Hakeem Jeffries "No matter what it takes, House Democrats will win in November..."

[rangerrebew]

Hakeem Jeffries 
"No matter what it takes, House Democrats will win in November..."
 
Hannah Nightingale
Washington DC
May 8, 2026
 
In the wake of the Virginia Supreme Court striking down the state’s new congressional map that would see ten of the state’s 11 House seats go to Democrats, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the decision from the state’s high court "will not stand," and that Democrats will win in November, "no matter what it takes," so they can work against Trump. He had previously vowed "maximum warfare" when it comes to fighting against Trump.

"Over three million Virginia citizens cast their votes in a free and fair election, yet the State Supreme Court has chosen to invalidate their voice, disenfranchise them and violate their due process rights," Jeffries wrote in a statement. "The decision to overturn an entire election is an unprecedented and undemocratic action that cannot stand.

"Maga Republicans have adopted voter suppression as a strategy," he went on, "as also evidenced by far-right extremists on the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act to open the door to a Jim Crow-like attack on Black representation across the American South.

"We are exploring all options to overturn this shocking decision. No matter what it takes, House Democrats will win in November so we can help rescue this nation from the extremism being unleashed by Donald Trump and Republicans," he concluded. "Our fight is not over. We are just getting started."

https://thepostmillennial.com/hakeem-jeffries-livid-after-virginia-court-ruling-blocking-redistricting-says-dems-will-win-midterms-no-matter-what-takes

[libertybele]

"No matter what it takes" .... gee ... where have we experienced that before???  IOW, cheating and fraud!  Nothing like a DEM to brighten my day! 

[rangerrebew]

That threat has to be taken to include dishonesty.  I hope Patel is keeping a close eye on the democrats.

[libertybele]

That threat has to be taken to include dishonesty.  I hope Patel is keeping a close eye on the democrats.

Even if he is .... how many indictments have we seen?

[DB]

The keep getting crazier and crazier...

They apparently have not found the bottom yet...

Insane.

[Fishrrman]

DB observes:
"They keep getting crazier and crazier...
They apparently have not found the bottom yet..."

There is no "bottom".
Not for them...

[mountaineer]

I'm tired of being threatened, whether directly or by implication, by these clowns.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Hey Hakeem - what about these millions of Republicans in these states with zero representation?

You also think their voices should be heard?

https://twitter.com/Shawn_Farash/status/2052496709859549543/photo/1

[Wingnut]

Hack-em Jeferies.  He has the same Low T as Obama.  The guy is so low energy even the Energizer bunny could get him off.

[Cyber Liberty]

"Whatever it takes?"

How many GOP Candidates does he need to assassinate to ensure that happens?

[rustynail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9P1KxVrrWM

[Wingnut]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9P1KxVrrWM

Nice!. 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm tired of being threatened, whether directly or by implication, by these clowns.

Yeah, I have that fatigue, too.

[mountaineer]

Meanwhile, Jeffries' brother is threatening to murder people he accuses of being white supremacists. It's just what they do.

https://twitter.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/2053291565246796156

[Smokin Joe]

Meanwhile, Jeffries' brother is threatening to murder people he accuses of being white supremacists. It's just what they do.

https://twitter.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/2053291565246796156

Yeah, well, that got John Brown dead. He's still dead. Some things don't change.

[mountaineer]

Yeah, well, that got John Brown dead. He's still dead. Some things don't change.

His body lies a-moulderin' in the grave, or some such thing.

[Phantom]

Hakeem Jeffries

"No matter what it takes, House Democrats will win in November..."

Voters.. we don need no stinkin' voters.

[DB]

They spent their entire wad of corruption putting Biden in the White House in 2020. It could only be done once at that level of in-your-face corruption - and that's what they spent it on... Burn baby burn...

[Smokin Joe]

They spent their entire wad of corruption putting Biden in the White House in 2020. It could only be done once at that level of in-your-face corruption - and that's what they spent it on... Burn baby burn...

Even more important is stopping them from using fraud to rebuild their war chest with taxpayer money--which is why there is so much resistance to everything from the SAVE act to investigation and prosecution of fraudsters, especially in Democrat-controlled cities and States. If they do not control the Government, both elected and bureaucratic, they cannot instigate nor protect such schemes, which I would wager constitute a significant portion of their funding.

[Bigun]

Even more important is stopping them from using fraud to rebuild their war chest with taxpayer money--which is why there is so much resistance to everything from the SAVE act to investigation and prosecution of fraudsters, especially in Democrat-controlled cities and States. If they do not control the Government, both elected and bureaucratic, they cannot instigate nor protect such schemes, which I would wager constitute a significant portion of their funding.

Wall Street Journal

 November 20, 2000

 How Democrats Wage Political War

By Cleta Mitchell, a Washington attorney who has previously served as a Democratic member of the Oklahoma legislature.

In case you're bewildered by the machinations of the Gore campaign-turned-law-firm, let there be no doubt that the goings on in Florida are perfectly in keeping with the way Democrats normally think and behave. Lawsuits are a key part of the Democrats' political strategy, so nothing about Florida should surprise anyone who has spent time in the Democratic Party.

Until 1995, I was a Democrat. I've been a Democrat elected official, a party official and an active party member, so I know how Democrats think.

Democrats know and internalize, understand and are motivated by, certain ideas, concepts and principles that seem to be foreign to Republicans. And Democrats are elated that Republicans don't know or function under the same ideas. These basic rules of Democratic thinking are at work in Florida. This primer should help explain what makes the Democrats tick.

Rule 1: If we don't win, we don't eat.

The fundamental motivation for Democrats is their understanding that winning control of government is tied to paychecks, jobs, government grants, public money for private groups and companies, government contracts, union bargaining advantages, rules by which trial lawyers bring lawsuits, and on and on. The use of government to feed friends and starve enemies is something Democrats know instinctively. Winning elections means getting or keeping a livelihood.

 Say what you will about trial lawyers, but remember this: They only get paid if their clients win. Extending that principle to politics means that various Democratic constituencies are convinced that a Democratic victory means food on the table.

 Rule 2: State courts are "home" to Democrats.

There is a reason why, of the more than two-dozen lawsuits filed in Florida by various Democrats, virtually all have been filed in state courts.

Democrats are at home in the state courts. It is where the judges are elected, often on partisan ballots. And the trial lawyers are the most ardent in overseeing who fills and keeps judicial positions.

Trial lawyers normally hate federal court, where rules are stricter and standards much higher, and where attorneys can be, and often are, sanctioned for filing frivolous lawsuits.

Against the backdrop of the myriad state lawsuits filed by Democrats in Florida, and the call by the Gore campaign for even more trial lawyers to come and assist in the litigation battles there, the Bush campaign filed one legal action. It was filed in federal court as a challenge to the constitutional validity of the manual recount procedures in Florida and the absence in the statute of any objective standards for such recounts. The evidence to support the sole Republican lawsuit has unfolded on our television screens during the manual recounts conducted to date.

State courts are often a blank page to be filled in by the most clever manipulator in the courtroom. (No wonder the Democrats have brought in super-litigator David Boies.) Only a state court judge would have entertained, much less Ruled on, a lawsuit like the one filed by the Palm Beach Democratic Party, which argued that incomplete ("dimpled")
Ballots should nonetheless be counted. And that's just one example of the kinds of cases the Democrats have filed.

 Republicans depart from their customary arguments in favor of federalism, decentralization of government power and devolution of authority to the states when civil justice system and lawsuit reform are at issue. Then, the parties switch sides and it is Republicans who prefer federal courts and uniform national standards and Democrats who fight vigorously to protect their state court fiefdoms. This may seem inconsistent -- but it isn't, when one understands the hometown advantage of the Democrats and trial lawyers in state courts. Remember Rule #1.

 Rule 3, the "golden rule": He who makes the rules wins the
 Gold.

The post-election fight in Florida is the best evidence in my lifetime of the absolute supremacy of the rules-as-gold principle. Democrats understand impressively well that the rules, the regulations, the procedures and the processes will almost always dictate the outcome. In a nutshell, rules provide victories -- or defeats. Because the statutory process in Florida did not provide the result the Democrats wanted, they knew it was imperative to change the rules after the election.

When I was first elected to the Oklahoma legislature, a veteran Democrat member told me to learn the rules. He told me, "If you know the rules better than your opponent, you can beat him every time." He was right. I also learned that writing and rewriting the rules is as important as understanding them.

The legal wrangling this week in Florida is neither about  "technicalities," nor about "fairness." It is about winning. See Rule #1. Changing the rules is why the Gore campaign dispatched lawyers and organizers to Florida in the early morning hours of election night -- because the rules had to be rewritten under public pressure, either through executive or judicial decisions, in order for Al Gore  to prevail.

Changing the rules required a massive public relations effort by the Gore campaign to discredit the rules and procedures under which elections are normally conducted in
 the state of Florida. Changing the rules was the objective in the Gore campaign's vilification of Katherine Harris, the Republican secretary of state, for enforcing the existing laws and rules.

Any Republican who misses the 4 lessons the Democrats are teaching us on national TV these past two weeks is terribly naive. If, as a result of all this, Republicans don't commit themselves to learning and practicing the art of political war, as well as its natural extension in the courtroom, there may not be much of a GOP to kick around  anymore in the future.

[verga]

So Temu Obama has guaranteed cheating and fraud.

[Hoodat]

Any Republican who misses the 4 lessons the Democrats are teaching us on national TV these past two weeks is terribly naive.

This describes 99% of our current Republican politicians.  Deficit spending is what fuels Democrat control over our lives.  Why on earth won't Republicans do anything to stop it?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2053817334649790639