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Hakeem Jeffries-Statement on Control of the House of Representatives in 2025. (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2024 OP
I'm beyond hoping for anything here, but this would really help AllyCat Nov 2024 #1
Are going to win the house?..... Lovie777 Nov 2024 #2
No SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #6
Doesn't look likely at this point In It to Win It Nov 2024 #8
Doubt it Rebl2 Nov 2024 #20
RCP has us at -4 with 179 D to 194 so far. IbogaProject Nov 2024 #3
I hope we get the House pfitz59 Nov 2024 #4
These nazi fucks will completely ignore the legislative branch... rubbersole Nov 2024 #14
Yes, this is something many Americans don't Quakerfriend Nov 2024 #24
Excellent Statement from Rep Jeffries.. TY, LMPV. I HOPE Cha Nov 2024 #5
Accept The Facts, We Are Not Going To Win The House SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #7
Unfortunately, this isn't the sort of statement you put out when you think there is a reasonable path. tritsofme Nov 2024 #9
SoCalDavidS is expressing a personal opinion, HUAJIAO Nov 2024 #15
I was talking about Jeffries' statement. tritsofme Nov 2024 #18
I realized that and thought I deleted my post. HUAJIAO Nov 2024 #22
Thanks for this! ShazzieB Nov 2024 #32
The Republicans are going to get their wet dream and they will have to deal with the mess that they LiberalArkie Nov 2024 #10
Have you actually seen any Republicans... ananda Nov 2024 #11
Nope, todays Republicans can not do it.. LiberalArkie Nov 2024 #12
If Ds follow your advice to not fund the government, it hurts those they have pledged to serve - summer_in_TX Nov 2024 #13
If Republicans control both the House & Senate, then Democratic votes should not be needed to pass anything Wiz Imp Nov 2024 #16
That is exactly my thinking.. When the Magats start complaining about everything, our answer should be LiberalArkie Nov 2024 #30
In the minority is a whole different position. summer_in_TX Nov 2024 #33
I doubt it.. It will be their names on the vote tally and the most they can say is the Democrats did not do LiberalArkie Nov 2024 #29
The Republicans won't deal with anything atreides1 Nov 2024 #28
So the ass hole is unchecked? Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #17
Our "big tent"...... SergeStorms Nov 2024 #19
Rushbo said... czarjak Nov 2024 #21
Except their tent is actually getting bigger, by most accounts. Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #25
No, not black men. Look it up NoRethugFriends Nov 2024 #26
I'll take your word for it. Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #27
the issue is they vote en masse every time Hieronymus Phact Nov 2024 #31
Praying hard we get control of the House, it could be our only salvation! lark Nov 2024 #23

AllyCat

(17,705 posts)
1. I'm beyond hoping for anything here, but this would really help
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:24 PM
Nov 2024

Cushion the blow from the coming Reichsturm.

IbogaProject

(4,195 posts)
3. RCP has us at -4 with 179 D to 194 so far.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:40 PM
Nov 2024

There is still a path I see best case if we get all the light blue from AP last night we might go to a 1 or 2 seat tenuous majority. Why are we conceding after all this money spent and the bomb threats at crucial polling and tabulating sites are already confirmed to have been Russian sourced. The wealthy are a big club and we aren't in it.

rubbersole

(9,617 posts)
14. These nazi fucks will completely ignore the legislative branch...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 05:13 PM
Nov 2024

..regardless of who has the majority. They have the courts and the army/intelligence services/FBI. Par-tay in Germany 2.0.

Quakerfriend

(5,770 posts)
24. Yes, this is something many Americans don't
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 11:18 AM
Nov 2024

realize. They will change the constitution all together & dismantle our legal system.

tritsofme

(19,036 posts)
9. Unfortunately, this isn't the sort of statement you put out when you think there is a reasonable path.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 04:11 PM
Nov 2024

Ugh

HUAJIAO

(2,730 posts)
22. I realized that and thought I deleted my post.
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 08:06 PM
Nov 2024

But I was on my cell phone and couldn't delete it.

ShazzieB

(20,046 posts)
32. Thanks for this!
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 03:27 PM
Nov 2024

I can only handle so much negativity right now. I'm neither optimistic nor pessimistic; I'm just trying to keep my feet under me, and the last thing I need is an onslaught of gloom and doom.

LiberalArkie

(17,785 posts)
10. The Republicans are going to get their wet dream and they will have to deal with the mess that they
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 04:25 PM
Nov 2024

will create. They do not have any idea at all in how to govern. They do not even know how to get a speaker or a majority leader in the senate. How in the hell can they pass any bills?

I hope the Democrats to not vote with them on anything since they will control the house, senate, the executive and the Supreme Court. Let them be responsible for a change. Let them holler "We would have passed a budget if the Democrats had just voted.

ananda

(31,431 posts)
11. Have you actually seen any Republicans...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 04:44 PM
Nov 2024

deal with any of the messes they have created?

It's always the Democrats who have to clean it up.

What I fear is that they will leave such a scorched
earth that cleaning up will be practically impossible.

We are in some very serious trouble right now, and
it's going to be so bad that we may never recover
from it.

Well, that's pretty pessimistic, but that's how I see
it right now.

LiberalArkie

(17,785 posts)
12. Nope, todays Republicans can not do it..
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 04:51 PM
Nov 2024

When things start happening like $10 eggs. And no vegetables, and Burgers at $20 because of a Tarrif on S. American beef.

And no Democrat in any position to do anything.( and I hope the Democrats in congress do not lift a finger or vote for a single Republican bill, even if it is to fund the government) People will indeed notice

If the Democrats do this, things might change when the old (me) don not have anything to eat because food is too expensive. The young can not go to school because they can not afford the private schools..

They will notice

summer_in_TX

(3,519 posts)
13. If Ds follow your advice to not fund the government, it hurts those they have pledged to serve -
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 05:12 PM
Nov 2024

including us. Considering the media messaging machine in the Republican column, we would pay a horrific political price in the short-term, but also in future election cycles. You KNOW they would hammer us over and over again.

Wiz Imp

(4,587 posts)
16. If Republicans control both the House & Senate, then Democratic votes should not be needed to pass anything
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 05:35 PM
Nov 2024

And Democrats should absolutely not vote for any Republican priorities. No political price to pay for that - if Republicans control all of government, failure to get anything done is completely on them.

LiberalArkie

(17,785 posts)
30. That is exactly my thinking.. When the Magats start complaining about everything, our answer should be
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 01:13 PM
Nov 2024

not our fault.. In fact I see no reason in the world why our people even have to show up.

summer_in_TX

(3,519 posts)
33. In the minority is a whole different position.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 11:08 PM
Nov 2024

I felt optimistic about us having the majority and was just thinking of that perspective. But the minority can have strategic influence.

LiberalArkie

(17,785 posts)
29. I doubt it.. It will be their names on the vote tally and the most they can say is the Democrats did not do
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 01:10 PM
Nov 2024

what WE wanted them to do. They would not vote for or against the national abortion ban.They would not vote for or against the aid to Russia. The Democrats would not vote for or against the tariffs. They would not vote for or against this and that.

atreides1

(16,597 posts)
28. The Republicans won't deal with anything
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 01:05 PM
Nov 2024

They will strip this country to the bone and there will no one to stop them.

SergeStorms

(19,538 posts)
19. Our "big tent"......
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 05:54 PM
Nov 2024

included everyone but those living in Dumbfuckistan, aka "white amerika."

czarjak

(12,708 posts)
21. Rushbo said...
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:20 PM
Nov 2024

"Draw the tent tighter, stand strong on our conservative principles." Never thought it would lead to election success.

Elessar Zappa

(16,318 posts)
25. Except their tent is actually getting bigger, by most accounts.
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 12:39 PM
Nov 2024

They saw huge movement of Latinos into their camp, as well as a larger percentage of black men than usual. And they’ve got about half of young people as Gen Z guys are “bro-wingers” who voted for Trump. We’ve got to do something to stave off more of this and recapture some voters. How we do it, I don’t know.

Hieronymus Phact

(557 posts)
31. the issue is they vote en masse every time
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 03:10 PM
Nov 2024

All other voters including many democrats, are fickle and wishy-washy.

lark

(24,776 posts)
23. Praying hard we get control of the House, it could be our only salvation!
Thu Nov 7, 2024, 10:53 AM
Nov 2024

Otherwise we are 100% Nazi America effective 1/20/25. Wonder how long it will take him to break the constitution?

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