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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago

Wrong answer

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

well duh. where’s the profit in the change of rhetoric?

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Removing Trump requires 67 votes in the senate. There is no mathematical way to get those numbers in November. I don't agree with him, but I understand where he is coming from.

[–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

Now is the time for a bold declaration of what we're not going to do!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

There is a way in the November mid-terms. You're just naysaying for the sake of it. But I understand where you're coming from.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Requires the dems winning nearly every race because the maximum they could get up to is 69 right now.

The dems do have an advantage though. There are more republican seats up for re-election than democrat ones.

Vote that fucker out.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

I'd like him gone but it would be fun for him to stick around while a lot of his bad work is dismantled.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 10 hours ago

Fuck this guy

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Jefferies never was impressive to me

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 122 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Is this idiot trying to lose the midterms?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago

I suspect the answer is actually "yes". AIPAC has spoken, they like trump.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 21 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

When asked if impeachment was a top priority, Jeffries said “of course not” during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”

“I’ve made clear from the very beginning that our top priority is going to be to drive down the high cost of living,” the House minority leader added. 

Sounds like he's trying to win the midterms.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago* (last edited 25 minutes ago)

Sounds like you don't understand where we're at as a nation.

Or what Americans actually want. it's not a "vocal minority" that want the pedophile, racist, bigoted asshole of a president that is jacking up our cost of living so he can be a fucking king gone. So ignoring that and saying you will do nothing about it IS NOT A WINNING STRATEGY.

doing nothing except writing stern letters is not going to solve the problem, either.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 16 points 21 hours ago

Sure, drive down the cost of living ... by impeaching Trump and getting rid of his dumbass tariffs.

[–] BioDriver@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

I really hope he gets primaried

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is there some way both parties can lose the midterms?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 19 hours ago

If enough people vote for a different party.

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[–] homes@piefed.world 90 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (5 children)

Jeffries incumbency no longer a top priority for dems once they win House majority

this just in from everyone hearing his weak-ass bullshit

I can't believe I voted for this bullshit motherfucker twice just because I thought he was cute and he flirted with me once. like I organized for him. I knocked on (possibly thousands of) doors for him. I marched through streets for this useless motherfucker! canvassing and al that endless campaign bullshit.. FOR MONTHS!!!!

and all for this? FOR THIS MEANINGLESS BULLSHIT NOTHING OF A STATE REP?? AAAARRGHH!!!!

[–] Freeposity@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

One of the problems with the Democratic Party is that the number one quality for choosing leadership is how well they fundraise. Obviously this makes leadership beholden to those with the biggest pockets, like AIPAC.

We need to primary every Democrat incumbent who isn't a progressive in action as well as rhetoric.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

If it makes you feel any better, he's still undoubtedly better than whatever Republican ran against him.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 41 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

And it begins.

"Let's move past thus" "We have to think about the future" "We need to reach across the table"

Fuck these corrupt politicians. They know what Trump is and just want more after a short break.

[–] homes@piefed.world 26 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I mean, I’m not even gonna say Hakeem Jeffries is corrupt (because I don’t really know), but I sure as shit am gonna say that he’s a do-nothing coward piece of shit. And that’s just as bad. He needs to go!

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The sound of the ratchet clanking shut as the overton window locks into place so that it can shift right once more.

[–] somehacker@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

That website isn't visible for me as a foreigner, but I checked his answers on the Ballotpedia questionnaire. Seems like we agree on a lot of things. Good luck, Americans. These could be the most important midterms of your lives.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago (7 children)

If only we can work hard to get him a majority, Jeffries promises he will only use it to play games strictly in his lane instead of actually leading and actively opposing trumps wild overreaches and global shenanigans. Thats heartening.

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[–] pno2nr@lemmy.world 29 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The democrats only want to bring us back to the exact conditions that brought us Trump.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Crystalbound@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

For real. Im voting for candidates who are going to flip the script and show them how Trumps new precedents can be flexed back.

[–] Freeposity@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

We need more candidates like Kat Abughazaleh

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Fuuuuuuuuuck you, buddy.

Fuck that, even without the votes in the Senate, make them go through the process anyway. Get all the evidence in public.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Getting that fucker out of office should be a priority. Along with Schumer and any other trash that voted along with the Pedo Party.

Then impeach the Pedo-in-Chief.

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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 16 points 1 day ago

Please VOTE Democrats in the Primary so we can ~~Impeach Trump!~~ ~~Repeal Trump's HURTFUL Legislations!~~ ~~Pass MEANINGFUL Legislation!~~ Do what Trump asks us to Do!

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