“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.
You write a lot for someone who seems intent on insult and argument.
I don’t come here to read essays even though I’ve read yours.
I hope this has been helpful to you. My intent was to highlight that these articles play into GOP startegies. That is all.
I suppose all of these conversations blend into one after a point in some regards, that isn’t your fault so sorry for being so ranty.
I appreciate everything you’ve said, and don’t really disagree on the overall intent. I’m working on my community to build up a level of support as well.