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Showing Original Post only (View all)Jeffries on Kat Abughazaleh's primary challenge of Jan Schakow: "I'm not familiar with who you are talking about." [View all]
Jeffries on Kat Abughazaleh's primary challenge of Jan Schakow: "I'm not familiar with who you are talking about. [Jan is] a longstanding member, obviously a longstanding stalwart progressive member. I'm unfamiliar with this particular challenge."
Jeffries on Kat Abughazaleh's primary challenge of Jan Schakow: "I'm not familiar with who you are talking about. [Jan is] a longstanding member, obviously a longstanding stalwart progressive member. I'm unfamiliar with this particular challenge."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-03-24T21:02:02.935Z
Yeah, let's give an endorsement to the 80 year old incumbent when we supposedly don't know the challenger.
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Jeffries on Kat Abughazaleh's primary challenge of Jan Schakow: "I'm not familiar with who you are talking about." [View all]
HereForTheParty
Mar 2025
OP
It is literally a core function of Jeffries' job to support incumbents, what a weird criticism.
tritsofme
Mar 2025
#4
Apparently the challenger has settled on a campaign slogan: "What if we didn't suck".
lapucelle
Mar 2025
#10
i'm not in her district but it seems jan is loved, and can kick ass when needed. i think she's pretty great. i hear her
orleans
Mar 2025
#18
Oh, boy, that subset of the left is gonna try to stick us with another Sinema/Fetterman, aren't they?
W_HAMILTON
Mar 2025
#29
Yeah, it is true. I'm surprised that anyone involved in Democratic politics doesn't know that.
lapucelle
Mar 2025
#12
"party lickspittles"?One thing you can count on with us Democrats. We always hold our internal disputes and family fight
Walleye
Mar 2025
#51
Why would anyone be looking for a rule about this in a document about parliamentary procedure from two Congresses ago?
lapucelle
Mar 2025
#32
What do you think that leadership and the DCCC didn't do for incumbents 1n 2020?
lapucelle
Mar 2025
#50
Jeffries is the elected leader of House Democratic members, not their opponents.
tritsofme
Mar 2025
#13
The Democratic Speaker/Minority Leader's endorsement always goes to the incumbent. Everybody knows that. N/T
lapucelle
Mar 2025
#7
Not as unfamiliar as some are with the role of the Speaker/Minority Leader. N/T
lapucelle
Mar 2025
#14
The worrying part isn't Jeffries not knowing an internet celeb the day they declare they are running...
W_HAMILTON
Mar 2025
#28
This reminds me of the time when Olivia Nuzzi thought President Biden was supposed to know who she was.
lapucelle
Mar 2025
#21
He didn't endorse, he said he wasn't aware of this challenge (launched today, it seems).
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2025
#24