Jeffries began a marathon speech just before 5AM EDT, after the budget reconciliation bill moved to a floor vote. A budget reconciliation cannot be filibustered, but he is holding the floor and postponing the vote until citizens are awake to prevent it from passing under the cover of night.
He has been reading letters of concern from his constituents aloud, so Republicans are forced to hear the impact of their support for these cuts.
Let me know when Hakeem Jefferies endorses Zohran Mamdani.
“Vote blue no matter who” for me but not for thee!!
Endorsement from a moderate is not as important as support against Trump. We just need to know they’re in his corner for the inevitable clashes with Trump’s ICE mandates. Hochul especially.
Oh wow!!! Not wanting to violate the law by arresting and deporting an American citizen??? The absolute bare minimum and what should be the literal default for everyone in public office??? 👀
Dude.
That’s not even the point of this post. Why is this even such a concern to you? You’re clearly not a New Yorker, or you’d know that solidarity fighting Trump is about the best endorsement he’s gonna get. The more Trump attacks him, the better he’ll do in the general. It’s as simple as that.
solidarity fighting Trump is about the best endorsement he’s gonna get
We’re talking about a US citizen being arrested and deported for political reasons. They should oppose that no matter who the target is, republican, democrat, anyone. That’s not an endorsement, that’s just what they should do no matter what. I’m not going to applaud them for saying that’s bad. 🙄
An endorsement would be an endorsement.
I get it. You don’t understand NY. You don’t have to repeat yourself.
People who know nothing about his platform are already saying they love how much he’s pissing off Trump. That’s the endorsement he needs to win.
Keep making excuses for them. His own voters chose Mamdani to represent the party. It seems like Hakeem Jefferies is the one that doesn’t understand NY or how to represent his constituents.
Keep finding reasons to hate on good actions by Democrats. This post is about Jeffries doing what he can to bring attention to the vote with the little control he has.
You’re the shmuck making it about the NYS mayoral race, and it’s not even your city. The Dems deserve plenty of criticism. It’s childish to shoehorn it into every post.
If you must talk about Jeffries representing his constituents, you should be informed. His district (NY-8, East Brooklyn) voted overwhelmingly for Cuomo. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/us/elections/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html
These motherfuckers think they’re so sneaky.
Hey I was just arguing this with a bunch of people. The left ignores how important building digital communication channels are.
Commenting on Lemmy ain’t it.
It’s really unfortunate Jeffries does this and it’s really only the news that will keep this alive and that’s basically a couple headlines over 24/hrs