'The Titanic': 'The Ship be Sinking, It's Over'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 18th, 2025, 6:53 pm


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) went off on the Trump administration on Thursday, ramping up his regular attacks on Republicans by mocking President Donald Trump as the “Titanic” and marveling that people still aren’t jumping ship – yet.

“The Republicans are losers. Why are you bending the knee at this point in time? It’s not clear to you that, as Michael Ray Richardson, the great former New York Knick, once said, ‘the ship be sinking, it’s over.’ This is the Titanic. I don’t get it,” Jeffries said at one point during his presser on Capitol Hill.

“You have a reaction to this board vote today to change the Kennedy Center name to the Trump Kennedy Center?” a reporter asked Jeffries.

The New York Democrat answered with a lengthy rant, “With respect to the latest foolishness to come out of the Trump administration, I mean, it really seems to me at this point that Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn about the prospects of the country and the Republican Party. The notion Donald Trump has spent more time on the golf course than trying to keep health care affordable for the American people or drive down the high cost of living, in and of itself, is extraordinary. But then we layer on top of that—he can find $40 billion to bail out Argentina. He’s trying to extort $230 million from the Department of Justice. He literally has ordered the destruction of the East Wing of the White House. At the same time, he says the affordability crisis is a hoax.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jeffries-labels-the-trump-administration-the-titanic-the-ship-be-sinking-its-over/

[Deminpenn]

1. "Dance Band on the Titanic" should be the Rs new theme song

nt

[BeyondGeography]

2. Micheal Ray changed the spelling of his first name in 1983

When he was a 6 foot-5 inch coke addicted version of Magic Johnson on his way to getting kicked out of the NBA. He died last month making it to 70 and living a full, productive life. I’m an old Knick fan and Jeffries trotting out that quote right now makes me want to hug him.

[hay rick]

14. One of my favorite quotes.

I was about to comment on the incorrect spelling of Micheal Ray's preferred spelling of his first name but you beat me to it.

[Javaman]

3. after the first of the year...

I have feeling that not just repuke reps will be bailing but several cabinet members.

[LymphocyteLover]

4. he nailed it-- the guy is a wreck

[surfered]

5. A sinking ship

[dedl67]

10. In the present case, it will be more like rats leaving a sinking rat.

[JohnnyRingo]

6. And congressional republicans are the band that played on.

Fortunately they're replaceable.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Ouch!!!

That's going to leave a mark

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Good (early) morning to you

and congrats to the Seahawks.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. With all due respect to Leader Jeffries ...

What he doesn't seem to understand is that even the last rat on a sinking ship will cannibalize itself.

Who doesn't understand that the desire to eat is stronger than the desire to die?

[BumRushDaShow]

13. In this case, the rats are gnawing more holes in the ship

because they have lost all sense of sanity.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Hopefully, their individual...

Tiny holes will eventually merge with each other and create the one big hole that ultimately does the trick. 😉

[ananda]

11. I do not call telling the truth a "lengthy rant."

Sheesh

[spike jones]

12. Tempest- Bob Dylan

[Wednesdays]

16. Going with the Titanic analogy

The first hour after the ship struck the iceberg, the passengers on the Titanic were unaware that the ship was doomed. Very few boarded the first couple of lifeboats that were launched.

Could be a similar situation with Repugs. They're in total denial over the danger of hanging onto MAGA.

[Mysterian]

17. But you go on TV and praise Trump's immigration policies

What a mush mouth he is.

[Bayard]

18. Well said, Congressman!

I just wish he, and others, had been saying these kinds of things months ago, and very publicly.

[SWBTATTReg]

19. This is possibly true that the ship is indeed sinking, w/ tRUMP being at the wheel as he stubbornly insists that

nothing is wrong. The truth shall set us free, and his attempts to rob the American public and taxpayers will be revealed to all, along w/ all of the others who are aiding and abetting his crimes.

[mdbl]

20. Cultism is a hard thing to overcome.

It's difficult to do an intervention with 35% of the population all at once.

[cab67]

21. they may be staying aboard for the same reason so many Titanic passengers did.

Once the life boats were full and had pulled away, where else could they go? Into the water? That was as much a guaranteed death as going down with the ship.

Most of these people won't end up on cable news. Their reputations are in the toilet - even if they did nothing wrong, they carry the stench of the current administration - so respectable jobs are going to be hard to find. For them, staying with the stricken vessel may a lack of options as much as anything else.

[Martin68]

22. Yup. The band is playing "nearer My God to Thee" and they are fighting each other tooth and nail.