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Anne Smith's avatar

Hakeem Jeffries would be great !

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Gloria Regalbuto Bentley's avatar

Control what you can when and wherever you can. Yield nothing. They will concede nothing except to Musk and Trump. Resist now.

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LJ's avatar

It’s past time for Dems to start standing up and saying NO to saving Republicans from themselves! I want to see Dems listening to us, the people who elected them, and stop trying to play nice with people who have no rules for the game. Do what you can do until we can take back the whole chamber. Also: I LOVE Hakeem Jeffries!

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TCinLA's avatar

Republican failure is good for America.

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Kathleen Twardowski's avatar

I think it would be great if the dems unite to resist Trump and his dangerous agenda; but I'll believe when I see it. I'm already hearing some "moderate" dems (Angie Craig and Jared Golden) mouthing off about how if President Biden ran the dems would have been wiped out. They can't respect our President on his way out of office. SHAMEFUL!!!!

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Ant Blasi's avatar

Dems should have taken this stance during the last Speaker election.

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Tony Turse's avatar

Jefferies has to take the, you're dead to me now stance.

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Lillian Panettiere's avatar

Give no help, no cover, not one whiff you’ll get little for it and it certainly will not benefit you. It’s all on them now

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Carol Cordell's avatar

Good for them. I agree completely. We need Hakeem.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Watching the count now: it's tied at 215, with 3 others. Johnson's already lost.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Update 217 for Johnson, but he still "lost".

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Make it 216, not 217.

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Carol's avatar

Yay, Democrats!!!! Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker! Get that Trump-tool Johnson out of there!!!!

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Judith Crawford's avatar

I'm tuning up my tiny violin to play "My Heart Cries for You" for all my Republican friends

and neighbors. Sparkle Plenty :)

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Dannys's avatar

Can you guess who it is:

The man is a rapist, a swindler,  a crook, a tax dogger, a traitor, an insurrectionist, a pervert ……and an ex president and elected president of a country. What a resume! Makes me think of…… where to begin.

But apparently it doesn’t matter in a certain country.

What is outrageous are the people that voted for him.

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Martha Olivares's avatar

Be careful what you lust after, Mikey Blue Blazer. Good luck herding those rabid, feral cats 🤪

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Julie Spark's avatar

I completely support Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. I didnt realize this was an option.

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