The only thing thicker than Hakeem Jeffries’ hypocrisy is the smog of self-delusion that follows him into every room, choking the life out of the very truths he claims to uphold.
Last week, Jeffries, the House minority leader, was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkJG--0ScE0">practically doing a victory lap</a> in the end zone after Virginia Democrats pulled off the ultimate &#8220;Democracy™&#8221; maneuver: convincing 51.5% of voters to scrap an independent commission so the General Assembly could gerrymander a 10-1 split. To Jeffries, this wasn&#8217;t a power grab; it was a &#8220;big victory for America&#8221; and a &#8220;march toward a more perfect union.&#8221; Apparently, a &#8220;more perfect union&#8221; looks exactly like a map where half the voters get 90% of the representation.
Jeffries and the &#8220;Dollar-Store Obama&#8221; brigade framed this as a noble &#8220;firewall&#8221; against the orange man in the White House. Even Barack Obama emerged from his latest Netflix production to explain that gerrymandering is actually fine, as long as Democrats do it to &#8220;level the playing field.&#8221; It’s a bold strategy: saving democracy by destroying it first.
But fast forward to Monday, April 27, and Jeffries has suddenly rediscovered the sanctity of &#8220;Fair Districts.&#8221; The moment Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suggested that the Sunshine State—which has seen a decade of growth in just three years—might need its own mid-decade tune-up, Jeffries’s halo reappeared.
Jeffries took to X to huff and puff about &#8220;blatant partisan gerrymandering&#8221; and &#8220;nakedly targeting communities of color.&#8221; He actually wrote, &#8220;See you in Court,&#8221; without a hint of a blush, despite the fact that a Virginia judge just tossed his own party’s referendum into the trash for being unconstitutional.
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The DeSantis Dummymander blatantly violates Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment banning partisan gerrymandering.
It also violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by nakedly targeting communities of color. 
See you in Court. <a href="https://t.co/DeDqW84s7M">pic.twitter.com/DeDqW84s7M</a>
&mdash; Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) <a href="https://twitter.com/hakeemjeffries/status/2048812217915642288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The hypocrisy is so thick you could carve it. When Virginia Democrats attempt a 10-1 sweep, it’s a &#8220;march toward justice.&#8221; When DeSantis looks at a map, it’s a &#8220;Dummymander&#8221; and a violation of the 14th Amendment. Jeffries has <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2046984191716340211">told</a> Florida Republicans to &#8220;F around and find out,&#8221; which sounds a lot like a threat from a guy whose own &#8220;victory&#8221; is currently stuck in judicial purgatory.
DeSantis, ever the happy warrior, has <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2047020226785493096">responded</a> by offering to pay for Jeffries’ plane ticket to Florida. He even offered to take him fishing.
It’s a generous offer: Jeffries could use the time on the water to practice his latest trick—complaining about the &#8220;rigged system&#8221; in Florida while the ink is still wet on his own attempt to rig Virginia.
If Jeffries wants a war, he’s found a battlefield, but he might want to check his own backyard before he starts crying about the neighbors&#8217; fences.

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High Priest Of Hypocrisy: Hakeem Jeffries Demands Fairness In Florida Only After Rigging Virginia

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Florida

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Redistricting

Ron DeSantis

Virginia

After the latest assassination attempt targeting President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, three of the Democrat Party’s youngest and most powerful leaders decried the incident on social media.
They got hammered.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on X, “Political violence is absolutely unacceptable. I am glad the President and guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are safe.”
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Political violence is absolutely unacceptable.
I am glad the President and guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are safe.
&mdash; Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/2048231503532855755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Your friend, Hasan Piker, openly calls for political assassinations
Your wife, Rama Duwaji, openly endorses political murders
Your staff, Alvaro Lopez, celebrated those who tore down posters of hostages as “heroes”
We are against political killings.
We fear you might not be.
&mdash; Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن (@elicalebon) <a href="https://twitter.com/elicalebon/status/2048499000857489701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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More dishonesty from NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Mayor Mamdani embraces as friend and comrade Hasan Piker. Piker calls for assassination of U.S. Senator, Trump, and for the streets to &quot;run with the blood&quot; of capitalists. Piker is also a raging antisemite and October 7 rape… <a href="https://t.co/YqFjf2uEc2">https://t.co/YqFjf2uEc2</a> <a href="https://t.co/HFGZRGuWqj">pic.twitter.com/HFGZRGuWqj</a>
&mdash; Adam Mossoff (@AdamMossoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMossoff/status/2048298156866392377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Your wife literally celebrated October 7th, you idiot.
&mdash; Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) <a href="https://twitter.com/VividProwess/status/2048547818478911820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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You’ve advocated political violence for years with your free Palestine death cult crap. Sit the f*** down Mamdani.
&mdash; Emily Schrader &#8211; אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykschrader/status/2048287359720956288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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65 times Hasan Piker endorsed political violence and terrorism: <a href="https://t.co/lkBEghr8at">pic.twitter.com/lkBEghr8at</a>
&mdash; Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/2048240301886910689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Mamdani’s friendship with Piker calls into question his condemnation of violence; Piker has <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2041540038714929217">called</a> for the murder of Florida GOP Senator Rick Scott, as well as saying of property owners, “Kill them. Kill those motherf*ckers and murder those motherf*ckers in the street. Let the streets soak in their f*cking red capitalist blood&#8221;; said, “Liberals, you need to be f*cking showing your opponent&#8217;s guts on there, okay? You need to be gutting them. You need to be shanking these motherf*ckers and letting their f*cking intestines just ride on stage.”
Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/03/zohran-mamdani-wife-rama-duwaji-social-media-oct-7/">reportedly &#8220;liked&#8221;</a> Instagram posts on the day of the October 7 Hamas massacre that featured live-streamed footage of terrorists breaching the Gaza border and commandeering Israel Defense Forces vehicles. One post she approved of hailed the attack as &#8220;breaking the walls of apartheid.&#8221;
More recently, Duwaji <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/nyc-first-lady-liked-post-oct-7-rape-hoax">liked a post</a> that dismissed the documented mass rapes of Israeli women during the October 7 attacks as a &#8220;mass hoax&#8221; fabricated by the media.
Meanwhile, Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote: “There is no place for political violence in our country. I am relieved that the President and the attendees at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night are safe.”
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There is no place for political violence in our country.
I am relieved that the President and the attendees at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night are safe.
&mdash; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC/status/2048411512876773427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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She was also torched for her comment:
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If you believe there is no place for political violence in our country why do you hang out with Hasan Piker, a man who has called for “capitalist blood” to “run in the streets,” who has suggested that someone needs to assassinate President Trump, and who called for the… <a href="https://t.co/nKkLS84h41">pic.twitter.com/nKkLS84h41</a>
&mdash; Megan Basham (@megbasham) <a href="https://twitter.com/megbasham/status/2048548037279072557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The Democrat Socialists of America, who endorsed you, recently had a vote on whether to kick a member of their political committee out after he repeatedly called for the murder of those on the right.
The same committee that endorsed you voted to keep him on the committee. Do you…
&mdash; Tara Servatius (@TaraServatius) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaraServatius/status/2048469124339085494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In October 2024, Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders-kamala-harris#:~:text=She%20urged%20voters%20to%20recognize,the%20words%20of%20Adolf%20Hitler%E2%80%9D.">accused</a> Trump of “[echoing] the words of Adolf Hitler,” the Guardian noted. She ranted that she would not attend Trump’s 2025 inauguration, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbOmsLTt_t4">saying</a>, “Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists. &#8230; We are on the eve of an authoritarian administration.”
It might be instructive to note one of the motivations Cole Tomas Allen — the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner — cited for his actions was that Trump was a “rapist.” He wrote in his <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/read-whcd-gunman-cole-allens-full-anti-trump-manifesto/">manifesto</a>, &#8220;I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.&#8221;
Jeffries wrote: “Thankful for the swift law enforcement action to protect everyone from gunfire at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Praying for the safety of those who may remain in harm’s way. The violence and chaos in America must end.”
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Thankful for the swift law enforcement action to protect everyone from gunfire at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Praying for the safety of those who may remain in harm’s way.
The violence and chaos in America must end.
&mdash; Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/2048210669518958863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Jeffries has said, “The threat right now to the American people are extreme MAGA Republicans. That’s the threat. That’s the problem, that’s the crisis we confront.”
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You will be right back to this rhetoric tomorrow. <a href="https://t.co/ZffzzKH1kn">https://t.co/ZffzzKH1kn</a> <a href="https://t.co/lGd9IFcUzJ">pic.twitter.com/lGd9IFcUzJ</a>
&mdash; MAZE (@mazemoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/mazemoore/status/2048241734849597653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Not a single word about the President or First Lady. Just limp platitudes about safety. 
Meanwhile, your party&#39;s violent rhetoric has caused the permission nutters use to harm our President. 
You&#39;re repugnant.
&mdash; Morgana Le Faye *Patriot *America 1st* 🇺🇸 (@Keltic_Spirit) <a href="https://twitter.com/Keltic_Spirit/status/2048389626256134650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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We will continue to lecture you and your movement until you stop killing and trying to kill conservatives.
The Left is the party of murder, violence, and celebrating assassinations of they disagree with. <a href="https://t.co/dpE15PZ3Lc">pic.twitter.com/dpE15PZ3Lc</a>
&mdash; Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattvanswol/status/2048568738769682755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Jeffries has also called for fighting the Trump administration’s agenda “in the streets.”
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&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1885351963140739386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Top Democrats Torched For Condemning Trump Assassination Attempt After Years Of Violent Rhetoric

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

assassination attempt

Democrats

Donald Trump

Zohran Mamdani

Florida could be the Republicans’ last stand in the mid-decade redistricting battle, as the state legislature prepares to convene a special session Tuesday to consider new congressional maps.
If approved, the proposed maps could add three to five seats that favor Republicans in the state, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/23/florida-redistricting-desantis-republicans-maps-trump-00887120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico,</a> potentially shaping the balance of power in a narrowly divided U.S. House.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has criticized the effort, warning Florida Republicans to “F around and find out.”
“If they go down the road of a DeSantis dummymander, the Florida Republicans are going to find themselves in the same situation as Texas Republicans who are on the run right now,” Jeffries said at a Wednesday press conference.
Jeffries also expressed confidence that Democrats will win tough seats in red states, adding, &#8220;Under no circumstances are Texas Republicans picking up five seats. They&#8217;ll be fortunate if they get two or three. While in California, we are going to get all five.”
“The Republicans are dummymandering their way into the minority before a single vote is cast because they started this war and we&#8217;re going to finish it,” he continued.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis laughed off Jeffries&#8217; comments, suggesting that a national campaign by Democrats targeting the Sunshine State would only bolster the GOP.
“There’s nothing that could be better for Republicans in Florida to see Hakeem Jeffries everywhere around this state,” DeSantis said, according to <a href="https://floridapolitics.com/archives/792314-the-door-is-open-ron-desantis-scoffs-at-hakeem-jeffries-threat-to-expand-dem-efforts-in-florida/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida Politics</a>. &#8220;Please, be my guest. I will pay for you to come down to Florida and campaign. I’ll put you up in the Florida Governor’s mansion. We’ll take you fishing.&#8221;
Mid-decade redistricting efforts have rocked numerous states. In California, recent changes are expected to favor Democrats in several districts, while Texas Republicans have approved new maps to strengthen their position.
In Virginia, a Tuesday special election approved changes that could create four more Democrat-leaning seats, though a state circuit court judge has temporarily blocked the results from taking effect pending further legal review, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-dem-power-grab-faces-courtroom-showdown?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Virginia+Dem+Power+Grab+Faces+Courtroom+Showdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
When The Daily Wire reached out to DeSantis’ office for further comment, a spokesperson simply stated, “Stay tuned!”
At the state level, Democrats in Florida are also pushing back on the process. State Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith criticized the lack of publicly released maps ahead of the session.
“Just 6 days out from the Florida GOP dummymander and still NO MAPS!” Smith posted to X on Wednesday. “They want rigged Congressional maps that keep Trump’s Republican party in power despite majority opposition from Florida voters.”
Florida&#8217;s current congressional delegation includes eight Democrats and 20 Republicans. Nationally, Republicans hold a slim 218-212 majority in the House, with several vacancies and a number of competitive races expected to factor into the chamber&#8217;s balance of power. The <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cook Political Report</a> ranks 16 House races as &#8220;toss-ups,&#8221; with 14 contests considered &#8220;Lean Democrat&#8221; and two as &#8220;Lean Republican.&#8221;

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GOP Has One Final Chance To Counteract Dems Big Win

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The political war over the American map reached a fever pitch this week as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivered a blistering takedown of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). After the New York Democrat attempted to use a narrow, legally shaky victory in Virginia to threaten the Sunshine State’s redistricting plans, DeSantis didn&#8217;t just push back—he dismantled Jeffries’ entire political persona.
The spark for the confrontation was Tuesday’s referendum in Virginia. In a move that critics have slammed as a naked partisan power grab, Virginia voters narrowly approved—51.5% to 48.5%—a constitutional amendment allowing the Democratic-led General Assembly to bypass a bipartisan commission. The goal? Redrawing maps to transform a 6–5 Democratic edge into a crushing 10–1 advantage.
While Democrats celebrated the move as &#8220;defeating gerrymandering,&#8221; the victory was short-lived. A Virginia judge immediately threw a wrench in the works, ruling the referendum unconstitutional and blocking certification due to procedural failures.
That didn&#8217;t stop Hakeem Jeffries from &#8220;popping off,&#8221; as DeSantis put it. Flush with the Virginia news, Jeffries took to the microphones and social media to issue a warning to Florida Republicans. &#8220;Our message to Florida Republicans is F around and find out,&#8221; Jeffries barked, claiming Republicans are &#8220;dummymandering&#8221; their way into the minority and vowing to &#8220;crush&#8221; what he called the &#8220;DeSantis Dummymander.&#8221;
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Rep. Jeffries &quot;Our message to Florida Republicans is F around and find out. If they go down the road of a DeSantis &#39;dummymander&#39;, the Florida Republicans are going to find themselves in the same situation as Texas Republicans.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/RlNH0OH4Kp">pic.twitter.com/RlNH0OH4Kp</a>
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Democrats defeated Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme in Virginia tonight. 
We will crush the DeSantis Dummymander in Florida next.
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&mdash; Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) <a href="https://twitter.com/hakeemjeffries/status/2046754383707148505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2026</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis, who has called a special session for late April to address Florida&#8217;s massive population-driven malapportionment, was more than happy to accept the challenge.
&#8220;This guy, Jeffries, popping off in Washington about Florida,&#8221; DeSantis told reporters with a grin. &#8220;He wants to be Speaker of the House, and he&#8217;s kind of like—more liberal than Pelosi and all this other stuff from New York City. I just want to know: &#8216;Ooh, Florida. We&#8217;re going to go after Florida.&#8217; Please: be my guest.&#8221;
DeSantis then leaned into a devastatingly polite mockery, offering to pay for Jeffries’ travel and put him up in the Governor’s Mansion. &#8220;We&#8217;ll take you fishing,&#8221; DeSantis quipped. &#8220;We&#8217;ll do all this stuff. There&#8217;s nothing that could be better for Republicans in Florida than to see Hakeem Jeffries everywhere around this state. Voters will not like what they see.&#8221;
The governor then twisted the knife, pointing out that despite Jeffries’ attempts to move further left to appease his base, the radical wing of his own party remains unimpressed. &#8220;I kind of feel bad for the guy because he&#8217;s as Left as they come. He&#8217;s always going Left. And yet the far-Left hates him. You know, they call him a &#8216;dollar-store Obama.&#8217; They call him &#8216;AIPAC Shakur,&#8217; all these different derogatory names that they do. And so he&#8217;s tried to ingratiate himself with [them], but they&#8217;re just not drinking the Kool-Aid.&#8221;
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🚨 HOLY CRAP! Gov. Ron DeSantis just BODIED Hakeem Jeffries threatening Florida if we re-draw our 2026 maps
&quot;&#39;Oh, we&#39;re gonna go after Florida.&#39; PLEASE. BE MY GUEST. I will PAY you to come campaign! I&#39;ll put you up in the Florida governor&#39;s mansion! We&#39;ll take you fishing.… <a href="https://t.co/uAN8gVXVHR">pic.twitter.com/uAN8gVXVHR</a>
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While Jeffries relies on bravado, DeSantis has pointed to the cold reality of Florida’s growth. The governor has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_lIyHRCw68">noted</a> that Florida has seen ten years of population growth in just three, rendering current districts unfair. He has also hinted at an upcoming Supreme Court decision, likely penned by Justice Samuel Alito, that could further solidify the legal standing for mid-decade adjustments.
As the legal battles in Virginia prove that Democratic overreach often hits a judicial wall, DeSantis made one thing clear: if Hakeem Jeffries wants a war in Florida, the governor is happy to provide the battlefield—and the fishing rod.

DeSantis Obliterates ‘Dollar-Store Obama’ Over Redistricting Threats

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is calling on President Donald Trump to force the Senate to return from their Easter break as the Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on.
“President Trump has the power to convene the Senate under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution ‘on extraordinary Occasions,’” the Utah Republican <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2038407140675915995?s=20">posted</a> to X on Sunday.
“If a department with 260,000 employees (DHS) going unfunded isn’t an ‘extraordinary occasion’—especially while the Senate is out on a two-week recess during that shutdown with no plans to resolve the impasse beyond ‘we’ll deal with that in two weeks’—I don’t know what is,” Lee added.
The Senate held a pro forma session on Monday morning, but made no progress toward funding DHS. Last week, the Senate approved a DHS funding deal that excluded ICE and Border Patrol, which Trump opposes, whereas the House passed a bill late on Friday that would extend funding for 60 days for the entire department. Both chambers were permitted to go home after passing their bills.
During the White House press briefing on Monday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Trump is &#8220;encouraging Congress to come back to Washington to permanently fix this problem and to fund and reopen the Department of Homeland Security entirely.&#8221;
A Republican aide told the Daily Wire on background that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday morning &#8220;told his colleagues this weekend that he would not bring them back for a show vote but would bring them back if there were a bill that would have the support to pass the Senate.” The aide noted that there is still a preference for the House to pass the Senate-backed bill.
In another post, Lee criticized the Monday session, <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2038630449720008744?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that “no attempt was made to pass DHS funding by unanimous consent,” adding that “the Senate must convene now.”
Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) told <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2038634941756359075?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> on Monday that an effort to pass the House’s bill, known as a continuing resolution, was not attempted because Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) was in attendance in order to kill any effort to do so, as it would ultimately send the legislation to the president’s desk.
However, the North Dakota lawmaker said there could be an attempt made to do so on Thursday, and that he would like to see a three-year-long DHS funding push through reconciliation instead. A reconciliation bill is not subject to a 60-vote threshold in the Senate.
As for Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that the 60-day CR from the House would be <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/leader-schumer-statement-on-house-republicans-plan-to-try-to-fund-dhs-through-a-60-day-cr-instead-of-passing-the-senate-passed-appropriations-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“dead on arrival,”</a> and House Democrats largely wanted to pass the Senate deal, with all but three of them voting against the House Republican proposal.
“There is a bipartisan bill to end the chaos at airports,” House Minority Leader <a href="https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/2038638198788612366?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY) posted to X on Monday. “House Republicans rejected it and left town on vacation. Bring the House back. End the GOP shutdown. NOW.”
Rep. <a href="https://x.com/RepMGP/status/2037736452469952621?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marie Gluesenkamp Perez</a> (D-WA), one of the three Democrats who voted for the CR, said that she believes reforming ICE is “necessary” but wanted to make sure federal workers at DHS get paid.
‘The president has agreed to several reforms to ICE — including mandatory body cameras, ID numbers, ending enforcement at hospitals and schools, and other reforms — but only in exchange for full 2026 funding of ICE,” she posted.
“Walking away from DHS funding will not fix anything about ICE and it screws a lot of hard-working people. Ideological purity that empowers a broken system and hurts working people is not what I was sent to Congress to be part of,” the Democrat added.
The impact of the shutdown is expected to be lessened starting this week, after Trump&#8217;s executive order last week to provide TSA officers with pay, as callouts and resignations continue to strain airport security lines.
The Daily Wire reached out to the White House for comment.

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Calls Grow To Force Congress Back As DHS Shutdown Hinges On One Move

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said on Tuesday that he didn&#8217;t understand a reporter&#8217;s question comparing President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent military action in Iran with former President Barack Obama&#8217;s military action in Libya in 2011.
Jeffries took the question from Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin, who referenced 2011 comments from then House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). At the time, Pelosi had insisted that Obama did not need prior authorization from Congress to strike Libya, nor did he need authorization to continue military action there.
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&#8220;House Democrats say Trump needs that approval to bomb Iran,&#8221; Melugin said. &#8220;What&#8217;s the difference?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, obviously, Libya and the circumstances connected to that were very different than the circumstance that we face in Iran right now,&#8221; Jeffries said, adding, &#8220;I mean, I don&#8217;t even understand the genesis or basis of that question, not suggesting you&#8217;re asking it in bad faith.&#8221;
&#8220;Libya went on for seven months,&#8221; Melugin pointed out.
&#8220;But I&#8217;ve said — as I&#8217;ve indicated — first of all, I was not in Congress at the time, so we&#8217;re dealing with what we&#8217;re dealing with right now, which is a catastrophic endless war as Donald Trump has characterized it,&#8221; Jeffries claimed despite the fact that the current operation was just over 72 hours old and Trump&#8217;s initial prediction was that the mission could be accomplished in a matter of weeks.
Jeffries went on to complain that the Trump administration had acted without intelligence indicating &#8220;a preeminent attack on the United States&#8221; or American interests and claimed that if such action was necessary, it meant that the president had not been telling the truth when he said that the airstrikes last year had completely wiped out Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.
Multiple Democrats — including Jeffries — have criticized Trump for authorizing action against Iran without first consulting Congress for authorization. Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-unloads-on-reporter-who-asks-why-trump-didnt-notify-congress-before-striking-iran">Marco Rubio</a> explained that the Gang of Eight had been informed, and then cited the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to assert that the Trump administration had done things by the book.
The War Powers Resolution states that the president can engage in military action for up to 48 hours without informing Congress, and can continue to wage war for up to 60 days — with an additional 30 days for any necessary troop drawdowns — without going to Congress for authorization. As Rubio also noted, no presidential administration — Republican or Democrat — has ever accepted the War Powers Resolution as constitutional.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) Holds News Conference

Top Dem Squirms When Obama Libya Flashback Collides With Iran Strike Outrage

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As President Donald Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address next Tuesday, some congressional Democrats are planning to protest or skip the speech altogether.
MeidasTouch Network and MoveOn, two high-profile liberal organizations, are hosting the &#8220;People’s State of the Union” on the National Mall as counter-programming to Trump&#8217;s address. Hosted by leftist commentators Joy Reid and Katie Phang, the event will feature several Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Ed Markey (MA), Tina Smith (MN), Chris Van Hollen (MD), Chris Murphy (CT), and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA), among others.
“While Trump lies, we’re lifting up the real stories shaping this country,” MoveOn posted to X.
At least 12 Democratic lawmakers have publicly said they will not attend Trump&#8217;s address, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-lawmakers-plan-boycott-trumps-state-union-address-rally-rcna259552" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>.
“Next week, Trump will deliver his State of the Union address. I won&#8217;t be there,” Van Hollen posted to X on Wednesday. “Trump is marching America towards fascism, and I refuse to normalize his shredding of our Constitution &amp; democracy. This cannot be business as usual.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said at a press conference that his “current plan is to attend.”
&#8220;We&#8217;re not going to Donald Trump&#8217;s house. He&#8217;s coming to our house,&#8221; Jeffries said. &#8220;It&#8217;s my view that you don&#8217;t let anyone ever run you off of your block.”
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/democrats-trump-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NFA.2sNL.WXDK8ZL5nYsa&amp;smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> reported that Jeffries has urged lawmakers to either remain quiet during the address or not attend at all. Last year, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was censured by Republicans and 10 Democrats after interrupting Trump’s speech.
“You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” Green shouted before being escorted from the chamber at House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s request.
Protests at State of the Union addresses are not new. Many Democratic women wore pink in protest of Trump&#8217;s speech last year. In 2020, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up a transcript of Trump&#8217;s speech.
Another liberal activist group, Amplify Pledge, is urging lawmakers to skip the address as part of its “Young People Address the Nation” campaign, <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/17/gen-z-activist-group-calls-for-congress-to-boycott-trumps-state-of-the-union/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Signal</a> reported on Tuesday.
The White House said the address will highlight Trump&#8217;s “agenda” and “results” as he marks his first year back in office. The speech comes as Congress and the administration remain at odds over funding the Department of Homeland Security.
“In terms of the written offer that was transmitted from the Democrats, the parties are still pretty far apart,” a White House official told The Daily Wire on background Tuesday. “The Administration remains interested in good faith conversations to end the Democrat shutdown before more Americans feel the impacts. But the Administration also remains committed to carrying out the President’s promise to enforce federal immigration law.”

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The Rival Event Democrats Have In The Works As They Skip Trump’s Address

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Polling firm Cygnal released a new survey on Wednesday showing broad support for voter identification requirements, including a majority backing among black, Hispanic, and white voters. The poll found that 72% of white voters, 69% of Hispanic voters, and 56% of black voters support requiring identification at the polls.  
“Hakeem Jeffries seems to think voter ID is voter suppression, but when you actually ask voters, 70% of American voters overall, 75% of swing voters, 69% of hispanics, 56% of black voters, and even 46% of democrats support voter ID,” said pollster and Senior Partner John Rogers. He added that Republicans view the issue as politically advantageous heading into the midterms. “It shows Republicans have another winning issue heading into the midterms if they lean into it with confidence.”
Jeffries has <a href="https://jeffries.house.gov/2026/02/08/leader-jeffries-on-cnn-we-need-to-ensure-that-there-are-legislative-changes-enacted-as-part-of-any-dhs-spending-bill/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">opposed</a> the SAVE Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections, arguing that the GOP is attempting to discourage voter participation. &#8220;What Republicans are trying to do is to engage in clear and blatant voter suppression,&#8221; said Jeffries. &#8220;They know that if there&#8217;s a free and fair election in November, they&#8217;re going to lose.&#8221;
The House passed a version of the bill in the fall, which is now under consideration in the Senate.
The Cygnal poll was conducted from February 3-4 among 1,500 likely 2026 midterm voters and has a margin of error of 2.51%. It found 70% support for requiring voter ID for federal elections, compared with 26% opposed. Support was strongest among Republicans at 92%, while 46% of Democrats said they favor voter ID requirements.
Cygnal’s findings align with other national surveys. A Gallup poll conducted last fall found that <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/652523/americans-endorse-early-voting-voter-verification.aspx#:~:text=requiring%20photo%20identification%20to%20vote%20(84%25)">84%</a> of Americans favor voter ID requirements, while the Pew Research Center reported almost identical findings, with <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/02/voter-id-is-overwhelmingly-popular-with-literally-everyone-except-democrat-politicians/">83%</a> support.
The SAVE Act would mandate that states obtain documentary proof of American citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections and would require the removal of noncitizens from voter rolls. 
In order for the SAVE Act to pass the Senate, a simple majority of fifty-one votes is required. However, the bill would need 60 votes to overcome a potential filibuster. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has expressed support for voter ID requirements but acknowledged the measure might lack the votes to advance. &#8220;How we get to that vote remains to be seen,&#8221; he said.

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Two prominent Democrats — one in the House and one in the Senate — spoke out on Sunday against a move suggested by President Donald Trump even though both championed a similar move five years earlier when their party was in control.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) both responded to President Trump&#8217;s wild suggestion that Republicans should &#8220;nationalize&#8221; voting, saying that laws dictating election procedures, constitutionally speaking, belonged to the individual states.
Trump sparked the debate with an apparently off-the-cuff comment during an interview with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, when he said of the illegal aliens who&#8217;d flooded into the United States through former President Joe Biden&#8217;s open border, &#8220;If we don’t get them out, Republicans will never win another election.&#8221;
<p class="paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cml7ho4w6000g3b63o4jdjpeq@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true">&#8220;The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over.’ We should take over the voting, in at least, many, 15 places,&#8221; Trump added then. &#8220;The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.&#8221;
The White House later explained that Trump had been referring to states where he believed election fraud was a real problem, and the president has not previously pushed the notion of &#8220;nationalizing&#8221; voting — but that did not stop Jeffries and Schiff from running with the idea as if he had.
The House Minority Leader joined CNN anchor Dana Bash to discuss the situation on &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; and she began by noting that Republicans had argued that passing the SAVE Act — which would require all voters in the United States to show proof of citizenship at the polls — was the best way to prevent voter fraud in any state.
&#8220;I understand that you don&#8217;t support things like a passport, for example,&#8221; Bash began. &#8220;But requiring basic ID in order to vote is really popular. A Pew poll from a few months ago showed 83% of Americans, including 71% of your fellow Democrats, support requiring an ID to vote. Why are they wrong?&#8221;
&#8220;I haven&#8217;t said that they&#8217;re wrong,&#8221; Jeffries insisted before explaining why he was still opposed to the measure. &#8220;We know that states are the ones that are empowered to conduct elections, and every state should be allowed to decide the best way to proceed to ensure that there&#8217;s a free and fair election.&#8221;
&#8220;The question is that — what Republicans are trying to do is to engage in clear and blatant voter suppression,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They know that if there&#8217;s a free and fair election in November, they&#8217;re going to lose! In fact, Republicans have been losing every single election since Donald Trump was sworn in in January of last year, including most recently, decisively, in Texas.&#8221;
Bash pressed again, asking whether it would be worth it, since Democrats favor voter ID laws as well, to &#8220;take that off the table&#8221; as a point of contention: &#8220;Maybe not a passport or a birth certificate, but show ID.&#8221;
&#8220;Every state is empowered to be able to make the decision on their own,&#8221; Jeffries protested. &#8220;What Donald Trump wants to do is try to nationalize the election. Translation: steal it. And we&#8217;re not going to let it happen.&#8221;
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Trump&#8217;s call for Republicans to &#8220;take over&#8221; running elections: &#8220;What Donald Trump wants to do is try to nationalize the election. Translation: steal it. And we&#8217;re not going to let it happen.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/jGflGaguAn">pic.twitter.com/jGflGaguAn</a>
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Schiff took a similar tone with &#8220;This Week&#8221; host Jonathan Karl, who asked the California Senator to explain what the president meant when he&#8217;d told Bongino he wanted to &#8220;nationalize&#8221; voting in certain places.
&#8220;Senator, what does he mean? What do you think he means?&#8221; Karl asked.
&#8220;I think he fully intends to subvert the elections,&#8221; Schiff declared. &#8220;He will do everything he can to suppress the vote.&#8221;
Schiff, who still has not provided the evidence he claimed to have regarding President Trump and Russian collusion, went on to insist that Trump would take action if he did not like how the elections played out: &#8220;He&#8217;s prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn&#8217;t question that.&#8221;
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Sen. Adam Schiff on President Trump’s call to “nationalize” state elections: “He&#8217;s prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn&#8217;t question that.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/mPgqzgikhs">https://t.co/mPgqzgikhs</a> <a href="https://t.co/qKxEiiUyuh">pic.twitter.com/qKxEiiUyuh</a>
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And yet both Jeffries and Schiff were all in when their own party pushed for national control over elections via 2021&#8217;s H.R. 1 — laughably nicknamed the &#8220;For the People Act.&#8221;
The bill&#8217;s purpose, according to the Democrats who wrote it, sounded reasonable enough: &#8220;To expand American&#8217;s access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures for the purpose of fortifying our democracy and for other purposes.&#8221;
But as former Manager of Election Law Reform Initiative at The Heritage Foundation Hans Von Spakovsky explained, what <a href="https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/heritage-explains-if-hr-1-passes">the bill would actually</a> have done was pretty much the exact opposite of what its stated &#8220;purpose&#8221; suggested.
&#8220;A better description of it is that this bill would be a federal takeover and nationalization of the running and administration of elections, basically taking it away from the states,&#8221; he said.
Spakovsky, who has since joined Advancing American Freedom as a senior legal fellow, added, “It would change election rules to make it easier to cheat and easier to manipulate election results. And on the ethics and campaign finance rule changes, it&#8217;s designed to restrict and chill speech, political speech and political activity. So it&#8217;s just &#8230; this is one of the worst bills I&#8217;ve ever seen in my years in Washington.&#8221;

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Spin Cycle: Democrats Come Out Hard Against The Thing They Voted For In 2021

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Two top Democrats put in some extra effort to oppose voter identification initiatives — even as polling indicates that a broad majority of their own voters favor the policy.
Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) joined ABC&#8217;s Jonathan Karl and CNN&#8217;s Dana Bah, respectively, to explain why they have continued to oppose a policy that has overwhelming support from both parties and across multiple demographics.
On &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Karl referenced a recent Pew Research Center poll in which 83% of respondents said they would support voter identification requirements — and that when broken down by party, 95% of Republicans and 71% of Democrats would support such measures.
&#8220;Is that something that you can support? And if not, why?&#8221; Karl asked.
&#8220;It&#8217;s still going to be something, Jonathan, it&#8217;s still going to be something that disenfranchises people that don&#8217;t have the proper Real ID, driver&#8217;s license ID that don&#8217;t have the ID necessary to vote even though they are citizens,&#8221; Schiff claimed. &#8220;This is another way to simply try to suppress the vote. And the last thing I think we want to do is discourage more people, more citizens from voting.&#8221;
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;state of the Union,&#8221; Jeffries could easily have been reading from the same script as Schiff as he responded to a similar lines of questioning from anchor Dana Bash.
&#8220;I understand that you don&#8217;t support things like a passport, for example,&#8221; Bash began. &#8220;But requiring basic ID in order to vote is really popular. A Pew poll from a few months ago showed 83% of Americans, including 71% of your fellow Democrats, support requiring an ID to vote. Why are they wrong?&#8221;
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House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls commonsense voter ID — which 83% of Americans support, including Democrats — &#8220;voter suppression.&#8221;
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&#8220;I haven&#8217;t said that they&#8217;re wrong,&#8221; Jeffries insisted before explaining why he was still opposed to the measure. &#8220;We know that states are the ones that are empowered to conduct elections, and every state should be allowed to decide the best way to proceed to ensure that there&#8217;s a free and fair election.&#8221;
&#8220;The question is that — what Republicans are trying to do is to engage in clear and blatant voter suppression,&#8221; he added.
Neither one explained why it was &#8220;suppression&#8221; to require voters to have the same kind of identification already required for people who want to purchase alcohol or cigarettes, travel by air, open a bank account, pick up a prescription, or receive government benefits — among other things.

Senators Kaine And Schiff Discuss Venezuela And The War Powers Resolution

Top Dems Scramble To Explain Why They’re On The Wrong Side Of Voter ID

Top Dems Scramble To Explain Why They're On The Wrong Side Of Voter ID

The House voted to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act for another three years, and the proposal now heads to the Senate.
The legislation made it to the floor after four Republicans joined Democrats in signing a discharge petition, and 17 Republicans ultimately ended up voting with the Democrats on the extension.
Those Republicans were Reps. Rob Bresnahan, Mike Carey, Monica De La Cruz, Brian Fitzpatrick, Andrew Garbarino, Jeff Hurd, David Joyce, Tom Kean, Nick LaLota, Mike Lawler, Ryan Mackenzie, Max Miller, Zach Nunn, Maria Elvira-Salazar, David Valadao, Derrick Van Orden, and Rob Wittman, according to Punchbowl News.
The successful discharge petition and subsequent passage is seen as a major victory for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
“The House just decisively passed legislation that restores the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Over the objection of Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson. If you don’t know, now you know,” Jeffries posted to X after the vote.
Lawler (R-NY) said in a statement that his vote suggests a “commitment to a bipartisan solution.&#8221;
“Healthcare affordability is not a political issue; it is a governing responsibility. My signature on the discharge for this bill, and my affirmative vote today, is not an endorsement of a clean 3-year extension, but rather a commitment to a bipartisan solution,” Lawler wrote. “I look forward to working with and voting on a Senate-amended bipartisan compromise in the weeks ahead. My focus is always ensuring Hudson Valley families aren’t caught in the gridlock, and that doesn’t change today.”
On the Senate side, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/07/senate-negotiations-health-care-aca-moreno" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> reported that there could be a bipartisan deal in the works that would continue the pandemic-era subsidies for another two years.
The lengthy government shutdown in the fall had to do largely with Democrats seeking an extension of the subsidies as a precondition to keeping the government open. Now, the government is set to shutter again if a budget is not passed, but the House also passed some spending bills on Thursday to avoid another shutdown. There are still other bills needing to be worked out in Congress to completely avoid another shutdown, The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/house-spending-package.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> reported.

Federal Government Shuts Down After Congress Fails To Pass Funding Bill

House Votes To Extend Obamacare Subsidies For Another Three Years

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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives used the fifth anniversary of the January 6 protests at the U.S. Capitol to display transparently what their real political agenda is: use the events of that day to tar and feather the Republican Party forever.
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries pompously declared the hearing a “very solemn, important occasion.”
“Five years ago today, a violent mob incited by Donald Trump attacked the Capitol as part of a concerted effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election,” he claimed. He followed by calling the protesters a “bloodthirsty, treacherous mob” that “brutally assaulted police officers and seriously injured more than 140 brave men and women of law enforcement.” He attacked President Trump and “far-right extremists,” accusing them of attempting to “rewrite history.”
In an astonishing aside, considering the Democratic Party’s years-long agenda of opening the floodgates to illegal immigrants, he continued, “The criminals and thugs that Donald Trump pardoned have flooded communities across the country, unleashing violence and mayhem,” calling them an “ongoing threat to public safety.”
Then he segued to the current era, speaking of Republicans while pontificating, “They refuse to serve as a check and balance on an increasingly out-of-control executive branch, preferring to be nothing more than a reckless rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s extreme agenda.”
The true agenda of the Democrats could not have been more clearly revealed than by what Jeffries said in his conclusion: “It was shameful then; it is shameful now, and it will be shameful always and forever.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Democratic ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, thanked Jeffries and Rep. Bennie Thompson — who had served as Chair of the January 6 Select Committee — for “Not surrendering to the Orwellian project of forgetting, but rather insisting that we remember.”
Raskin wanted to show off his considerable literary chops, as he spanned the literary gamut, quoting author William Faulkner but also comic books, as he intoned, “With election deniers and J6 conspiracists Pam Bondi and Kash Patel at the top of the DOJ, it’s like the Joker, the Riddler, and the Penguin have taken over Gotham City.”
He, too, alluded to the idea that the events of January 6 should be used as a cudgel against the GOP in perpetuity, saying, “It is still January 6 in America, and it will be until the forces of strong, non-violent democracy prevail. We are still in the fight of our lives.”
Of course, back in late June 2020, in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests, Raskin <a href="https://raskin.house.gov/2020/6/chairman-raskin-s-opening-statement-briefing-first-amendment-violations-black?utm_source=chatgpt.com">declared,</a> “There have been disgraceful episodes of violence against protesters … The unprovoked brutality of some of these offenses against citizen protesters are only known because so many Americans refuse to stop exercising the very freedoms under attack.  &#8230; The people in the streets who moved us to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act are not the “enemies of the people.”  They are the people. In American democracy, the Constitution, the streets, and the future all belong to the people, not to the government. Let’s protect the precious First Amendment rights of the people.”

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January 6: Democrats’ Annual GOP Blame-A-Thon Returns For Its Fifth Season

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