House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections.
Asked if Mamdani’s endorsements were making him “enemies” with Democrats in Washington, D.C., Jeffries told CNN that he and Mamdani “strongly” disagreed over his primary picks ahead of Election Day.
Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”
“TOP Democrat” Needs to realign himself to the new political reality that being “republican light” is only going to lose them votes and seats.
The PEOPLE want better!
Mandami and the Democratic Socialists are what people will actually come out and actually vote for. Jeffries needs to get his ass on the train or get left behind.
Jeffries needs to get his ass on the train or get left behind.
He’s not invited on the train. He should be tied to the tracks.
Mamdani doesn’t have to smooth things over with anybody.
Also, it’s pretty silly that Jeffries would say he needs to have conversations with “members of congress,” seeing as those people lost, so they won’t be members of congress for very much longer.
Also, he’s the mayor of NYC, what the fuck does Congress have to say about anything he does?
Jeffries is acting like his own picks are the word of god and isn’t taking responsibility for the fact that he’s a milquetoast centrist who accepts AIPAC money and that the voters don’t like his picks.
Maybe if Mamdani’s picks are the ones who won the primaries then that just means Mamdani is more in touch with the average democratic voter. Maybe Mamdani should be the house minority leader, eh?
Mamdani isn’t the one who has to explain himself.
Federal Democrats are just the other side of a corrupt oligarch coin. Of course they are scared.
It’s not as simple as that. Many are, yes, but there’s also the progressive caucus and many who refuse to compromise on their integrity. AOC, Raskin, and many others.
Conversely, as someone already pointed out, there are also corrupt, corporatist state Dems, and probably even local ones too. It’s not the level of government that makes the corruption, it’s the sources of funding and how those influence their voting record.
Are they primarily funded by small donors and grassroots effort, or large donors and shadowy PACs? Do they serve their constituents or the oligarchy? These are the indicators we should focus on, not whether they’re state, local, or federal.
The problem with the Democratic Party establishment is that it’s run by milquetoast, centrist, corporatist Dems who in any sane country would be considered center-right. There are plenty of disruptors within that party and they’re gaining a lot of momentum and influence, but they just haven’t risen to the echelons of Democrat leadership yet. I think they will within our lifetimes, if we can pull our democracy out of this death spiral with the constitutional order still intact.
Honestly, I think the silver lining to all that’s happening now is that it’s really spurring people towards the progressives. And as people continue to see in larger numbers that progressive policy works (as in, it actually helps ordinary people and also as in it’s an electable platform), I think that momentum will become unstoppable.
I don’t want to jinx anything but within the next few election cycles I think we’re going to start seeing the progressive caucus really start to increase their influence and eventually claim a majority within the Democratic Party.
And hopefully that happens as the Republican party continues to fracture and shoot itself in the feet repeatedly as their ship sinks faster and faster, because all they know how to do is subvert, slander, lie, and manipulate, and people are catching on.
milquetoast, centrist, corporatist Dems
Will absolutely be the death of the democratic party,…
…and many state-level too, like Gavin Newsom and Scott Wiener. (As a Californian I am compelled to work “Fuck Newsom” into as many comments as possible.)
Commendable!
If Jeffers gave one single fuck about America he’d step down
Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”
More like establishment Dems are scared they’ll finally have to do work at all. Why don’t you write a strongly worded letter to Mamdani? Or is that too harsh an action given that’s the same level of opposition you’ve had against Trump?
Jeffries is fucking garbage.
What work to do? He’s mayor of NYC, he doesn’t need to explain shit to jefferies or any other national congressperson.
Jeffries should apologize to Mamdani and the People of New York.
Mr Jeffries,
I am appalled that you, or any Democrats, think that you get to pick who it is that we, the people, vote for. You are a representative for us. You need to smooth things over with the American people because these others were voted in not because Mamdani is a cult of personality, but because they are doing and saying things the people like and want.
When you and the party can do something successfully, such as codify LGBTQ rights (I.e., gay marriage, trans rights, etc), eliminate corporate government influence, ensure proper health care, and a laundry list of other things then maybe we can take you and your “preferred choices” seriously. Until then, watch change happen from the people that actually have to be in the trenches dealing with all of the American government’s fuckery. Please sit down, kindly shut up, and do your job of representing the people’s needs and not presenting your next potential colleague.
Sincerely,
An American Voter in Illinois
High Five!
I am so tempted to send this as an actual email to his team along with a link to the attached article.
I hope you do. And I would like to see the form letter that you receive in response.
Jeffries is a dead man walking. I hope his ass gets primaried in the future.
Hey Jeffy, get fucked.
Jeffries and Booker are whores. AIPAC owned whores who would 100% pull a Clarence Thomas for enough money.
Fuck the DNC. #MamdaniForPresident
Luigi President, Mandani can be governor of NY state, as hes not US born.
Oh man, he should run as a Republican, make their heads explode.
🤯 🤯 🤯
Ah yes the house Democrats known for their fervor, backbone and hard fought results.
You can’t even threaten an enemy properly and you are gonna threaten a fellow Democrat? Fuckin traitors. And they would be dealt with accordingly.
It makes more sense when you realize they’re just the paid opposition party all these years. It explains all the ratchet effects and lack of real social progress.
I think it’s probably more complicated than that, like sure lots of people in the party end up as paid opposition and certainly the longer they are in Washington making the kinds of compromises they have to make to get anything done the better they get at rationalizing those decisions. But I wholly agree that things need to change from what they are
It’s not at all complicated. R&D vote in lockstep for corporate issues. They only differ on policies that affect living voters.
And what the fuck is the democratic establishments plan to fix our problems?
Compromise on everything. Go in stating a desire to compromise so republicans know they mean it. Hell, compromising before they even start talking to really show how serious they are.
Take donations from billionaires
congress serves the people, not their dem friends. The People
They work for us.
The only power they have is because we LET them have it.
Most of them need to be reminded. Very very much.
