Rep.-elect Don Leonard said he will not vote for Rep. Hakeem Jeffries without a commitment to address Citizens United and U.S. aid to Israel
“So unless Speaker Jeffries is willing to commit to enforcing our nation’s laws, like the Leahy Law, against Israeli genocide in Gaza; unless the speaker is willing to get to the heart of this crisis, which is Citizens United, he will not have my vote,” the incoming lawmaker said in a clip he also posted on his social media.”
Jefferys makes his money from Citizen United and Israel. Supporting him is not a good idea.
Asked about Leonard’s comments on Tuesday, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), who’s running unopposed for House majority whip, said he doesn’t know which senior Democrats Leonard was referring to. Aguilar also credited Jeffries for playing “an integral part” in House Democrats’ sweep last week.
Great. Jeffries will waltz into his position with ease, and all hope and energy that was drummed up that lead to the blue wave will be lost long before it reaches the shore. They are going to lose so many voters come 2028. The swing back to the right will be hard, and possibly irreversible. When the legal process utterly fails, the people will be left with few options to force radical change. It’ll have to get much worse before a significant amount of support will garnered for what must be done.
If this is not an indication that they are wholly beholden to corporate and foreign (Israeli) interest, then I don’t know what is.
What’re ya gonna do? Not vote for us? If you don’t vote for us, you’re a racist. If you don’t vote for us, you don’t support our closest Ally—the ONLY democracy in the ME. If you don’t vote for us, you support out-and-out fascism.
Also, if you don’t support the preselected leader, then you only care about supporting terrorism, and Hasan Piker (an unelected twitch streamer, with controversy that Israel has totally cast as his entire image).
In 2024, I gave them a bit of a pass, because it was a dire situation, with garbage options. I voted for a party that threw my community away, knowing full well that abstaining or voting third party was effectively a vote for the demented fascist. My expectations were so low, that if they simply stopped the bleeding, I would have given them gold stars. Disappointed does not even begin to describe my distain.
I need desperately for my newly elected officials to push hard to get the party in the same universe as leftist policy. The problem is that their numbers are still small, but I have hope that they will be willing to pull no punches in the fight to wrestle the do-nothing traitors into the general left direction. My bar is truly so fucking low that I’d consider no shows for pro-Israel votes as wins.
And yesterday Sen. Gillebrand scolded the voters and yelled about how great Schumer is, giving him the credit for all the Democratic wins since 2006. Somehow she forgot about all the crushing defeats and letting the criminals in the first Trump administration get away so they could come back even more organized for their second crime spree.
I think it’s high time we stop fucking around with house members who think FDR and MLK jr were too radical. Those are the two most notable democratic socialists and most Americans support the programs from the new deal and civil rights in general and every time they slag DSA, they are insulting the memories of FDR and MLK jr.
Next cycle, primary all of them. Especially Jeffries, who sold us out and feels entitled to be the Speaker.
Ok, hell it is then.
After the election I said that even if Dems had a supermajority trifecta in DC there would still be foghting and bullshit and I hate that I am right about that.
This is why I hate politics, and why a lot of people don’t care.
