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Bradley Jaye 6 May 2024
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) took a victory lap on CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday to brag about wrestling away control of the House from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Jeffries’ boast followed three startling Democrat victories in the Johnson-led House that delivered significant lifelines to President Joe Biden, desperate for legislative victories to tout as he continues struggling in the polls against former President Donald Trump.
Johnson’s actions spurred Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to commit to force a vote this week to eject Johnson from the Speakership.
Jeffries and his leadership team committed to saving Johnson in late April, issuing a remarkable statement praising him for partnering with a “bipartisan coalition” that include President Biden and “traditional Republicans” to “[push] back against MAGA extremism” and unleash tens of billions in aid to Ukraine and Gaza.
His statement on Sunday clarifies, with no uncertainty, why Democrats support Johnson.
“Even though we’re in the minority, we effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority because we continue to provide a majority of the votes necessary to get things done,” he said. “Those are just the facts”:
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/06/democrats-run-house-agenda-hakeem-jeffries-brags-those-facts/
Bradley Jaye 6 May 2024
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) took a victory lap on CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday to brag about wrestling away control of the House from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Jeffries’ boast followed three startling Democrat victories in the Johnson-led House that delivered significant lifelines to President Joe Biden, desperate for legislative victories to tout as he continues struggling in the polls against former President Donald Trump.
Johnson’s actions spurred Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to commit to force a vote this week to eject Johnson from the Speakership.
Jeffries and his leadership team committed to saving Johnson in late April, issuing a remarkable statement praising him for partnering with a “bipartisan coalition” that include President Biden and “traditional Republicans” to “[push] back against MAGA extremism” and unleash tens of billions in aid to Ukraine and Gaza.
His statement on Sunday clarifies, with no uncertainty, why Democrats support Johnson.
“Even though we’re in the minority, we effectively have been governing as if we were in the majority because we continue to provide a majority of the votes necessary to get things done,” he said. “Those are just the facts”:
more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/06/democrats-run-house-agenda-hakeem-jeffries-brags-those-facts/