“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.

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    3 hours ago

    Is Jeffries the new rotating villain?

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      Nah this is just what you are supposed to do after you vote for the lesser of two evils, you try and make the lesser even more lesser.

      It’s why it was crazy for people to not vote for Kamala because the Democrats didn’t promise to stop genociding and in the process get the guy in who wants to genocide harder.