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Related: About this forumWATCH: Jeffries speaks to reporters amid House GOP leadership battle, Israel-Hamas war - PBS NewsHour
10/12/2023.
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WATCH: Jeffries speaks to reporters amid House GOP leadership battle, Israel-Hamas war - PBS NewsHour (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Oct 2023
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sheshe2
(83,770 posts)1. Recommend.
Love this man.
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)2. If only he was Speaker right now!
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)5. Just takes 5 sane GOP members
Otherwise, we'll just have to wait till next year. GOTV!!!!
sheshe2
(83,770 posts)3. I wish.
Articulate. Knowledgeable. Charismatic.
I could go on.
ABC
House Democrats, he said, will always put American values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry, the Constitution over the cult, democracy over demagogues, economic opportunity over extremism, freedom over fascism, governing over gaslighting, hopefulness over hatred, inclusion over isolation, justice over judicial overreach, knowledge over kangaroo courts, liberty over limitation, maturity over Mar-a-Lago, normalcy over negativity, opportunity over obstruction, people over politics, quality of life issues over QAnon, reason over racism, substance over slander, triumph over tyranny, understanding over ugliness, voting rights over voter suppression, working families over the well-connected, xenial over xenophobia, yes, we can over you can do it, and zealous representation over zero-sum confrontation.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/hakeem-jeffries-first-black-party-leader-congress-speech/
Bedtime~
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)4. Thanks so much!
During that 15th vote debacle for Kevin McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries got several votes and I was really wishing, too. *sigh*
SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)6. He would be a magnificent Speaker!
Please, Republicans, put your country first for a change!
Rhiannon12866
(205,405 posts)7. I couldn't agree more!
The House needs some serious guidance and Hakeem Jeffries is the leader who can provide it!