Hakeem Jeffries complains that "the extreme left protest me more than they protest Donald Trump...I think because I've chosen not to bend the knee to either people on the far left and certainly not to Donald Trump and the far right."
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If being attacked by progressives for saying things, as the Minority Party Leader, like "We are the Minority here. We cannot do anything" causes you to shift right from center, I have a clear message for you:
Man the fuck up. Learn to take a punch. Cause we're FIGHTING GODDAMN NAZIS HERE!
Re: protesting Jeffries, I have this theory that the closer you get to 100% score on something, the more vocal the missing % is.
At 50%, people don't really care one way or another, but at 80% they are getting vocal. At 95% veins are standing out in their foreheads ready to pop over the missing 5%
Honestly he needs to be primaried out of his seat. Removing him as Dem leader in the House isn’t good enough. You decide to hop in bed with fucking Nazis, or bend the knee because “we’re powerless” you need to go. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is not built for this moment and he needs to step aside
Well, I don't know about the rest of you but for me, as a lifelong Democrat who has, um, concerns, about the current government, I certainly feel uplifted and motivated to hear that the Dem leader in the house is going to ignore me.
Nothing extreme about that. Voters have given Democrats their support and gotten little in return. Party "leaders" don't lead, the party gives no results. Pretty reasonable response.
How dare Dems demand more representation and leadership as democracy dies and he's off on a book tour pretending there's 'nothing we can do.' He told us R's were going to ruin the country yet didn't plan for Project 2025. Now he's watching the dumpster fire and complaining that we're mean to him.
They knew P2025 was coming for years, and they prepared NOTHING. They knew orgs like the heritage foundation had been planning stuff like this for decades, and they prepared nothing. Every person in a leadership position at the DNC should be fired.
this kind of psychopathy and and self-absorption at this point, in the face of what's happening, is as deserving of a spot in the next Nuremnberg trials as Musk et al.
“the extreme left” and it’s just people who want the fascist coup taking place in our country to stop so we don’t go full nazi germany (or worse). at this point, he’s complicit and implicitly condoning what’s happening.
He takes tons of money from AIPAC and Blackrock, and is a useless opposition leader. The Dems have no plan b/c they used all their efforts to cover up Biden’s dementia and launder genocide. We know exactly what Trump is.
The extreme left are people PANICKING that their data is being stolen and misused, essential services are being cut, federal workers are losing jobs which could lead to financial ruin or homelessness, and the US is siding with Russia against our long-term allies.
Trump isn't gonna listen to us, Hakeem. You, on the other hand, are supposed to be representing our interests. We "protest you" because you're supposedly our best hope of someone actually DOING SOMETHING politically. How about you actually stop disappointing us for once?
Imagine going on a podcast just to complain that the people that put you into your position have expectations. “My boss gave me feedback!” 😤
The reason people are targeting dems is because they are trying to appeal to a semblance of humanity, which the GOP has shown they absolutely do not have.
It’s because he does bend the knee and is corner sitting meanwhile 83 year old Bernie sanders is doing the fucking work! Pete B, AOC, Crockett…all doing more than this fucking turd in the bowl.
What the fuck is happening. The Democratic leader is just openly shitting on his own party now because he's mad about constituents making too many phone calls?
The entire purpose of the DNC is to pretty up some whores to give lapdances to donors. The corruption and rot in this country is not going to be stopped by the same people groomed to give taxpayers money to private equity and saddle us with the debt. It needs to be burned out
Democrats became republicans. Republicans became oligarchs.
‘The election wasn’t democrat versus republicans. It was corporatists, who value order so they can neatly siphon wealth, versus oligarchs, who want to dismantle the order based system and take everything’
Imagine how hard it is to be @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social right now. He has to pretend to be democrat enough that people don't realize he's actually just a DINO
He's not bending the knee because that implies he put up a fight and surrendered, Jeffries is a traitor to the Democratic party and the United States and has always been that, just look at who pays his campaign financing; the same people financially backing MAGA.
The justification for this “radical” centrist nonsense has always been that the dems need to appeal to “middle America” or “swing voters” to win elections. But when they can’t even win elections, we can all see how lame and feckless it is
Co-opting conservative positions worked in one election over 30 years ago(if you ignore Perot as a spoiler) and the dems just keep trying this same tactic every election no matter how bad they eat shit
He is playing his role in the coup by making sure Democrats do not fight back until the coup is complete and Dems no longer have the ability to fight back.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social -- In other words, you're completely useless, paving the way to a total fascist takeover while proclaiming your relevance. As real fighter @repjasmine.bsky.social says, "FUCK OFF."
Our protests against Musk & Trump are mostly impotent, but not against you. LISTEN TO US.
They are more united with the republicans than with anyone left of center… I wonder what the final cost was for the oligarchs to end the United States?
I don't necessarily disagree with you. I'm expressing the current necessity of keeping tension low for anyone supporting push back against our current hostile takeover of our government.
Those who sat out are now perfectly aware of their mistake in hindsight, regardless if they admit it or not.
AND they BOTH voted for Kristi Noem! However-- and this is not excusing her [email protected] recently met with constituents in Iron Mountain, UP, and that's improvement...
Her Republican opponent and Trump were strongly favored in Iron Mountain County. UP was strongly red 2024. Must be a continuation of "appealing to moderate Republican voters"
Yeah... though I think she was at a Dem roundtable? But just the fact that she was out there, talking to voters,was an improvement over her earlier unavailability when you couldnt reach her at all...😆
Hakeem Jeffries is an idiot. Who are the “far left” and why is their agenda so extreme?
Leave the trans stuff out of it. But main issues, income disparity, housing affordability, education, infrastructure. These are issues dems should win on.
I think it's because they actually had expectations of him and are disappointed. Protesting Donald Trump is like protesting a lump of shit on the street. It's not going to react much no matter how much you yell at it, and no one is going to be disappointed when it acts like a lump of shit.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is so awfully, dreadfully, heartbreakingly unqualified and unprepared for this moment. Not just his fault, Dems have rejected moving into 21st century in communication terms for YEARS. Yielded the entire field to the GOP&MAGA - whilst they host TedTalk lectures🤦🤦
He's trying to lose gracefully and take that lobbyist position afterward.
Hes got a parachute, the rest of us are fucked.
Were in a class war and he doesn't want to make rich enemies.
In the classic sense, yes you're correct. But in the modern format (neoliberal), there's essentially no economic policy difference between liberals and conservatives, and nearly all issues are social issues.
The media made sure of that. Keeps them fighting each other and ignoring economic issues.
liberals are status quo, compromise with fascists to protect capital
progressives are a bit better, many will push for social safety nets and civil rights
i think you're thinking of progressives but saying liberal. liberals are bad.
They are, there have been protests since inauguration, the fact that you're not aware of them either says about your participation or your media environment
What does he consider the “far left”? Those who don’t want Democrats bought by corporate interests? Those that want an actual response beyond performative outrage? Those that recognize genocide? Those that want to hold Dems accountable for promises not kept? Fvck this guy.
But I’ll bend the knee to Israel and the Zionist lobby, that’s alright they. If this guy represents the future of the democrats then they are even more fucked than I first thought.
“My donors don’t want me to give anybody stuff cause their stocks will go down and I gotta pretend like I’m a real choice compared to the other team so I’m really in a pickle here”
As someone who knocks doors and makes calls and texts for these Dems, they don’t realize what percentage of the people doing the ground work to get them elected are on the left. But maybe they don’t need us to organize for them if they keep accepting corporate money anyway.
You can’t bend your knees when you’re already on them @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Take it from someone with experience sucking dick. Not as much experience as you, clearly. Or maybe not as corporately interested as the ones you’ve been on.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social interesting how this interview is not on your page. Look at these comments and tell all these people to their face what you said in this interview.Also I promise you the "extreme left" are the ones organizing in the streets and in their communities. You sir have no spine
Man is acting like just because we got smoke for chickenshits like him we ain’t got smoke for the Nazis. Don’t get it twisted, we’ll always have the smoke for those ghouls we just have plenty available for you too.
Yuck. I think largely what these people do not seem to get is their desire to stay at the center isn't perceived that way by anyone who they're desperately trying to win over by being that thing. Low information voters tie them to a "side," whether their direct actions support that label or not.
He isn't one of the best funded members of Congress because he's really bad at doing things, he wasn't tapped by the 2nd wealthiest member of Congress to lead the party because he's bad at doing things.
Those who paid for his campaign are getting their money's worth.
"Don't make me do my job! Go yell at the guy who thinks he's above the law and probably sees anyone left of Pinochet as an enemy of the state! That'll help!"
This is why we lost the election! The Democratic leadership is incredibly out of touch with the average American, to the point that people being upset with the Dems are "far left", rather than constituents with legitimate grievances.
Dems pivoting to the right and doing the whole "both sides" bullshit is exactly what got us Trump. Why would people vote for Republican Lite when they can just have the real thing? Dems worry more about courting neo cons than they do their base. Their whole platform is "the other guy is worse"
Right. Harris promised to put a Republican in her cabinet, as if that would appeal to voters. Like... if we wanted Republicans in the cabinet, we could vote for Republicans?
Extreme left would be the absolute degenerates who voted for Stein, mind numbingly oblivious to the fact the lesser of two evils is actually 1000% preferable. Not that that actually applied to Harris, just using their brain dead analogy.
If he's not representing the left or the right then he's representing himself only. Stop looking for someone to follow and start acting. No one is coming to save us. We're all we got.
I am a little insulted he just put someone like me in same sentence. I just want to stop seeing his book tour stops and slogans and see him out there in rural ny districts doing town halls explaining how billionaires are stealing from them.
I’m losing respect for Jeffries. He had such potential. A man who publicly whines because people are hurting his pride is not the best choice for leadership of the party.
I guess I never thought he had potential. I think he looked the part, looked young and strong and fit and corporate cool compared to Republican leadership but every time he opened his mouth nothing very worthwhile came out.
He has always been anti-progressive, since long before he became minority leader or whatever. And progressives pointed out he was a bad choice, but the corporate Dems don't care. Because they only care about money.
ineffective mouthpiece .we protest YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING NOTHING!!! BUT..now DIVIDING his OWN party!!
I don't think this is UNITY🤬
We need Jasmine Crocket and AOC in charge
Leftists: Stand up to Trump dammit
Hakeem: there's nothing I can do I'm literally powerless lol
Leftists: Fuck you Hakeem
Hakeem: see you are just as bad as the GOP
Jeffries is completely owned by special interests. His opinions and actions are not his own. He’s been on a book tour for the last week. Instead of fighting against the takeover of our government. He’s compromised it’s obvious.
Yeah, there were hundreds of people protesting at his Oakland stop last week and there were a lot of signs about the tour. People are pissed and he's out here whining about "the far left". Like, motherfucker, I know FOR A FACT there were center-left liberals in that crowd and even they're pissed.
Yeah, I know there was one earlier in the week at the first stop in the tour and I was at the one in Oakland. There's protests going on across the country about all sorts of things right now and it's barely getting any media coverage.
Not that this matters for this conversation but the fact that Screaming A Smith is swerving from loud sports blowhard to loud political blowhard would be unbelievable except for it’s happened from so many other arenas already. No nuance and no knowledge.
Bernie Sanders is out there going on tour to speak to the American people and is getting standing ovations from hundreds to thousands of people, while Hakeem Jefferies goes to an interview with Stephen A Smith, a multimillionaire that nobody except other celebrities likes.
Suuuuure he is. Again, I don't know anybody in real life off of social media who likes him, or even watches ESPN. You can defend the multimillionaire if you want, but I think he and you are gonna be fine.
I’ve heard that the fundraising for the Dems has dried up. I know I’m getting a dozen texts a day. As long as this is the attitude and leadership… I’m only donating to Bernie $27
I swear to ma' dog that them centrists fucks are the lamest, most sensitive pieces of shit on earth, they'll cry all day when people tell them to do something, never about the something they're supposed to act against.
This is the reality of the modern labor movement. They want more members to pay them more money so they can sit on their ass and go out to lunch with bankers and politicians & scheme about getting more of our hard earned $$$$.
If my house is on fire, yes, I hate the fire and I love the firefighters helping me. But if the firefighters are not doing their job (or are doing it so badly that they might as well not be), I'm going to yell at them and not at the fire, because why would I expect fire to listen to me?
There's no such thing as a "Left Wing" party on the USA; BOTH parties serve exclusively to the interests of the rich and powerful, with the Democrats virtue-signalling all the time to try to look like like the lesser of two evils, but always failing to do anything to truly help the common folk.
Wow, what inspiring leadership. This is the guy who is going to battle for Dems in the house? The party needs to get over itself and what feels safe and put an AOC-type in charge so that the base can finally feel energized and stop losing elections.
He’s Pelosi guy. AOC could’ve been the top democrat in the Oversight Committee and Pelosi also interfered with that and it went to a 74 year old with throat cancer like wtf are we doing. Maybe step aside if you’re part of the losing team.
Right? What is it about New York State that it produces such mediocre politicians. Jefferies, Andrew Cuomo, Schumer, Adams. There are so many terrible politicians from New York State.
It's traditionally such a progressive state that its Dems mainly compete with each other, not with Repubs.
As each other's rivals, they've developed their own left-right schism, with some of the entrenched (relative) conservatives also being corrupt at worse, unhelpful to their constituents at best.
He's not bending the knee, he is a traitor working for them and always has been.
Look at who financially backs him, then look at who else they are backing, the truth becomes obvious; Hakeem Jeffries is a traitor to the Democratic party and the United States of America working for MAGA.
New party needed. DNC is corrupt to the core. Three straight times they subverted the will of their primary voters. This subversion was 100% needed to generate trump 2.0 and fascism.
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Man the fuck up. Learn to take a punch. Cause we're FIGHTING GODDAMN NAZIS HERE!
Jeffries better stop playing the victim card. Fast. Lead by example.
At 50%, people don't really care one way or another, but at 80% they are getting vocal. At 95% veins are standing out in their foreheads ready to pop over the missing 5%
Jeffries don’t work for you!
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This is from just a few days ago.
https://readsludge.com/2025/02/24/dccc-scores-massive-palantir-and-spacex-lobbyist-cash-haul/
@aoc.bsky.social @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @ilhanmn.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com
He is holding the Democratic party down so MAGA can kill democracy.
He needs to be replaced as the dem lead of the house.
I'd actually just call him straight up incompetent at this point.
He gets almost all his funding from one superpac, AIPAC, which mostly backs MAGA Nazis who are currently dismantling the US.
Jeffries job is to make sure they are not opposed.
https://readsludge.com/2025/02/24/dccc-scores-massive-palantir-and-spacex-lobbyist-cash-haul/
Jefferies: No. I’m not listening this craziness.
BOW TO THIS OLD LADY WHO CAN'T AFFORD A HEARING AID!
KNEEL BEFORE A CHILD GOING DEAF BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANTIBIOTICS!
MUAHAHAHA WE ARE THE SAAAAAME...
"Uncle Hakeem"
Hey man — Not sure if you noticed, but the White House just cut the free press out of the process
I have an idea — why don’t you guys get off your ass and do something about it… make it hurt them
Or just fucking resign so we can get some people in there who will
No. We protest you bc you won’t get off your ass and do your job. You seem comfortable waiting until the country burns down
Are you delusional or just lazy?
Then, Far left IS ALMOST ALL OF US!
The reason people are targeting dems is because they are trying to appeal to a semblance of humanity, which the GOP has shown they absolutely do not have.
The bad job is on purpose.
It all started with Bernie giving Hillary a real scare in the primaries and the DNC going into panic mode…
Democrats became republicans. Republicans became oligarchs.
‘The election wasn’t democrat versus republicans. It was corporatists, who value order so they can neatly siphon wealth, versus oligarchs, who want to dismantle the order based system and take everything’
He needs to fuck the fucking fuck off
He is playing his role in the coup by making sure Democrats do not fight back until the coup is complete and Dems no longer have the ability to fight back.
The portion of democrats that think Jeffries isn't doing enough to stop Trump.
Clearly, it's because I'm doing something right.
Our protests against Musk & Trump are mostly impotent, but not against you. LISTEN TO US.
are you better than trump, or not? christ
Jeffries could have made his point without throwing jabs at 'the extreme left'.
We must stay united in opposition to the authoritarians.
Those who sat out are now perfectly aware of their mistake in hindsight, regardless if they admit it or not.
Leave the trans stuff out of it. But main issues, income disparity, housing affordability, education, infrastructure. These are issues dems should win on.
Hes got a parachute, the rest of us are fucked.
Were in a class war and he doesn't want to make rich enemies.
The media made sure of that. Keeps them fighting each other and ignoring economic issues.
progressives are a bit better, many will push for social safety nets and civil rights
i think you're thinking of progressives but saying liberal. liberals are bad.
Overload the algo!: "This is happening, Pay the Fuck attention"
Start a Protest, Create a Meme, Share a Meme, Start a protest!
Lets people know this is very real
#fiftyfiftyone #3E #r/50501
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/04/atlanta-cop-city-voter-turnout-democrats/
Take it from someone with experience sucking dick. Not as much experience as you, clearly. Or maybe not as corporately interested as the ones you’ve been on.
You're not a fighter for the people. You're a quitter.
Jeffries gets 80% of his campaign financing from AIPAC, which largely backs MAGA Nazis.
Jeffries is a vital part of the coup plot.
It seems more plausible that he's just fucking BAD at it.
Those who paid for his campaign are getting their money's worth.
I guess I never thought he had potential. I think he looked the part, looked young and strong and fit and corporate cool compared to Republican leadership but every time he opened his mouth nothing very worthwhile came out.
He's been a blatant stooge for Israel and MAGA the entire time.
He didn't even try to pretend he was anything other than that.
I don't think this is UNITY🤬
We need Jasmine Crocket and AOC in charge
Hakeem: there's nothing I can do I'm literally powerless lol
Leftists: Fuck you Hakeem
Hakeem: see you are just as bad as the GOP
FUCK YOU HAKEEM
Nobody expects to change Donald Trump's mind about anything
WTAF?
This guy is a Nazi working with MAGA to destroy the USA.
As a sports fan he's always disrespecting my teams so I've no reason to like a guy who only cheers for the rich and celebrities.
In real life, no one I know or has met likes the guy either. That's enough for me to not like him.
It's the primary reason people tune into ESPN!
I was suggesting that ESPN personalities are paid to talk about famous millionaires.
But then no one of the Democratic Party establishment treats Trump as an unusual threat.
He is literally a traitor.
As each other's rivals, they've developed their own left-right schism, with some of the entrenched (relative) conservatives also being corrupt at worse, unhelpful to their constituents at best.
Look at who financially backs him, then look at who else they are backing, the truth becomes obvious; Hakeem Jeffries is a traitor to the Democratic party and the United States of America working for MAGA.
Far left: "we're gonna make sure everyone's needs are met."
Far right: "we're gonna exterminate entire social groups bc we believe they're impure"
Hakeem Jefferies: "I cannot tell you two apart"