Democratic Leaders Join House Republican Attack on “Socialism”
House Republicans have wasted no time in red-baiting the Left, and the centrist leadership of the Democratic Party has apparently been happy to join them.
Representative Nancy Pelosi during an event to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2023. (Ting Shen / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
On Thursday, Hakeem Jeffries — a newly significant leader in the Democratic Party, now that, with Nancy Pelosi’s impending retirement, he’s the House Minority Leader and the leader of the House Democratic Caucus — gave a master class in being a craven tool.
When House Republicans brought an absurd resolution condemning the “crimes” of socialism, just after stripping Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar of her committee positions, Jeffries was quick to call bullshit, dubbing it — repetitively though pointedly — a “fake, phony, and fraudulent” resolution. Jeffries said the House resolution gave “cover” for “MAGA Republicans to try to undermine an agenda that is designed to lift up the health, safety, and well-being of the American people.”
Thanks for your support, Hakeem. We’d describe socialism the same way.
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