Hakeem Jeffries on Rachel Maddow - Swing and Miss .

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30. this isn't advocacy, it's opposition to Democrats, our Democratic leader

...nothing he said was wrong, nothing he said was unimportant.

But posts like this which do nothing to even mention the advocacy are actually diverting from it, for whatever reason.

That contradicts all of the concern about messaging when all you've managed to do here is to try and turn folks away from the Democrats and our leaders.

They aren't in a campaign this week, they are the ONLY people in the rooms when the budgets are being cut by republicans who represent the people's interests.

The Dem leader talked about that, while trying to fend off Rachel's navalgazing, and frankly opposition parroting, whinging about a party out of power stopping republicans - and MESSAGING?

What the fuck the point in her spending ten goddamn minutes questioning the Dem leader about things he's completely unable to control; abuses that are completely in the hands of the republicans who hold EVERY branch of government right now, not even bothering ONCE to show ANY of his protests, House speeches or remarks, or ANY of his other actions. Not one, just the dragging shit.

Do we need a fucking history lesson about majority control of the House, the Senate, the White House, and the Supreme Court? Not to mention the military?

Dem legislators 'stop him' with what, goddamn it? Their fucking magic wands? The can't schedule hearings, can't schedule votes, can even occupy Capitol hearing rooms on their own, can't subpoena.

So what the fuck more do they have to say to YOU to get up off of this fantasy of Democrats having the power to stop republicans, when it is the AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY RESPOND TO, not their political opposition in Congress.

Ffs, the shit that passes for advocacy these days is crap. People fucking FAILED to elect enough Democrats to control ANYTHING in either House of Congress with their own votes or their own action.

Then they want to spend the next two years crying about why Dems aren't stopping republicans? It's the stupidest shit. It's so dirt-dumb you just have to wonder about everything other bit of foot-shooting, responsibility avoiding advice from the same sources.

YOU call the fucking republicans. That's OUR job after OUR election travesty. We don't accomplish shit dragging on the ONLY people representing us as republicans cut the budget, dragging on them to do what?

To do more to get the American people more involved? What a fucking canard. Just do that. Call republicans. Advocate against republicans.

Don't spend space or time dragging on a party we haven't yet bothered to equip to stop Trump and his republican cabal.

Call republicans. Advocate against republicans.