Drivel War: Backward-Facing Hakeem Jeffries Is Looking To The 1800s To Fight Musk And Trump In 2025

Posted • February 26, 2025: Civil War? More like drivel war. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries went on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show recently to compare the ‘threat’ of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to the Civil War. Was auditing the government and eliminating wasteful spending a reason for the War Between the States? It’s more insanity from the rudderless Democrat Party. —— Hakeem Jeffries and Rachel Maddow compare fighting Trump/Elon to fighting the Civil War: Maddow: “Feels like something that we have not experienced since the Civil War, in terms of the threat to our republic." —— Jeffries: “It's certainly the case that we understand the scale of the threat that can't be doubted. Our communities have been under siege since before the Civil War. I'm a direct descendant of those very communities, so we understand the struggle, the history." —— Under Jeffries’ leadership, Dems in Congress have an approval rating of 21%. This stuff is why. Keep it up, Hakeem. You’re doing just great.

This Civil War rhetoric is not going to work with the party at large. Remind us again which side of the Civil War the Democrats were on. The ones it may work on are the ones currently dragging the party down. If your political playbook references the 1800s you’re going to lose. The Republican Party is in the 21st Century. They’re supporting policies that will benefit Democrats despite efforts by the Democrat Party to stop it. (…)

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