“Jeffries didn’t even whip the vote,” one critic said about the House minority leader, who wants to be speaker. “This is why people want a stronger leader.”
As House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries seeks to become speaker when Democrats retake Congress in January, critics questioned his leadership Tuesday after the Republican-led lower chamber effectively blocked a bid to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by just seven votes—an outcome that may have been averted if more Democrats showed up to vote.
The 211-204 procedural vote effectively torpedoed Congressman Thomas Massie’s attempt to impeach Hegseth by sending the outgoing Kentucky Republican’s resolution to the House Judiciary Committee, where it will likely gather dust during the remainder of the GOP-controlled congressional term.
And I bet the percentage of Democratic voters who’d disagree about impeachment of Trump being a priority is north of 90%.
Whether it’s actually feasible without a supermajority … who knows. Probably not. But not being willing to call it a priority is also a big ‘fuck you’ to the vast majority of Democratic voters.
Just refusing to give that soundbite seems like politics 101. There are reality TV stars with better media discipline.
How hard is it to say, “It’s still under consideration” or something?