Get the fuck out then
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Well then, vote Hakeem out of politics he is definitely not serving for the people.
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.
Unrelated, isn't this so cute?
Why is Hakeem Jefferies?
But why male models.
You... you serious?
This US supreme court needs to be at least... THREE times bigger... I have a vision...
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).
Greens led by a cunt that dines at Putin's table don't count.
Man he sucks. He makes voting for the dems hard.
Find someone who looks at you like Hakeem looks at a war criminal.
Time to clean up the Dem party. Vote blue no matter who goes both ways!
I'm not sure it matters who goes both ways, but I will agree.
One of his few good points, and it may be accidental is that it’s hard to sell a tax increase.
My health insurance premium is way higher than my Medicare tax, so I can recognize that tripling the Medicare tax in my income bracket in order to support Medicare for all will actually save me money.
But there are a lot of people who would stop at tripling the Medicare tax is bad. It would be a hard sell to get past that.
The only real problem with tripling the Medicare tax is that it’s a fixed percentage and is capped, but really ought to be progressive with no cap
It's ONE of the MOST Difficult things to Tell people their Monthly costs will ~~LOWER!~~ ~~Be LESS!~~ ~~SAVE Money!~~ I cant' even do it!
It's one of those things that boggles me. People will happily hundreds of dollars a month for a 'service' they barely use and is notorious for finding ways to not honor providing the service for any number of reasons.
But the second you rephrase it as a tax, even a tax that would cost them less and provide them better services, they just don't want any part of it and cling to the broken model like any kind of tax is an impediment of their rights.
Selling a good thing like Medicare for all is a skills issue at this point. And if we keep hiring Democrats who lack that level of communication skills, then don't blame the voters for failing to know what is at stake.
This is why the idea of "Medicare for those who want it" seems appealing to me. Until you reach a certain threshold (say, 70%), make both the tax and benefits optional.
It's not optimal by any stretch but it's easier to sell it as an optional tax and benefit.
Why wasn't he primaried, New York?
DSA member Chi Osse wanted to challenge Jeffries, but the DSA narrowly dropped him because Zohran Mamdani told DSA not to primary Jeffries.
So you can thank Zohran Mamadani for this.
Vote out this piece of shit corpo
I don't support Hakeem Jeffries, so I guess we're even?
Ok well move aside then asshole and let people take over who actually DO give a damn.
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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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.
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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Tell me you only care about your corporate masters without saying you only care about your corporate masters.
Anyone else read his statement in the voice of Uncle Ruckus?
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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Seeing as he isn’t up for reelection until ‘28, if we are able to secure House in mid-terms — he shouldn’t even be Speaker. We need someone backing these agendas and not stalling our needs.
Uh... he is up for re-election this year. House members serve 2 year terms.
Oh. Somewhere in the replies it is noted differently. Thanks.
Np. But yeah, I've been writing my rep multiple times asking him not to support Jeffries for speaker. Dude is the worst.
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.
Ha, he's not a MAGA plant. He's like every other leadership Democrat. This is a Democrat. Believe what's always been right in front of your face.
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Step one: get rid of the Nazis
Step two: get rid of moderate Democrats
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Every corner of rot needs to be dealt with in this country, including controlled opposition.
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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Fuck this guy. I hope karma catches up to him and all his bullshit.
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