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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries quotes Notorious B.I.G. during Trump impeachment trial
NY ^ | January 22, 2020 | 10:58am | Emily Jacobs

Posted on 01/22/2020 9:12:20 AM PST by conservative98

It wasn’t all a dream.

One impeachment manager took an unusual approach to answering a Trump attorney’s question: by quoting a legendary rapper from his Brooklyn House district.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) took a line from Notorious B.I.G. on Tuesday when responding to a question from Jay Sekulow, an attorney on President Trump’s impeachment defense team, who asked, “Why are we here?”

“We are here, sir, because President Trump pressured a foreign government to target an American citizen for political and personal gain,” the New York Democrat responded, adding, “We are here, sir, because President Trump solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election and corrupted our democracy.”

“And we are here, sir, to follow the facts, follow the law, be guided by the Constitution, and present the truth to the American people. That is why we are here, Mr. Sekulow. If you don’t know, now you know,” Jeffries said, closing with a line from the rap icon’s 1994 smash hit “Juicy.”

Biggie, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, grew up in Clinton Hill, part of Jeffries’ 8th District.

Tuesday was not the first time Jeffries had paid tribute to Biggie on the House floor.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: biggiesmalls; hakeemjeffries; impeachment; notoriousbig; trump
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1 posted on 01/22/2020 9:12:20 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Hakeem Jeffries goes full jacka$$

2 posted on 01/22/2020 9:12:28 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

James Brown would have been a better choice.


3 posted on 01/22/2020 9:14:44 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Welcome to North Mexico, Gringo's it...)
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To: conservative98
President Trump solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election and corrupted our democracy.”

Of course there is no evidence of that. So...why are they there?

4 posted on 01/22/2020 9:14:51 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: conservative98

Jes’ keepin’ the “D” in Dumbasses. What next? Quotes from six pak?


5 posted on 01/22/2020 9:16:19 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: conservative98

Yeah how’d things work out for the Notorious PIG.

the Sicilians here are letting Bloods carry out some crimes for them.

Makes me want to throw up.


6 posted on 01/22/2020 9:16:33 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: conservative98
If you don’t know, now you know...

That's not the entire lyric.

7 posted on 01/22/2020 9:18:07 AM PST by Arones (When Leftists are in a minority, then they look for other ways to win.)
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To: gathersnomoss

I vote for Snoop.


8 posted on 01/22/2020 9:18:34 AM PST by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: conservative98
Who the h&ll is Notorious B.I.G.? I guess I'm not "woke" enough.
9 posted on 01/22/2020 9:20:19 AM PST by Jess Kitting
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To: gathersnomoss

“It’s a man’s world...”


10 posted on 01/22/2020 9:20:24 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: conservative98

That makes him look really, really ignorant.
So glad he is not my representative.
You can take a congressman out of the ghetto,
but you can’t always take the ghetto out of that congressman.


11 posted on 01/22/2020 9:22:09 AM PST by lee martell
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To: conservative98

Is this the same d-bag that wore a hoodie in support of Thug Martin?

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/trayvon-martin-hoodies-lawmakers-albany/1974672/

Why yes. Yes it is.


12 posted on 01/22/2020 9:22:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
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To: conservative98

Did he actually bring that poster to the hearings?!


13 posted on 01/22/2020 9:23:00 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: jaydubya2

That’s from the previous time he quoted him.


14 posted on 01/22/2020 9:24:35 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

I’ve seen that guy before. He served me fries at a Burger King a long time ago.


15 posted on 01/22/2020 9:26:04 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: conservative98
“We are here, sir, because President Trump pressured a foreign government to target an American citizen for political and personal gain,” the New York Democrat responded, adding, “We are here, sir, because President Trump solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election and corrupted our democracy.”

Well, no... That was Joe Biden. But thanks for upholding the stereotype you feckless, Socialist, twit.

16 posted on 01/22/2020 9:27:34 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Jess Kitting

Fat rapper. Died of gang violence and gross stupidity.


17 posted on 01/22/2020 9:29:11 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: conservative98

I’ll give him a biggie.


18 posted on 01/22/2020 9:31:22 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: USS Alaska

Is a 357 a biggie?


19 posted on 01/22/2020 9:32:26 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: USS Alaska

Oh, that should have been a 358, I don’t want the gun grabbers to think I was referring to a firearm, because I wasn’t.


20 posted on 01/22/2020 9:34:11 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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