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Jrose

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Fri Oct 17, 2025, 09:08 AM Oct 17

'Jeffries rebukes Republican claims that 'No Kings' protests are anti-American'

'Speaking on day 17 of the shutdown, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries issued a sharp rebuke of claims by Republican lawmakers that the ‘No Kings’ protests across the country this weekend are expressing hate and are likely to be violent.

“Showing up to express dissent against an out-of-control administration, that’s as American as motherhood baseball and apple pie,” Jeffries said. “What’s hateful is what happened on January 6. That was a hate America rally sponsored by Donald Trump and his sycophants.”

(Reported by Shrai Popat, The Guardian,
Friday, October 17, 2024)

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'Jeffries rebukes Republican claims that 'No Kings' protests are anti-American' (Original Post) Jrose Oct 17 OP
It's like saying that the Revolution was anti-American. Dave Bowman Oct 17 #1
Soon repugs will clamor for more tariffs/taxes on our teas. GreenWave Oct 17 #2
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