House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats "effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority"

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

May 5, 2024 / 7:00 PM EDT


Though they disagree on most issues, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has opposed efforts to oust embattled Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.

After Johnson worked with Democrats to pass a foreign aid bill that included $61 billion for Ukraine, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who opposed the bill, said she'd follow through with a threat to remove Johnson by forcing a vote on her motion to vacate him.

This past week, Democrats released a statement saying they would oppose Congresswoman Greene's effort to remove Johnson, though Jeffries said Johnson has not asked for his help.

"Our view would traditionally be, 'Let the other side work its own mess out,'" Jeffries said. "But when that mess starts to impact the ability to do the job on behalf of the American people, then the responsible thing at that moment might be for us to make clear that we will not allow the extremists to throw the Congress and the country into chaos."

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Jeffries is one excellent leader. He's acting as though HE is the Speaker. Good for him, and us!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Agree

You can clearly see how he would handle the gavel (and all the politics that need to go on behind the scenes).

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes exactly, he is giving a master class on leadership.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

5. Maybe Mikey 'We Share Our Family Browser History' is learning n/t

[Irish_Dem]

7. Mikey has seen the best: Biden, Jeffries, Schumer, Pelosi.

And their staff and other Biden officials.

Something must have sunk in, he finally got the Ukraine bill passed.

[lastlib]

9. Practicing for next year when it's his turn to lead as Speaker. n/t

[NBachers]

4. We can create a Democratic Renaissance if we keep our eyes on the prize.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

6. Those that can, do. Those that can't, lie, piss and moan n/t

[Bucky]

8. That's so perfectly framed

I would have said "If you see the driver having a mental and physical breakdown, the passenger may have to grab the wheel, just to just to keep the car from crashing into oncoming traffic," but I have a tendency to wander into ornate metaphors.

[calimary]

12. It still gets the point across.

[Marcuse]

10. MTG gleefully predicts the downfall of Dems who save Johnson.

Her lack of self awareness affects her perception of us, resulting in a projection of her own behaviors.

"I can't wait to see Democrats go out and support a Republican Speaker and have to go home to their primaries and have to run for Congress again, having supported a Republican speaker—a Christian conservative. I think that will play well," she said.[link:https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-primary-warning-democrats-1896087|

[cstanleytech]

13. The Democrat's are supporting stability in the House instead of the chaos the Russian Republicans like MTG want.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. eMpTy still doesn't get it -- Repukes are for Repuke power; Democrats are for the PEOPLE.

If I had a Democratic Representative who voted to table eMpTy's motion to vacate, I'd be happy to vote for her or him again.

[Warpy]

11. That's because a significant number of Republicans have abdicated

in favor of screeching about lies harvested from social media.