens and y’all hit the ground - you’d best be on it from day one.
While there is a certain argument to be made about whether or not to pursue impeachment without the necessary Senate votes…using the phrase “getting even” is a rather disheartening way of dismissing the idea of holding these people accountable for their actions. That should be their top priority. The longer they wait to take action, the less likely they are to get results.
It’s not “disheartening”, it’s outright dishonest. “Disheartening” is when your kid loses his soccer match.
Let me guess: reaching across the aisles and looking forward, right?
