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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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To: conservative98
Now THAT is way to get people to watch the impeachment show. Every Senator should have to rap whatever he or she says.

Rap Wars Impeachment Style.

I can almost see and hear it now.

Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five music starts blasting through the Senate Chambers and then Mitch "M.C." McConnell steps up to the microphone and launches into....

"Broken glass, EV'RYwhere! People pissin' on the stairs, you know they just don't care. Can't take the heat. Can't take the noise. Got no money to move out, guess I got no choice. Don't! Push! Me! I'm close ...to... the... edddddge. I'm tryin' not to lose my head. Huh, huh huh, huh! It's like a jungle sometimes and it makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under. Huh, huh huh, huh!

21 posted on 01/22/2020 9:36:15 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: conservative98

That this idiot has a national platform to spout his stupidity is a hate crime against intelligence.


22 posted on 01/22/2020 9:38:25 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: Jess Kitting
Who the h&ll is Notorious B.I.G.? I guess I'm not "woke" enough.

---------

Here you go.

Circa 1997:

B-I-G P-O-P-P-A, no info for the DEA

https://youtu.be/gUhRKVIjJtw?t=215

23 posted on 01/22/2020 10:15:22 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

If no crime or misdemeanor why are you there?-)


24 posted on 01/22/2020 11:24:35 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: conservative98

RAP ruins everything.


25 posted on 01/22/2020 11:26:53 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: conservative98
What an intellectual lightweight featherweight.
26 posted on 01/22/2020 1:46:04 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: conservative98

No Nation will survive that votes Hakeem Jefferies types to represent them. It is just a matter of time.


27 posted on 01/22/2020 1:53:06 PM PST by sport
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To: gathersnomoss
James Brown would have been a better choice.

"Like a sex machine?"

28 posted on 01/22/2020 2:50:38 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Jess Kitting

He Notorious D.E.A.D. now.


29 posted on 01/22/2020 4:23:29 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Old Yeller

Notorious D.O.A.


30 posted on 01/22/2020 4:49:49 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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To: conservative98
Hakeem, in a more contemplative mood...


31 posted on 01/22/2020 4:58:42 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: gathersnomoss

“James Brown would have been a better choice.”

Especially if DJT shows up - “I FEEEEL GOOD! YA KNEW THAT AH WOULD, NOW!”


32 posted on 01/23/2020 10:12:07 AM PST by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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To: gathersnomoss

I bet James Brown would have been a big supporter of President Trump. James Brown loved President Ronald Reagan and despised President Carter.


33 posted on 01/23/2020 10:19:30 AM PST by CrosscutSaw
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To: CrosscutSaw
I bet James Brown would have been a big supporter of President Trump.



Yep!

And I know Sharpton, despite what he says publicly, has been friends with Trump for years. It's just business, and Trump knows that.

34 posted on 01/23/2020 10:22:00 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

It’s really to bad that old rev. Al doesn’t have enough courage to STAND UP and tell black people that Trump is NOT a racist COWARDS all of them!!!


35 posted on 01/23/2020 10:34:47 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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