#jeffries

Incoming House Member Don Leonard (D-OH) has asked for two preconditions before he votes for Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker: working for a Constitutional Amendment to end the Citizens United decision, and ending support for Israel and the war in Iran. In response, the party has told him to drop his demands, or else they will make his "life a living hell" and ensure he doesn't get reelected in 2028. These kind of threats have no place in a party that calls itself "Democratic". They are refusing the will of the majority of voters who brought them their new majority. Such threats need to be confronted or they will continue, just as in fascism. Progressives are tired of obstruction of popular policies by corporate Democrats like Jeffries. Call your Representative every day and tell them to oppose Jeffries for Speaker. Pass it on. We need to be each other's news media. https://www.denvergazette.com/2026/11/10/incoming-house-democrat-says-party-is-threatening-him/ #Democrats #SpeakeroftheHouse #Speaker #Jeffries #HakeemJeffries

Possibly the best early indication of how (if?) the US Democrats will use their power will be the decision who gets to be Speaker of the House and Leader of the Senate. If they keep #Jeffries and #Schumer respectively I hold very little hope. #USPol #Midterms

@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social idiots reading the above: "that's why i don't #vote" a real #leftist reading the above: "that's why i'm voting for #AbdulElSayed/ #AngieNixon/ #PeggyFlanagan" you don't have an el-sayed/ nixon/ flanagan? did you vote in your fucking primary? no? gee, i wonder why you don't have an el-sayed/ nixon/ flanagan a big part of the solution to our problems is #voting being a whiny inert lump helps #MAGA, helps #Schumer, helps #Jeffries why are you so dumb you don't realize that?