Posted on 02/02/2025 5:25:31 AM PST by MtnClimber
Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is facing blowback after calling for supporters to fight President Donald Trump’s agenda not only legislatively but “in the streets.”
“Right now, we’re going to keep focused on the need to look out for everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans who are under assault by an extreme MAGA Republican agenda that is trying to cut taxes for billionaire donors and wealthy corporations and then stick New Yorkers and working class Americans across the country with the bill,” Jeffries said during a press conference on Friday.
“That’s not acceptable. We are going to fight it legislatively. We’re going to going to fight it in the courts, and we’re going to fight it in the streets,” he added.
The message does not seem to be new, mirroring similar messaging to House Democrats during a House Democratic Caucus virtual emergency meeting this week, discussing ways to oppose Trump’s MAGA agenda.
“House Democrats are now fully engaged. The bell has rung. I think we see this for the constitutional test that it is, and we’re going to be aggressively pushing back,” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) said, according to the Hill.
“Leader Jeffries described it as a legal fight, a legislative fight and a street fight,” he said, adding, “And I couldn’t put it better.”
Democrat Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia described the move as a “broad call for action — and a vigorous one.”
But to some, Jeffries’s call to fight “in the streets” is all too reminiscent of the days of violence over the summer of 2020....SNIP
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They wanted to burn the place down before Trump.
Sounds like insurrection to me.
Of course he would say that. His looks, demeanor, and walk reveal he is a thug. Fifty years ago he would be walking the streets with a chain in his hands.
well...chains ON his hands could be arranged. with his attitude maybe ankle bracelets too.
Maybe jack smith would care to consider his comments as inciting riot or insurrection? Silence I bet.
“Go to the Capitol and peacefully protest” OR “ we’re going to fight it in the streets”.
What is Hakeem Tuah boy’s problem?
Oh, Hakeem, the streets. For your listening pleasure, Survivor, “High on You”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxhueyC70cU
This animal belongs in prison for advocating the over throw of the legal government.
Jefferies’ words were a dog whistle for ANTIFA and BLM to riot in the streets again.
Patriots are ready for them this time.
Cynical me muses....
“Well, saves us from having to go house to house.”
Do you REALLY WANT TO GO THERE yankee jerk-off ?
I think this should require a visit from the New Secret Service Team. Enjoy your rectal search during your visit to the Gulag that you probably helped send the INNOCENT J6 Political Prisoners to...
I came here for this comment.
Bring it, Dollar Store Obama.
LOL !!! Like building a Feral Hog feeding pen. A trap that is triggered when they step on the ground trigger below the feed bucket, closing the entrance.
Obviously.
For the rest of his days.
Sounds like he wants another long hot summer of cities burning. He needs to resign.
“I think we see this for the constitutional test that it is,”
Ah the old, ‘if we can’t win the election fairly we fight them in the streets’ clause of the Constitution.
There was a fight in the streets. It was called an election. Trump won.
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