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[–] 118 points 2 months ago (26 children)

Welp, I don't support Hakeem Jeffries. So, there you go.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (24 children)

    WhAt you wAnT tRumP to win?!??!??!??!???!!

    Vote blue no matter who! 🤪

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (11 children)

    Jeffries appears to have moved past his primary election unopposed, so yes indeed people should vote for him in November.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Can he drum up sufficient support, though?

    The "idc what happens i'm sure the blues will win somehow" voting block is doing pretty well these days.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Well right now he's doing the opposite of drumming up support by stating his opposition to near-universally popular policies and attacking the most energized portion of the base.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Supporting him is done by us not him, so how we speak and how we act will decide. Start by downvoting divisive posts like this.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

    Why is it "divisive" to report on what Hakeem says, but it's not "divisive" for him to say it?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Why do you assume we're worse than him?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    People with the capability to make divisive statements. Might help if you take a lap back through the discussion.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I'm still not following. Where did I even make a comparison? I just asked a question.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    You think we dont have to avoid divissive comments because he didn't, butthat logic only works if we're as bad as or worse than he is.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    The question was about Hakeem making a divisive statement and OP sharing the reporting on it. Reporting on what someone else says is not an additional divisive statement, and downvoting the post for being divisive is just shooting the messenger. That's the point I was making, you lecture the people informing others about what Hakeem said to stop being divisive when it's Hakeem who made the divisive statement and should be lectured. It's the same logical error a lot of liberals make when they blame voters for election losses instead of the candidates for failing to inspire people's vote.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    You've never heard of a primary, have you?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

    This is why we are we are.

    The fact that establishment Dems roll over against Republicans should tell you everything you need to know.

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/does-hakeem-jeffries-support-medicare-for-all

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Explain the functional difference between rolling over and not participating at all?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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    You not understanding the relevance is not the same as it not being relevant

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  • [–] 49 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Step one: get rid of the Nazis

    Step two: get rid of moderate Democrats

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The Overton window has shifted so far that this dude would be hard right anywhere else in the civilized world.

    We are the moderates. Current Dem leadership are regressive.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    You gotta do both at the same time or you won't get rid of either of them. If they act as a unified bloc we should treat them as such.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    In one fell swoop? We don't have that choice, and even if we did, the numbers aren't there. If it is a decision between a Republican and a centrist Democrat, I'll take the centrist no contest. You have to vote for social democrats in the primaries first. In general elections, I just vote against Republicans.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    The strategy you describe is concurrent, or as concurrent as it can be. If you're a stickler for details it's actually the reverse of the order of operations you laid out, since the primary comes before the general.

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  • [–] 84 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (15 children)

    You dumb Cunt

    And to think, I helped get this guy elected to the Senate for his first term. I campaigned for this asshole. I canvassed. I had a lanyard. I had a clipboard. I knocked on doors. I convinced others to vote for him.

    I met him and shook his hand. and this motherfucker lied right to my goddamn face.

    I feel fucking dirty, and I feel disgusting for spreading that filth to others

    Edit: the Hakeem Jeffries wasn’t in front of the Javiz Center at the BLM protest… But I was and I can bring that fight to the next election… And the next. Didn’t bet on that did you, Hakeem? Well, fuck you. And fuck that horse of entitlement you rode in on.

    You know what else survived the NYPD crackdown at the Javits center? This watch (cracks courtesy of the NYPD):

    And this watch says your time has run out.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    I can only hope a lot of MAGA voters feel betrayed the same way. That pretty optimistic though, trump has his stupid cult of personality around him. Plus he’s actually following through on a lot of his campaign promises, unlike the lying dem mfs.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I saw a recent video of an interview with the Trump voter that said they regretted voting for Donald Trump because “ICE wasn’t hurting the right people“

    These people who voted for Trump are fucking sociopaths, just like Trump. they have nothing but hate in their hearts, and they voted for Trump because they wanted to hurt others. they voted for Trump because they believed he would be the agent of pain and destruction for fellow Americans that they did not like. people like you and me.

    It’s like that video of the old man crying on the news weeping because his Haitian wife got dragged off to the concentration camps, with him crying “but I’m a business owner! I voted for Trump three times! Why did he come after my wife?“ Why did you think you were special, asshole?

    THAT’S HOW FASCISM WORKS!!!

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  • [+] -21 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Calm down, guy, the Primary for NY district 8 ended already. Like it or not we want Jeffries to win in November, because even if you don't believe his words you definitely shouldn't believe the child rape and human cattle party that is the GOP.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

    Calm down, guy,

    Reign it in, Cuntalicious— this story was from 2011-2012. Were you ever born then? Lmao.

    And just because Jeffries isn’t currently being challenged for his district, doesn’t mean he isn’t a Titanic piece of shit. It also doesn’t mean that you aren’t a Titanic piece of shit for trying to stick up for him. Really, what is he done that you are willing to defend? Fuck you.

    I bet you don’t even live in this district, ya poser.

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  • [+] -9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    You know, if you have a strong argument you don't need to resort to aggression and name calling.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    I don't think this is an argument. OP has a personal vendetta with a high pfofile figure and telling him to "calm down we need him" doesn't remove that betrayal. He wasn't even disagreeing with the reply. Just asserting what we all already know in that Jeffries does not have the people's priorities in mind.

    Him not being as bad as a literal nazi isn't a high bar to meet.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Research into rhetoric disagrees if the person is using themselves as part of the argument. If they bring in their credibility then an ad hominem is rhetorically the correct response.

    With that fun fact of the way, in this instance I think you are right.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Him not being a Republican is still enough to defend with everything we have in November. He wants to reform the scotus and undo cuts to medicare and social security. We need him to win in Novemver so go get your fucking canvassing clipboard out.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    He’s even not up for reelection in November, and won’t be until 2028

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

    Yeah man i fucking hate making sure americans can afford to live their goddamn lives and maybe spend some of that time with their families?

    No? Just work and missiles for war criminals? Fuck off.

    I hope you guys on the left understand the assignment is to retake the party from the dumb fucks in my older generation (Gen X specifically, but also the Boomers who haven't croaked yet.) We think we know but we don't. We/they are wrong. The center can win you a battle but it will never ever win the fucking war. Go win the war.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    All these people only care about their immediate families, rich buddies and hoarding as much property and wealth as possible.

    We need to stop having faith in them and rise up in action to establish true democracy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Ok do it?

    Perhaps another scheduled nonviolent demonstration? No Kings XIII?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    You’re right. Most of the people in this country probably need to pushed to the point of starvation to violently revolt. The problem is, who will be the first person to start? Trying to do it as one person is pointless.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 months ago*

    Find someone who looks at you like Hakeem looks at a war criminal.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago

    Every corner of rot needs to be dealt with in this country, including controlled opposition.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago

    Fuck this guy. I hope karma catches up to him and all his bullshit.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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    That Jeffries guy becomes more and more suspicious to me every time I see a new article. It may be the billionaire-owned media painting this picture or the man may be a fraud. I'm watching you Jeffries. I'm watching you billionaire-owned media.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago

    Get the fuck out then

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago

    "as the leader of the house democrats, you can rest assured that i will always support the two central missions of our party: accepting dumptrucks of money from israel and losing elections"

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  • [–] 32 points 2 months ago

    Hakeem Jeffries can fuck off. It's been clear since day 1 of trump 2.0 that he's a fucking hack, and here we are.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Well then you got to go son.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    He knows he will...

    He's just trying to depress his own party's turnout because he'll say if we ran neoliberal candidates and had a neoliberal DNC we'd have done better.

    He won't have a leadership position in February if Martin still has the DNC, and Jefferies would rather hand the government to trump for another two years than see progressives elect progressive congressional leadership.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    Aipac shakur

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago

    The first job of the new Dem Congress after the Midterm, is to immediately replace the MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries. If they don't work for the other side, they might as well be. Get rid of them.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Instead, Jeffries argued Democrats should focus on making healthcare more affordable by reversing Republican-enacted Medicaid cuts and extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that he said have helped millions of Americans manage insurance costs.

    So basically he's saying that now that Republicans hamstringed our healthcare, we should change our goals and just go back to how things were??? I feel like this is the most obvious it has ever been that establishment dems are NOT on our (the people's) side.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

    TBF Jeffries cosponsored single payer bills for a decade. It's probably a better indication of his specific decline rather than the party itself.

    Jeffries needs to win in November, though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

    You are so weird.

    • @FiniteBanjo - Almost 8k comments, 2 accounts, joined 8 months ago~
    • @UnderpantsWeevil - 24k comments, 1 account, joined 3 years ago~
    • @SatansMaggotyCumFart - Almost 15k comments, 9 accounts, joined 3 years ago~

    You three motherfuckers sound almost the exact same, with a few different quirks. American Exceptionalists who constantly try to convince people of supporting this system and this democratic party as is.

    I just saw UnderpantsWeevil commenting in this post about the USS Lincoln (https://lemmy.world/post/50817587) pretty much implying that Gavin Newsom is going to be the next president. What the fuck? The difference between him and you and Satan is that he seems to be a little pro-China. Satan hates China. I don't know about you, but, you all overlap hard with the American Exceptionalism, you being some of the oldest active accounts I have seen in Lemmy ever since I joined it after the Reddit API fiasco, and the insane amount of activity all of you have in this platform.

    Do you even have a job or how the fuck do you three have so many comments here? And why the hell are you always trying to sway people to be pro-America no matter what? You still want America to be the "world police," to meddle in other countries and whatnot. You are right now telling people that this Hakeem Jeffrey POS "needs to win in November" even after all the evil shit he says and does. Someone just posted a photo of him looking at Netanyahu like a wife, that's the kind of evil corpo bootlicker monster he is.

    Why? Why can't you instead tell people that they deserve better than this loser?

    I get your angle about not letting any republican in power, but what the fuck is this, man? Are you feds or something??

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    This mf over here writing novellas in the comment section while complaining about number of comments.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

    Probably because you publish a sheer volume of comments that rivals a coked up Stephen King's output trying to browbeat people into not believing their eyes and ears when establishment Democratic figures are being as blatant as they can be in demonstrating they are not on the side of the people and will not be coming to help us, but fighting against us when it comes to down to it.

    It's fucking exhausting to have every thread be full of you guys going "But see, he said he'd only break one of your arms and legs if he wins, not both of them!" as if that's supposed to make people suddenly say, "You know what, that's great, he's got my vote." when folks simply point out he's said these things and wish that he would commit to not breaking any of our limbs if elected instead. "Ah, but harm reduction! The republicans will break both your arms and legs if they win." Yeah, and assholes like Hakeem Jeffries will be holding you down while they do it to make sure they don't miss while you squirm, thanks a lot.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    too long, didn't read

    Are you slopping?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Wow, you lack the attention span to read two small paragraphs, so that means anyone functionally literate is must be going and dipping into that AI well, too? Projection skills like that could probably land you a fine job at Imax, buddy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    He's going to lose and people like you will blame the voters, but it'll be his own fault.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    I would have liked for his opponents to run a proper primary against him and win, but now that he's going to the general I support him 100% and I say any abstainers are morons for allowing the mere possibility of a GOP congressman.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    We all know this, but I am surprised that he actually admits it publicly.

    But... perhaps there's no point in manipulating the public. It's not as if there's a viable alternative.

    Meanwhile, he has the very best healthcare on Earth, all thanks to US taxpayers.

    This is just one more reason why our major parties continue to lose voters every year. Rs are now 30%, Ds are now 30%, and Independents are up to 40% (many polls, pick your favorite).

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Time to clean up the Dem party. Vote blue no matter who goes both ways!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Why wasn't he primaried, New York?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    Ok well move aside then asshole and let people take over who actually DO give a damn.

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    He's managed to reach across the aisle to achieve unity; everybody hates this motherfucker and wants his ass thrown to the curb out of Congress. This piece of shit is approaching Ted Cruz levels of hating. Fuck this dork.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Jeffries is clearly a MAGA plant. He can just go cross the aisle and sit with his buddies. He’s taking up a Dem seat. Oh I’m sure the GOP stans will want to re-elect him. You’ve got no friends, buddy.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Anyone else read his statement in the voice of Uncle Ruckus?

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    Vote out this piece of shit corpo

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    I don't support Hakeem Jeffries, so I guess we're even?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Man he sucks. He makes voting for the dems hard.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    Tell me you only care about your corporate masters without saying you only care about your corporate masters.

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