House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries yesterday rejected the idea that voters delivered some kind of mandate to Trump and the Republicans, arguing that the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House means that nothing will get done in Washington without Democratic support. Via The Hill: “Despite the claims of some of my Republican colleagues, who have spent a lot of time over the last two weeks talking about some big, massive mandate — I’m looking for it,” Jeffries said during a press briefing in the Capitol. The comments were a shot at the Republicans who, after winning control of the House, Senate and White House in the next Congress, have asserted broad powers to pursue a starkly conservative policy agenda. That includes Trump, who used his victory speech on election night to claim “an unprecedented and powerful mandate,” and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who argued Tuesday that voters gave Trump the authority to seat his preferred Cabinet picks — regardless of any controversy swirling around them. No way in hell it was a signal to implement their Project 2025 extremism.
Comment on Hakeem Jeffries: Razor-Thin Win Is Not Any Kind Of Mandate
Susie Madrak, The Daily Dot
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 4:08am
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