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Who Is Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi’s Likely Replacement As Democrat Leader?
BY: TRISTAN JUSTICE
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
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While an establishment foe of AOC, Jeffries remains a conventional partisan who has embraced his party’s conspiracies.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the end of her tenure in congressional leadership Thursday after Republicans officially took the lower chamber following last week’s midterm e******ns.
“With great confidence in our caucus, I will not seek re-e******n to Democratic leadership in the next Congress,” Pelosi said on the House floor. “For me, the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect.”
Pelosi’s remarks were quickly followed by a similar announcement from Democrat Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who will also stay in Congress but step down from leadership. The pair of retirements give New York Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, now the chair of the House Democrat Caucus, a clear path to cement control over the minority in the lower chamber. For a party obsessed with “firsts,” Jeffries would follow Pelosi’s rule as the first woman speaker to become the first black lawmaker leading the party in either the House or Senate.
Jeffries, 52, has served in the House since his first congressional e******n in 2012. While representing a district near-adjacent to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the New York City area, Jeffries has been no ally of the left-wing newcomer and her affiliated insurgent group, Justice Democrats. As the fifth-ranking Democrat in the House, Jeffries orchestrated efforts to protect incumbents from the l*****t primaries launched by the Ocasio-Cortez wing of the party.
“It’s important to support effective legislators for delivering for the American people in partnership with the Biden administration,” Jeffries said in February.
While an establishment foe of AOC and the Justice Democrats, Jeffries remains a conventional partisan who has embraced just about every cooked-up conspiracy the Democratic Party could muster against former President Donald Trump and other Republicans. Jeffries is no moderate but instead offers a picturesque reflection of where the Democratic Party has shifted over the last decade, steeped in identity politics and Russiagate hysteria.
In 2017, Jeffries smeared Trump’s supporters as r****t on the floor of the lower chamber.
“We do know that every r****t in America v**ed for Donald Trump,” Jeffries said. “That’s a problem.”
Jeffries also called Trump “the ‘Grand Wizard’ of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” in 2019 and defended his comments on CNN, calling his language “colorful.” A grand wizard is the head of the Ku Klux Klan.
Just this year, Jeffries decried the Senate filibuster as “dripping in r****t history, in defense of s***ery and Jim Crow.” The congressional record shows Democrats have used Senate filibusters far more than Republicans have, and the Democratic Caucus has v**ed to sustain filibusters 15,579 times since 1989, according to GovTrack.
When not engaged in the d******eness of identity politics, Jeffries is taking the lead on Democrats’ information operations to undermine Republicans with deep state investigations. Jeffries was an impeachment manager in Trump’s first trial before the Senate when Democrats accused the president of improperly exploiting U.S. military aid to extract political favors.
In February 2020, Trump was acquitted of Democrats’ charges alleging he participated in a quid pro quo demanding the Ukrainian government investigate its role in the creation of the Russia-collusion h**x that did irreparable harm to the United States. That investigation would inevitably center around H****r B***n, son of now-President Joe Biden, who raked in tens of thousands of dollars in excess compensation for a seat on the board of a Ukrainian energy company despite no prior industry experience.
Later reflecting on this trial in an interview for the Washington Post, as the Democrats prepared to impeach Trump once more over the J** 6. Capitol r**t, Jeffries refused to concede their case against the outgoing president.
“We believed that we did present a mountain of evidence and clear and convincing evidence that Donald Trump corruptly abused his power by pressuring a foreign government, Ukraine, to target an American citizen, Joe Biden, as part of then-President Trump’s efforts to interfere with the 2020 e******n,” Jeffries said.
But the Ukrainian impeachment saga was merely the follow-up to the Democrats’ initial plans to indict President Trump as a Russian agent. Jeffries participated in the witch hunt and mocked congressional oversight of the FBI’s collusion h**x in 2018 as “a three-ring circus.”
“Let’s stop wasting taxpayer dollars and get back to the business of the American people,” Jeffries admonished colleagues in comments highlighted by the Washington Post.
During an interview with CNN in 2019, Jeffries amplified claims the Trump campaign captured the White House in cahoots with Kremlin leadership.
“With every passing day, every passing week, every passing month,” Jeffries said, “the circumstances around the 2016 campaign and the possible conspiracy that seems like it may have existed between Russian spies and some high level members of the Trump campaign to sell out our democracy grows stronger.”
“That is deeply troubling for the republic, for the democracy and for a significant number of American people,” the congressman added.
No one person, of course, let alone Trump himself, was found guilty of Russian collusion after a more than two-year special counsel investigation run entirely by Democrats with unlimited resources. Jeffries still assigned Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell the moniker “Moscow Mitch” while trying to frame Republicans as Kremlin allies.
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31 Facts About Donald Trump and Russian Collusion You Need to Know
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Learn 31 facts about Trump's ties with Russia.
Learn 31 facts about Trump's ties with Russia.
Trump Russia Facts
Beginning in the summer of 2016, US intelligence agencies found extensive evidence that Russia was working persistently to influence the US p**********l e******n. The specifics of Russia’s interference can be found in an excellent book by Malcolm Nance titled The Plot to Hack America.
More alarming is the multitude of secret contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia while Russia was meddling in our e******n.
In order to understand all these interwoven threads of the Trump-Russia scandal, this article breaks down those connections and gives links to source materials so you can verify all of this information yourself.
1. Vladimir Putin Wanted to Help Donald Trump Win the E******n
A declassified report issued by the FBI, CIA and NSA, titled Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US P**********l E******n, stated:
We assess with high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US p**********l e******n, the consistent goals of which were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.
We also assess Putin and the Russian government aspired to help Trump’s e******n chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.
2. Trump’s Campaign Manager Spent Years Working for Vladimir Putin
In August 2016, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, had to resign because he had concealed his years working to install politicians loyal to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
While still receiving money from Russia, Manafort then went to work managing Donald Trump’s campaign at a time when Putin wanted Trump to win the presidency. Oddly, Manafort, who made millions of dollars working for Putin, volunteered to manage Donald Trump's campaign for free.
3. Paul Manafort Gave Valuable Polling Data to the Russians
Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors to hide the fact that he gave polling data to alleged Russian spy Konstantin Kolimnik. Such data would enable the Russians to target the specific people and regions of the country to help sway the e******n for Trump
4. Donald Trump Jr. Responded to an Offer of Help From Russia
When a Russian business partner of Donald Trump sent a message to Donald Trump Jr. that they had information which would be helpful to the Trump campaign in the 2016 e******n, Donald Trump Jr. responded, “If it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer.”
This makes it explicitly clear that the Trump campaign was willing and eager to accept help from a foreign, and often hostile, country to win the e******n.
5. Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner Met With a Russian Lawyer
In June of 2016, Donald Trump Jr., Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort, and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner all met with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in New York for the purpose of getting damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
After denying for a year that the purpose of the Trump Tower meeting was to get help from the Russians, Donald Trump admitted in a Tweet that the meeting was in fact for the purpose of getting dirt on Hillary Clinton.
6. Donald Trump Publicly Asked Russia to Help Him Get Elected
In August of 2016, shortly after high level Trump campaign officials met with a Russian attorney to discuss getting dirt on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump publicly asked Russia to reveal any information they had that could hurt Hillary Clinton and help him win the e******n. At that same event, Trump said Russia would be “rewarded mightily” for their efforts. In that same speech, he also said he was considering lifting sanctions on Russia.
Former Trump adviser, Carter Page
Former Trump adviser, Carter Page
7. Trump Adviser Carter Page Had So Many Suspicious Russian Connections
One of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, Carter Page, had many business involvements with Russian oil company Gazprom. When Page became Trump’s foreign policy adviser, he began giving pro-Russia policy speeches in Moscow, which resulted in the FBI looking into his activities.
Page also went to Moscow on behalf of the Trump campaign and met with managers of two Russian energy companies.
8. Carter Page Was Recruited by Russian Intelligence
In early 2017, the FBI revealed that Carter Page, Trump’s foreign policy adviser, had been recruited by Russian intelligence agents back in 2013. Page was not indicted by the FBI but he did have extensive contacts with those intelligence agents.
9. Trump’s Campaign Changed the Republican Party Platform to Soften Their Stance on Russia
In 2016, the Republican Party had a plank in their party platform that was highly critical of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. After Trump secured the needed delegates to win the Republican nomination, his campaign quietly changed the Republican platform to remove a section that supports Ukraine against Russia.
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10. After Mitch McConnell Stopped President Obama From Revealing Russia’s Interference, Trump Rewarded Him by Appointing His Wife to His Cabinet
After learning of Russia’s illegal involvement in our p**********l e******n, President Obama met with members of Congress to discuss what they should tell the American public about Russia’s involvement with our e******n.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened to accuse President Obama of politicizing this information if he went public so Obama held off releasing the information. After McConnell successfully stopped Obama from revealing this information until after the e******n, Donald Trump appointed McConnell’s wife as T***sportation Secretary.
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11. Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Lied About Talking to the Russian Ambassador
After the e******n, President Obama imposed additional sanctions against Russia for interfering with the US p**********l e******n.
On the same day that Obama imposed sanctions against Russia, Trump’s campaign adviser, Michael Flynn, spoke to the Russian ambassador and discussed lifting those sanctions.
Flynn lied when asked about his conversation with the Russian ambassador.
12. Jared Kushner Created Back Channel Contacts With Russia While Obama Was Still President
Prior to Trump’s inauguration, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner contacted the Russian ambassador to establish back channel communication lines with Russia. This was in violation of National Security policy.
13. Jared Kushner Did Not Disclose His Contacts With Russia on His Application for Top Security Clearance
As a top adviser to Donald Trump, Jared Kushner had to apply for top secret security clearance.
When applying for his security clearance, Kushner, failed to disclose dozens of contacts he’d had with foreign governments including Russia. This type of omission is usually more than enough to get someone’s security clearance revoked. However, Kushner continues to have top level security clearance.
14. Trump’s Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, Lied to Congress About His Ties to Russia
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, lied to Congress when he said under oath that he had not met with anyone from Russia. In fact, he had met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. While it was not illegal for Sessions to meet with Kislyak, it was illegal to lie to Congress about it.
Strangely enough, Sessions had not even been asked during his hearings if he had met with any Russians. He simply volunteered this false information on his own.
15. Jeff Sessions Illegally Falsified Information About His Contacts With Russia
Attorney General Jeff sessions did not disclose his contacts with Russia when he applied for his security clearance with the Justice Department. Such an omission of information on a security application should be more than enough reason for him to be fired. When you consider both this illegal omission of information and the fact that he lied to Congress under oath, it is difficult to understand how he can be allowed to continue as United States Attorney General.
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