Hakeem Jeffries FTW

[highplainsdem]

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Hakeem Jeffries
@RepJeffries

Just so that we are clear.

The Black community has thousands of iconic leaders to look up to like Harriet Tubman, John Lewis and Shirley Chisholm.

We do not need to embrace your mugshot.

[Lovie777]

1. K & R............................

[Hekate]

2. KnR

[sheshe2]

3. This!

[niyad]

4. KNR

[mountain grammy]

5. Mr Speaker!!!!!!

Soon, soon.

[Upthevibe]

6. Kick. N/T

[onecaliberal]

7. K&R

[Attilatheblond]

8. Kickin it for the fine man in the House

[orangecrush]

9. Pure class

K&R

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

10. Hakeem Jeffries commands respect!

Love this man. Honestly, didn't know who he was until he became speaker. The Dems chose very well!

On Edit, he is, of course, not speaker, but minority leader. (Thanks to SilasSouleII for flagging that!) That's what happens when I'm on DU when I'm supposed to be doing chores and keep telling myself, "Just one more thread, quickly..."

[SilasSouleII]

11. He's never been speaker

He is the minority leader of the house at the moment. In essence, the speaker in waiting.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

12. Ooops, of course!

Thanks!

[patphil]

21. I can understand the mistake, I mean after all...Mike Johnson? Really?

It's not like Johnson is doing anything that would identify him as the Speaker of the House, other than prevent the House from actually doing it's job.
Consider this a dramatic foreshadowing of next January when Representative Jeffries actually is the Speaker of the House.

[gademocrat7]

13. K&R!

[czarjak]

14. Hakeem Dreams should haunt them!

[Qutzupalotl]

15. ...or your sneakers.

[llmart]

16. He should also have added John Lewis.

The orange doofus will never get the black vote no matter how much he tries to pander to them.

[DoBW]

17. Lewis

I believe you will see Lewis' name right there

[raging moderate]

18. Also Barbara Jordan.

I will always wonder what this genius would have achieved.

[Farmer-Rick]

19. For context, 2 days ago

This is what the stinking Nazi said to a crowd of conservative Black folks:

"I got indicted a second time and a third time and a fourth time, and a lot of people said that that’s why the Black people like me."

"I’m being indicted for you, the Black population."

“The lights are so bright in my eyes that I can’t see too many people out there. But I can only see the Black ones. I can’t see any White ones, you see? That’s how far I’ve come,” he added as the crowd cheered. That’s how far I’ve come. That’s a long — that’s a long way, isn’t it?”

“Would you rather have the Black president or the White president who got $1.7 billion off the price? (Of a new Air Force One)"

He complained about some weird names for his social media platform he was given. His comments come off as rude insults to names of people.

"I'm being discriminated against."

"The Black people are so much on my side because they see what happens to me, happens to them."

"The Black people embraced my mugshot more than anyone else."

"Think of this, ahhhh ah, (implying this is President Biden) Jim..from..N..B..C yes, yes. Mr President ah, what's your...favorite...color of the ice cream and flavor of the ice cream? Ah, OK, then he picks up a card and he reads the answer. My favorite color is black. But my favorite ice cream is vanilla so..."

Just a few very cringe worthy highlights.

[Cha]

23. Nobody with a brain would buy that SHIT.

and "conservative" is NOT the WORD.. It's Fascist Fucks.. Traitors to the USS.

[ShazamIam]

20. That is a perfect response. nt

[Cha]

22. TY & Rep Hakeem Jeffries!

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