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.

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    9 days ago

    Goddamn it didn’t take long for them to piss me off too. Accountability and public shame are the only things keeping fascists in check.

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      9 days ago

      Yeah, last night was fun, but my wife and I knew come Wednesday morning, the corpo Dems would remind us why nothing will fundamentally change and that a red tsunami won’t be too far off. 🫵🫪

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        8 days ago

        people like hakeema nd schumer, and the likes of cory, slotkin ensures there will be one. the gop and OLd guard dnc are basically codependent on each other.

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    9 days ago

    This asshole needs to go and he can take Schumer with him: Holding powerful people accountable for their numerous and wildly egregious crimes isn’t “getting even”.

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      9 days ago

      One might even say that Jeffries and Schumer are some of the powerful people who need to be held accountable. Hashtag NotAllDemocrats /s

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    9 days ago

    Y’all had 7 republican senators cross over last impeachment. With that we could actually get him out this time. Istg if they don’t impeach I will go postal

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    9 days ago

    I can’t speak for every US citizen, but as a citizen I can definitely say that while I don’t want to get “even” I do want to see justice served. Those who have raped (literally) and pillaged their way to power need to be held accountable or we are just going to see more and more of this same crap in future administrations.

    Of course, I fully expect that the pardon machine is going to be running at full tilt in the next few months and some may never be properly prosecuted, but there’s plenty of dirt out there and lots of guilty parties, so lets start airing that dirty laundry, prosecuting, sanctioning, and generally making social pariahs of the fucks that got us into this mess.

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    9 days ago

    Hakeem Jeffries wants democrats to lose in 2028.

    Trump is like a festering wound.

    Jeffries would have you running around, treating the fever, the fatigue. Maybe managing the pain. All the other things. But he’s not dealing with the festering wound.

    Ultimately everything we’re dealing with, that be would say is a priority is from the corruption and abuses of Trump, the republicans, and the oligarchs.

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      9 days ago

      Nurses are great for recovery but not when you need a surgeon to cut out the root cause.

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      9 days ago

      Hakeem Jeffries wants whatever the Mossad handler that implanted him in his seat wants him to want. And yes that’s for democrats to lose in 2028, because Israel knows there is no world where a pro-israel democrat wins.

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    He’s right, I don’t want even. I want fucking annihilation. I want to drop the hammer on these chuds so hard they can’t get elected until the next century. I want them to think twice about ever doing it again. I want them scared.

    And you can do that while also making life fair and affordable. These are NOT mutually exclusive goals. In fact they are very much connected.

    Do both or resign ya chucklefuck.

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    9 days ago

    My first litmus test for whether real change is even remotely forthcoming is whether this mother fucker and the other mother fucker are majority leaders come January.

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    9 days ago

    Jeffries is so far out of touch, he wouldn’t know what to do with it if he ever did touch it.

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      9 days ago

      I mean he’s probably that too, but my guess is that accountability would have unacceptable consequences for him and his donors.

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    Sure, don’t get even. Make a big anti-corruption legislation push. Out in the open, include investigations.

    Then do what is needed. Dems need to act like they’re anti corruption

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      8 days ago

      his donors are getting pissed gop dint win, by extension the money faucet will be shut off, if they dont sabotage efforts.