A rebellion would imply that he has some entitlement to the seat

Exactly. He failed us. Repeatedly. He should resign immediately, for failing to represent his supporters, but you know he won't.

Will the party read the fucking room though?

I recently read Jeffries is in the Epstein files and begged for money. That would explain why he acts like a republican in disguise.

We demand representation that doesn’t immediately go suck Trump off because AIPAC demands it.

Don’t forget Booker, Pelosi, centrist and Republican-lite folks like Manchin, and other “we go high” limp noodlers, too.

NO NEOLIBERAL FASCIST COLLABORATORS. NO “REFORMING” ICE… ONLY COMPLETE DISMANTLING AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

I would say that we need competent blood. These corporate, AIPAC shills will just replace them with the next Haley Stevens in line.

Jefferies is an AIPAC recipient. Kushner is Trump's bribery guy. And Israel's as well. Maybe Russia and the Saudies.

Point being, there's only one reason to meet with Kushner, and that's some form of bribery.

They were never going to back and fund an independent with Democrat funding.

I wanted Bernie too, but the primary voters chose Hillary long before they got to the Convention when the Superdelegates could influence the vote. Yes, the establishment preferred her, but so did the people actually voting in the primaries.

It's why the message needs to be that we vote left in the primaries, then vote blue in the general. It's the only way to reverse the ratchet.

Change.org is a great way to feel like you did something, while doing nothing at all.

Call and write your representative, that way you are actually heard.

Using resistbot would do far more and tallies up numbers just the same.

Unfortunately internal votes are not democratic. Jeffries has a lot of power in the caucus. The votes are secret so they can not be subject to backlash or bullying. That also means we can’t hold them accountable for how they vote.

Republics were traditionally oligarchies but sure we know what you meant.

Not really, the speaker is an internal election. But the people running for Congress weren't campaigning on who to vote for speaker. You're also arguing that but you're just assuming the majority doesn't want them as leadership. That's not how any of this works.

They are under attack from foreign influence more than anyone so I give them some of credit for what they achieved during the midterms. This is another sign they don't want more of the same from the Democrats. I'm encouraged by what I've been seeing

Jeffries might want to run it by the Minority Leader first. What if the GOP prefers a different Speaker? I fear there isn't enough reaching across the aisle here.

It's not so much that he has the votes, it's that no one has tossed their hat into the ring for the job. He's basically running unopposed.

Get ready for the articles claiming that Democrats don't want him because he's black.

Whatever you wrote down there, on mobile each letter is about the size of a single speck of flour