Have Schumer and Jefferies forgotten how to hold a press conference?

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125. No, Hakeem Jeffries did not vote to confirm Kushner as ambassador to France.

Where did this piece of misinformation come from?

Let's review some basic civics and revisit the constitution. It is the US Senate that votes to confirm those whom the president nominates as ambassadors.

Article II, Section 2, Clause 2:

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C2-3-4/ALDE_00013095/

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Hakeem Jeffries is a congressman, not a senator. He serves in the House, not the Senate.

Members of the House don't get to vote for or against ambassadorial nominations.


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Here is a link to the roll call confirmation vote to confirm Charles Kushner ambassador to France.

Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 1st Session

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco)

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00261.htm#position

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Misinformation about Democrats should be corrected, lest it be repeated to the point that it morphs into disinformation.

Who benefits from misinformation and/or disinformation about our Party's congressional leaders?

Cui bono?

Not Democrats.