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Jeffries ‘absolutely’ agrees to debate Johnson on C-Span amid shutdown gridlock
Washington Examiner ^

Posted on 10/15/2025 11:12:33 AM PDT by TigerClaws

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Tuesday that he is on board with a proposal to have a conversation with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on C-Span. .

“I look forward to that,” Jeffries told reporters in Washington.

“We’re going to try to get it scheduled, absolutely,” he promised, referencing a possible joint appearance on C-Span’s new program Ceasefire.

The development could set the two party leaders in the House up for a rousing debate over the government shutdown, which entered its 15th day on Wednesday.

Johnson has declared he has no intention of accepting Jeffries’s offer to do a public debate about the shutdown on the House floor.

“We debated all of this on the House floor, as you know, before we passed our bill,” a continuing resolution to keep the government open, the speaker said Monday. “He spoke for seven or eight minutes, he had all of his colleagues lined up, they gave it their best shot, and they argued, and they stomped their feet and screamed at us and all that.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana; US: New York
KEYWORDS: hakeemjeffries; louisiana; mikejohnson; newyork

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1 posted on 10/15/2025 11:12:33 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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Great idea. Dumbass. Will he provide a person to ‘splain wut hock-keem sayin’?


2 posted on 10/15/2025 11:18:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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We’re going to try to get it scheduled, absolutely

We'll stall until the reopening

3 posted on 10/15/2025 11:19:46 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: TigerClaws

Debating Majority Speaker Johnson does not seem like much of a heavy lift for any elected official with a fair amount of public speaking and debate skills. I’m certain Hakeem is being told this will be a Slam Dunk event. A virtual Cake Walk. Even former Speaker Kevin McCarthy could mop the floor against Johnson most the time.

Hakeem most likely is being trained to give Speaker Johnson the
“Rude-Grandpa Treatment”, similar to what Joe Biden did to Paul Ryan back in 2012. No guardrails, no diplomacy, no being called out by The Host, whichever Lib they chose for that role.


4 posted on 10/15/2025 11:21:16 AM PDT by lee martell
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Nothing is going to change before the “No Kings” riots on the 18th.

And what sense does it make for those two to debate at all? That’s silly. As Johnson said, the formal and organized debates are on the House floor.


5 posted on 10/15/2025 11:23:23 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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Be prepared, Mike. HHaaakeem will pull the race card every time. Also, the moderator will be a flaming demoncRAT so you’ll be treated like a disease. Don’t debate him, Mike. He’s not worth the trouble. If you do, you’fe asking for trouble.


6 posted on 10/15/2025 11:24:32 AM PDT by gildafarrell ("No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.")
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To: TigerClaws

Hakeem thinks he’s Muhammad Ali but the rope-a-dope will be on him.


7 posted on 10/15/2025 11:25:00 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: rktman

dims are big on sign language interpreters


8 posted on 10/15/2025 11:29:15 AM PDT by xp38
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“Also, the moderator will be a flaming demoncRAT so you'll be treated like a disease.”

No sir!

The moderator must be neutral, objective, and trustworthy. Get someone from Turning Point USA.

9 posted on 10/15/2025 11:34:43 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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Don’t elevate the stooge to anything more than a ghetto Sombrero Wearer.

As a former NYC school teacher, and DEI hire, he is as dim as they come.

Hakeemo esta un Retardo.


10 posted on 10/15/2025 11:35:25 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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Don’t do it Mike. No upside. Do not debate a lying moron, ever.


11 posted on 10/15/2025 11:43:29 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: TigerClaws

Will he get to wear his fake mustache and sombrero?


12 posted on 10/15/2025 11:43:57 AM PDT by digger48
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Hey Mike, Be sure to bring your own stop watch!

The "moderator" kept shorting Winsom-Sears during her debate with the Dem.

13 posted on 10/15/2025 11:50:34 AM PDT by G Larry (Its RACIST to impose slave wages on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by importing cheap ILLEGAL labor)
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What is there for them to discuss? The House has already passed the funding bill. The hold up is the democrats in the Senate. Have them explain why they are refusing to fund the government.

I also find that using the term ‘healthcare’ deceptive language. Healthcare is what I receive from. doctors, nurses, etc. Not the government. It’s not healthcare their arguing about, but who should pay for it.


14 posted on 10/15/2025 11:52:58 AM PDT by hanamizu
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“...debate over the government shutdown...”

With Jeffries nothing is ever a debate, conversation, discussion, or meeting of the minds. His way of doing these is by yelling over his opponent. He is a historical no talent when it comes to discussion and points. To prove that they are doing it at CNN using CNN people and not FOX. If he intended to make the discussion fair he wouldn’t need CNN to cover his arse. It should be an off network source that has no affiliation with liberal of conservative sources lioke streaming.

wy69


15 posted on 10/15/2025 11:59:34 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: hanamizu

True.

I’d rather see Cruz debate in the Senate. Any Dem will do.


16 posted on 10/15/2025 12:01:21 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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I don’t like the idea. Jeffries is passionate and loud about his views. Johnson seems a bit too mild-mannered to go up against him — even though he is in the right.


17 posted on 10/15/2025 12:15:43 PM PDT by KittyKares
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C-Span


18 posted on 10/15/2025 12:19:12 PM PDT by ggboss (Vote them out)
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To: TigerClaws

That ought to be rich. 😉


19 posted on 10/15/2025 12:19:19 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TigerClaws

plural noun: clichés; plural noun: cliches

a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.


Show time for Hakeem Jeffries it’s all he ever has.

He’s all them and no brains it’s why he’s a democrat.


20 posted on 10/15/2025 12:21:51 PM PDT by Vaduz
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