House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) apparently participated in a longstanding Democratic tradition Friday, threatening violence to achieve a political aim.
During a Friday press conference with New York Rep. Yvette Clarke (D), Jeffries complained about his Democrat-run state’s high cost of living, President Donald Trump’s attempted federal funding freeze, and the proposed tax cuts in the so-called “extreme MAGA Republican agenda.”
Jeffries, who stated in April that “threatening political violence is not a sign of strength” but rather an “indication of weakness and insecurity” and noted in September that “political violence has no place in a democratic society,” told reporters that when it comes to the Trump agenda, “We are going to fight it legislatively, we are going to fight it in the courts, and we’re going to fight it in the streets.”
The House minority leader was met with immediate backlash over his remarks.
‘Will Democrats and the media denounce this incitement of violence?’ […]
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