Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries thinks he is going to be the next Speaker of the House.
But Jeffries has a revolt brewing on his hands.
And Democrats went nuclear when they discovered Hakeem Jeffries held one secret meeting.
Jeffries Meets with Jared Kushner
The New York Times reported that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to plot an agenda if the Democrats win control of Congress in November.
“The private get-together was described by one of the people as a catch-up for Mr. Kushner and Mr. Jeffries,” the Times reported. “The two men have stayed in touch since they worked together on a criminal justice bill midway through Mr. Trump’s first term. During the recent meeting, the pair discussed housing, immigration and the high cost of living as potential areas of common ground. Mr. Kushner suggested that Mr. Jeffries should meet with the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, two people with knowledge of the meeting said.”
Trump supporters were aghast at Kushner holding such a meeting for multiple reasons.
Chief among them is the fact that the election is still 68 days away, and Kushner meeting with Jeffries about how to work with a Democratic Congress is conceding that defeat is inevitable.
Second, the Times reported that Kushner, a lifelong Demcorat, discussed “immigration” with Jeffries as an area of “common ground.”
Democrats will only accept amnesty, and this set off alarm bells that insiders were scheming to cut an amnesty deal without Trump’s knowledge and then box him into accepting it.
Democrats Flip Out
But one saving grace to prevent an amnesty deal is the left’s Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Leftists exploded at the news of the Jeffries-Kushner meeting and demanded Jeffries resign, as they see any collaboration with Trump as capitulation.
“Jared Kushner has no actual government job; he just uses his family connections to get money from Gulf autocrats and fund corrupt deals. The only way @RepJeffries should work with him is with demands for documents and subpoenas,” Pod Save America co-host Tommy Vietor wrote on X.
“WTF. Did you not get the memo, Jeffries? We want fighters, not conciliators. There is no working with fascists. Fascists are to be fought. Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly,” Left-wing academic Jeff Jarvis wrote.
“As Democrats, we MUST unite between now and Nov 3 in order to win midterms. BUT this action by Hakeem Jeffries fuels the fires that divide the party. No idea why he would do this so close to midterm?! There was zero need for this meeting in terms of us winning in 2026,” comedian and podcaster Dean Obeidallah stated.
“WHAT? This guy needs to go. End of story,” pundit Jim Stewartson posted.
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