Just made an inquiry about a #Jeffries#concertina I saw for sale by a reputable dealer, and I worked out a reasonable financing plan. Which includes a moratorium on buying books, records, and art supplies for the next 12 months. Can I manage that? 🤔
Hakeem Jeffries is either cynically trying to incite Black Americans against Palestinians, or he is ignorant of why Palestinians have used the watermelon as a symbol of liberation since 1967 (Six Days' War), when the Israeli government made it illegal to fly the Palestinian flag.
Horrifying the lengths to which Democratic leadership has decided to go to in order to distract from the ongoing massacres of civilians in #Gaza, including premies.
(#Jeffries is today claiming that using the watermelon as a symbol of Palestinian human rights, including calling for a #CeaseFire (which 80% of Democrats support), is racist against Black Americans.
This from a man who this week proudly shared the stage with Pastor Hagee, a notorious segregtionist supporter of George Wallace, an antisemite, islamophobe, anti-Catholic & misogynist.
Blind support of #Netanyahu's carpetbombing is rotting Dem leaders' brains.
One GOP source tells me #JimJordan’s team “doesn’t fucking understand numbers” worrying that with some members leaving town they could end up with #Jeffries being elected speaker.
It remains unclear where #JimJordan goes from here. #Republicans have privately admitted they’ll start to flip if #Jordan can’t clinch it after a 3rd ballot. But his team has yet to say whether the #House will move ahead to another round of voting or pause the process.
Thanks to GOPs’ cont’d push to keep voting w/o a consensus candidate, & the #Democrats’ #unity in voting for Minority Ldr #HakeemJeffries, #Jeffries has now received more total votes for #speaker than any candidate since 1913.
The “Freedom” (i.e., Trumper) Caucus is about 25% of House Repubs, but the rest of them must be exhausted with constantly pandering to #MAGA dumb-asses.
With #Jeffries, they and the Dems would need to cooperate.
If so, they could be the first #Republicans in 30 years to actually accomplish something besides partisan backbiting & carrying water for lobbyists!
Mike Rogers (R-AL) suggested Repugs might have to cut a deal with Dems and called on #Jeffries to "spell out what concessions he would require to help the GOP elect a speaker.”
“Jeffries has offered discussions on a bipartisan path forward,” Rogers complained Democrats “haven’t offered jack” in terms of specific demands to nominate a speaker.
Oh, once again, the #Dems muat need to grovel to the #gqp to offer a way out of their gqp s@#thole.
OOOOOOOHKay!
So I don't know how he's going to do this except to make a deal backing a particular house republican in exchange (which is the point I was trying to make the other night @Mary625 ...and who else was in the convo?).
but here's the thing, if he manages to enact it, it sounds like a great thing! holy shit. like i was saying the other day, we can put forth legislation that's actually bipartisan across the citizenry like paid family leave, stricter gun controls, higher taxes for the rich, healthcare for all....
but mark my fucking words. hakeem jeffries isn't interested in anything bipartisan, but only "bipartisan". what do the donors of the corporatists of both parties want?
military budgets will pass. corporate handouts and cuts to taxes will happen, you better fucking believe that oil is going to happen.
but the media will spin it beautifully. jeffries will be a hero. the left will be "pro-republican" for calling out his bull shit. #uspol#hakeem#jeffries#house#uniparty
Tell me again that Hakeem #Jeffries did not abdicate his responsibilities as party leader by not leading them to retain the voted-in #Speaker. Explain, using very small words, how this was successful, appropriate #leadership. Ask me how I personally feel about the Dem #ChaosAgent, #AOC.
#House Minority Leader #HakeemJeffries said lawmakers must work in a collaborative fashion over the next 45 days to “avoid another #GovernmentShutdown drama.” He said they also needed to ensure #Ukraine funding is included in the long-term spending bills. “It’s important for #democracy. It’s important for the principle of #freedom,” #Jeffries said.