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Another hoax the Dazzler bit on reinforced by Liz Cheney's prime time production.
Now do the many fine people one.
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Hakeem Jeffries’ ‘vague recollection’ of controversy surrounding his uncle undermined by college editorial defending himBy Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN 7 minute readUpdated 1:52 PM EDT, Wed April 12, 2023Video
For years, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has told a similar story: he was off at college and shielded from controversies surrounding his uncle, Black studies professor Leonard Jeffries, who eventually lost his job over incendiary comments about Jewish people. Hakeem Jeffries has said he had only a “vague recollection” of the controversy, saying he couldn’t even recall coverage of it in local press.
But a CNN KFile review of material from a 30-year-old college campus incident sharply undermines Jeffries’ claims.
While Jeffries was a college student at Binghamton University in upstate New York, the Black Student Union, in which Jeffries was an executive board member, invited his uncle to speak on campus after his inflammatory comments caused an uproar
programmed out of Hollywood” of Jewish executives who he said were responsible for denigrating Black Americans in films.
“Dr. Leonard Jeffries and Minister Louis Farrakhan have come under intense fire,” wrote Jeffries in February 1992. “Where do you think their interests lie? Dr. Jeffries has challenged the existing white supremist educational system and long standing distortion of history. His reward has been a media lynching complete with character assassinations and inflammatory erroneous accusations.”
Jeffries’ office maintained his record in public service was one of “bringing communities together” and said he did not share his uncle’s views.
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Yea, armed mob.
You should try believing your lying eyes. You did at the time, until you were instructed otherwise.
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Shit like this doesn’t matter in NYC or California. But it will in national election. The hot swap is super risky in that none of the candidates have been properly vetted through national primaries. It could work, but odds are it won’t.
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The mob was armed with what?
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Playing stupid really is your only go to move?
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Jeffries is a Black Lives don't Matter supporter which has resulted in hundreds of dead blacks. He also supports open borders which has resulted in tens of thousands of fentanyl deaths. Your mythical armed mob didn't kill anyone on January 6th and there was no insurrection. You vote for death and destruction. I don't.
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Running Biden after that debate and losing to Trump is dropping a nuclear warhead on the Democrat party and democracy at large.
You run whoever has the best chance of beating Trump, full stop. Biden has tons of policy wins and that barely matters in this election. Too many people are ignorant to what he's done as well as the consequences of Trump being elected. Biden is incapable of communicating what he has done, his vision for the future, and the autocracy/kleptocracy that Trump and his machine envisions and details daily, not to mention the proof that's already there. It's all out there for everyone to see and this should be a cakewalk. Alas, it is not.
Voting is psychological for the majority of our electorate. You need to be able to look at someone and say, yeah, that's a confident leader. See: Trump. Public appearance matters. How you carry yourself is a big deal. That's just how it is. People who pay attention look at truth, governance, and policy, sure. This would be a landslide if that's all that mattered. It's clearly more than that and this election is a numbers game at this point. Moving on from Biden isn't going to make Democrats stay home. That's a false narrative, as well as running someone else being a career ender if they lost. See: Nixon or the numerous other examples throughout history of candidates who lost races and won offices later. Furthermore, there would be plenty benefit of the doubt to be given, whoever the new nominee is. Whoever that is shouldn't be afraid.
There's only upside to moving on. Someone who inspires confidence can sway swing voters, motivate voters more than Biden, and jump start hope for a depressed America teetering on the edge, especially for younger folk. It's really simple to me.
All it takes is someone who can communicate democratic values, a vision, and why it's all at risk. Someone who inspires confidence, and preferably has the experience and voice to back it up. Newsom and Whitmer do not have the experience. Kamala and Jeffries do. Kamala is not a winning proposition, imo. It's too close to the home. Jeffries is my dark horse, no pun intended.
Obviously Democrats are in a less than ideal situation right now, and I'm pissed about it. The lack of preparation, forethought, and square pegging astounds me. Games are won in the fourth quarter though. There's still time to do the right thing, and, like I said before, moving on from Joe should be the last thing Trump wants right now.
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You are so bad at this. Don’t ever change.
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