Jeffries praises Eric Adams in a statement

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13. They say Democrats can't message, but Democratic voters can't "politics."

You are exactly right. Jeffries didn't even endorse Adams back before he won his election for god's sake. Jeffries message is just politics and we need to stop hounding our Democrats when they play the game that has to be played.

Just like how everyone got on Jeffries for not endorsing Mamdani -- once again, Jeffries didn't endorse Adams last time around and there was no uproar about it -- and Schumer didn't endorse until late October, I believe, because that sort of endorsement provides more "oomph" when it's done closer to when people vote rather than the middle of the summer...

Know how Republicans said they wouldn't overturn Roe v Wade? Remember how the MAGA Supreme Court nominees played coy and said it was the law of the land and they would respect precedent? And then remember how once they got the power to do so, Roe v Wade was almost immediately overturned?

Yeah, we Democrats don't get to play that game because our voters turn on our Democrats when we try to do that. Just like saying "I'm gonna overturn Roe v Wade" wasn't a popular thing to say so Republicans didn't say it but we and they both knew they would once they had the power to. "I'm gonna pack the Courts, I'm gonna eliminate the filibuster, etc." also are not popular with the electorate as a whole, so politics-wise it makes sense not to commit to doing that -- and then doing it once you are elected and have the power to do so. But that whole "elected" part becomes the issue with Democrats because we have some that refuse to vote for Democrats if they don't hear them say these things that make them less likely to get elected to be able to accomplish them in the first place.

It's so stupid.

Democratic voters want """fighters""" whereas Republicans want winners. If you are """fighting""" for something and yet never achieve it, what has that """fighting""" accomplished?