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BumRushDaShow

(161,132 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:42 AM Thursday

Jeffries says he hasn't heard from White House since Monday meeting

Source: The Hill

10/01/25 10:31 PM ET


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he hasn’t heard from the White House since a Monday meeting with President Trump and other congressional leaders.

“We haven’t heard from the White House since the White House meeting on Monday. The president has been behaving, you know, somewhat erratically and in [an] unconventional fashion in the context of the government shutting down,” Jeffries told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead.”

“Clearly, they wanted to shut the government down, unfortunately,” he added. “We’re ready to work together to bring it back open, but to do it in a way where we enact a spending agreement that’s bipartisan, that meets the needs of the American people, while at the same time addresses the Republican health care crisis that is devastating everyday Americans all across the country.”

On Monday, congressional leaders left a meeting with Trump, saying they hadn’t made progress toward a deal that would prevent a government shutdown later in the week.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5534277-jeffries-trump-shutdown-meeting/

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Jeffries says he hasn't heard from White House since Monday meeting (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Thursday OP
Whoa!! That's actually very good messaging!!! Scrivener7 Thursday #1
It actually is. The question is... ananda Thursday #11
I hear you. But this is a huge improvement Scrivener7 Thursday #13
I do not expect to see government before March 2026 bucolic_frolic Thursday #2
I just said the same thing below! NCDem47 Thursday #5
I think TACO really misfigured the fallout on his shutdown. marble falls Thursday #3
Misfigured? maxsolomon Thursday #14
Give it a couple of days. I meant misfigured, as in he doesn't think it's going to fall in on him. marble falls Thursday #15
No, NCDem47 Thursday #4
He's on continuous loop in the White House wearing a sombrero BeyondGeography Thursday #6
He should go on FOX state media then Trump will see him. Historic NY Thursday #7
Saturday October 18. No Kings! Find a No Kings protest near you https://www.nokings.org/ Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #8
The big problem is that they won't honor any "compromise" anyway PSPS Thursday #9
Trump wants the shut down. Irish_Dem Thursday #10
Have you checked the golf course? Just a thought. twodogsbarking Thursday #12
Intimidation not working flamingdem Thursday #16

Scrivener7

(57,359 posts)
13. I hear you. But this is a huge improvement
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 12:40 PM
Thursday

on past statements. Maybe with something worth hearing, this will be shared more widely.

bucolic_frolic

(52,614 posts)
2. I do not expect to see government before March 2026
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:50 AM
Thursday

Conservatives are happy with no government. Drown it in a bathtub, remember that one?

maxsolomon

(37,467 posts)
14. Misfigured?
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:25 PM
Thursday

You mean miscalculated?

So far there isn't much fallout. People are inured to Shutdown drama over the last 2 decades.

marble falls

(68,789 posts)
15. Give it a couple of days. I meant misfigured, as in he doesn't think it's going to fall in on him.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 03:35 PM
Thursday

NCDem47

(3,101 posts)
4. No,
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:10 AM
Thursday

Republicans are too busy drowning the government in a bathtub to meet. Total wet dream for them.

Guys, things will be very, very different if or when the federal government “reopens.”

BeyondGeography

(40,689 posts)
6. He's on continuous loop in the White House wearing a sombrero
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:26 AM
Thursday

So confining his comments to bipartisanship might not be the best way to go right now.

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,290 posts)
8. Saturday October 18. No Kings! Find a No Kings protest near you https://www.nokings.org/
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:49 AM
Thursday

Saturday October 18. No Kings!

Find a No Kings protest near you
https://www.nokings.org/

PSPS

(14,992 posts)
9. The big problem is that they won't honor any "compromise" anyway
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:54 AM
Thursday

The corrupt SC has already given its approval for trump to unilaterally "impound" or "rescind" anything in any budget.

Irish_Dem

(75,721 posts)
10. Trump wants the shut down.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 11:14 AM
Thursday

It allows him to destroy more of the federal govt.
And destroy healthcare and terrorize the American public.

flamingdem

(40,695 posts)
16. Intimidation not working
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:36 PM
Thursday

and the GOP forgot the meaning of compromise.

This will last a long time.

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