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.
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.
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
So rare to see a proud democrat out in the wild. You dont work in politics by chance do you?
Nah. I’ve been left of the Democrats since the 90s, but I’ve always been very engaged in politics. Protesting, volunteering for elections, occasional stumping…
I loudly support good actions on Lemmy, because users always seem happy to provide the criticism. There’s no such thing as a good or bad person, just good and bad actions. This was a good action, that I believe warranted recognition.