Jeffries and Schumer are already under scrutiny for their vehement pro-Israel views as calls grow for new leadership.

  • Cosmoooooooo@lemmy.world
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    He’s owned by another country. It’s legal to buy congresspeople and senators, and he’s fully bought. They have the receipt for $1M+.

    Never heard of this asshole before he was granted the leadership role by Israel, never heard of anything he’s ever done to help one single American.

    Fuck off Jeffries and Schumer. For embodying everything wrong with the Dem party. They sold out their country for cash. Corruption. Just corruption.

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    That is because he took about 1.5 million from AIPAC.

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hakeem-jeffries-aipac-money/

    ""OpenSecrets, a nonprofit aimed at tracking money in U.S. politics, estimated Jeffries had received approximately $1,74 million through 2024 from pro-Israel donors generally, putting him slightly ahead of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. TrackAIPAC, an organization focused specifically on AIPAC and other pro-Israel lobbyists, connected $1.5 million in such donations to Jeffries.

    AIPAC identified Jeffries by name in a congratulatory post on Nov. 4, writing on X (archived) that “AIPAC members are determined to expand their political activism in the cycles ahead.”"

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    Schumer and Jeffries represent the tentacles of Israel still attached to our government, on the blue side. That’s all they will ever support, what Israel demands of them. They even periodically go to Israel to swear fealty.

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    almost definitely supports it whole heartedly, but can’t say so because it would make a news cycle and create bad press.

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    It would be like answering the question, “Do you still beat your wife?”

    I fucking hate Jeffries, but give him credit for not being stupid enough to answer a trap question.

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      “Are you against the military merging with that of a foreign nation engaged in genocide and many other war crimes” should REALLY not be a trap question to anyone SUPPOSED to represent the needs and wants of the people.

      78% of Democrats and 73% of independents oppose that lunacy.

      If not for corrupt pressure from AIPAC et al, there’s no reason for him NOT to strenuously oppose this surrender of sovereignty and endorsement of a fascist apartheid state and every crime against humanity it keeps committing.