“Jeffries didn’t even whip the vote,” one critic said about the House minority leader, who wants to be speaker. “This is why people want a stronger leader.”
As House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries seeks to become speaker when Democrats retake Congress in January, critics questioned his leadership Tuesday after the Republican-led lower chamber effectively blocked a bid to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by just seven votes—an outcome that may have been averted if more Democrats showed up to vote.
The 211-204 procedural vote effectively torpedoed Congressman Thomas Massie’s attempt to impeach Hegseth by sending the outgoing Kentucky Republican’s resolution to the House Judiciary Committee, where it will likely gather dust during the remainder of the GOP-controlled congressional term.
We should assume it is deliberate. There will be a lot of “rotating villains”, “parliamentarians” and “bipartisanship” in the coming congress. Any excuse to not get anything good passed.
All of it is bullshit. Many democrats want to protect the status quo in spite of the popular mandate for change.
Don’t give them the benefit of the doubt.
Fucking Hydra bullshit. Hate it.
We need to expose and get rid of all of them.