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You are a f*ing liar! Hakeem Jefferies shouted down during CSPAN interview. (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 6 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

I’m out of the loop on the Jeffries hate. I don’t know anything about him and haven’t seen much concrete other than proclaiming that we hate him. Can someone please explain what is the problem with him that causes him to be public enemy #1 on the left?

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  • [–] 20 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    I think the biggest problem with Jeffries is that, for the last two years, he and Schumer have been the highest ranking Democrats in elected office. They should have been the ones setting the agenda and putting forth compelling messaging that resonates with voters. Instead, they chose to represent everything that the American public at large sees as wrong with the Dems. Mamdani breaks out as a superstar and establishes the theme for the midterms, and feckless Schumer and Jeffries couldn't even endorse the Democratic nominee for their own city over a salty sex pest. They'd rather make backroom deals with Republicans and unelected fuckwits like Jared Kushner. It's not just the left that hates Dem leadership, their approval ratings are below Trump's.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago*

    Got it. So it’s not something specific he did, it’s that people who care about the Democratic Party want a leadership change there.
    Personally, I think it would be better to leave the 2 party system behind and let powerful upcoming politicians like mamdani, talarico, etc form their own, fresh platform. There is thin chance of salvaging something good out of the DNC given their past 30 years have been about the clintons and bidens. Both the dnc and rnc are rotten to the core and a huge net minus for America and democracy. If I have to pick one out of the 2, it’s still an easy choice, but it would be nice to have actually inspiring options. The stories of Scott Colom and Adam Hamilton are great examples why the dnc is not supporting what their voters want.

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  • [–] 20 points 14 hours ago

    The last 2 years he's been rolling over and showing his belly to Republicans. Every step of the way he never pushes back, never even tries to do anything helpful, then has a media day where he acts like he's doing all he can.

    He's absolutely useless as a Democrat and needs to be voted out.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 hours ago

    To keep it really simple, for me I just don't support any politician that takes corporate/PAC money. They can not be trusted. Period. End of story. You could list all the specific issues he's bad on, but this is the core of the problem. Jefferies is just the current corporate stooge the party is pushing for Speaker of the House, so opposing him specifically is currently necessary if we don't want all of our progressive wins to go to waste. Same with Schumer in the Senate Majority race.

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