Posted on 06/05/2026 4:14:26 AM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is facing mounting backlash from some Black leaders over her decision to seek re-election in a majority-minority district, a move that appears to be costing her support from the highest-ranking Black Democrat in Congress.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declined to endorse Wasserman Schultz's re-election bid Tuesday after she entered the race for the plurality-Black district, where she faces four Black opponents in the Aug. 18 primary.
"Haven't made a decision, as it relates to that particular race," the lead Democrat said at a news conference when asked if he supports Wasserman Schultz’s run for the Fort Lauderdale-based seat.
Jeffries said he’s spoken to Wasserman Schultz, a member of his leadership team, about the race, but stopped short of offering his support.
"Everybody has a right to run where they see fit. They’ve got to make their case to the people that they hope to represent moving forward," he said.
"I think we all recognize the sensitivities of the moment in terms of an unprecedented Jim Crow-like assault on Black political representation that has been unleashed by the Supreme Court's outrageous decision to gut the Voting Rights Act," he added, invoking the court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which curbed the use of race in the drawing of electoral districts and spurred redistricting in several Republican-led states affecting majority-minority districts represented by Black Democrats.
"And it's an environment that all of us need to be sensitive to as we move forward," he said.
Jeffries' comments come as Wasserman Schultz seeks to weather fierce criticism from some local Black leaders over her decision to run in the district. The seat has been represented by a Black lawmaker for more than three decades.
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With her good looks and winning personality, she’ll land on her feet no matter what happens
The tyranny of corrupt Black Políticos is screeching to a halt.
Inferiority will not continue to rule
DWS... wrong color, wrong sex, wrong religion for today’s Dem party. When your own leader wants to dump you....
Geez.... can’t the Dems just let the voters decide? I mean isn’t that what our democracy - that they are always wailing about - is all about?!
Too funny
But true
Yeah but she combs it with Hellman’s mayo.
FSB is a racist and liberal paper...if you are a black Republican running for office, they'll endorse a white Democrat.
Arm both sides.
“The tyranny of corrupt Black Políticos is screeching to a halt.”
End of Reconstruction.
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Debbie Wassername Schultz? That takes me back about 20 years.
As in Memphis TN, it is OK for a white to represent a Black district ... if a Democrat.
But it is not OK for a white Republican to represent Blacks.
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