(Daily Wire) House Democrats on Wednesday elected New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries — who has repeatedly painted conservatives as racists — as their leader, making him the successor to Nancy Pelosi, who led the House Democrats for decades and served as speaker when her party was in the majority.
House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as party leader, first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress https://t.co/DexG6TNH7B
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 30, 2022
Jeffries’ leftist rhetoric over the years has included saying of Kyle Rittenhouse, “Lock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key,” prompting Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) to fire back, “If this isn’t proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I don’t know what is.”
If this isn’t proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I don’t know what is. https://t.co/WYsTAw3PeU
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) November 11, 2021
In July 2021, Jeffries, who was named one of seven impeachment managers by Pelosi in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, ripped Republicans for their efforts to restore election integrity across the nation while branding them as racists, tweeting, “The Civil War ended in 1865 and the racists lost. Get over it.”
Crenshaw fired back on Twitter with a blunt reminder of exactly which party had the history of racism, snapping, “You’re right, the Democrats lost.”
You’re right, the Democrats lost. https://t.co/fapklELoeh
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) July 14, 2021
Appearing on Spectrum News NY1, Jeffries was asked if President Biden had exaggerated when he called measures such as voter ID and tighter control of mail-in ballots “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”
