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EnergizedLib

(3,086 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:19 PM 1 hr ago

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) EnergizedLib 1 hr ago OP
To what are you referring? NNadir 1 hr ago #1
Finishing the fight MAGAts started EnergizedLib 1 hr ago #3
Redrawing the maps was Hakeem Jeffries' initiative. lapucelle 1 hr ago #6
Then I apologize and I'm thankful, then EnergizedLib 1 hr ago #8
So maybe you should delete your OP. nt mcar 52 min ago #22
Thank you! sheshe2 1 hr ago #11
Jeffries in August 2025: "We're going to respond forcefully, aggressively and relentlessly." lapucelle 1 hr ago #14
And, Jeffries & the Dems Did " Respond Cha 1 hr ago #15
October 2025: Jeffries amps up Dem pushback in redistricting wars lapucelle 1 hr ago #16
Leader Jeffries is Serious about Winning the Midterms... Cha 1 hr ago #18
he's coming up next on lawrence's show on msnbc nt orleans 53 min ago #20
OMGosh.. That's so Good. TY Cha 41 min ago #24
Schumer was there at the start bigtree 1 hr ago #10
"I hope that Schumer and Jeffries get the message that Schumer and Jeffries sent." lapucelle 1 hr ago #17
It can't be the Virginia redistricting result because Jeffries spearheaded the effort. lapucelle 1 hr ago #4
I just know our leadership is unpopular EnergizedLib 1 hr ago #5
So Jefferies shouldn't have done that ? JI7 1 hr ago #7
Now you also know that it is Leader Jeffries who is leading the redistricting fight. lapucelle 1 hr ago #9
Really? sheshe2 1 hr ago #13
"Unpopular" with whom? Not with Cha 55 min ago #19
you should take a minute to actually listen to them bigtree 1 hr ago #2
You're right here, but in the past and especially when it comes to issues, scipan 51 min ago #23
I hope those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for VP Harris lostincalifornia 1 hr ago #12
Huh? mcar 53 min ago #21

NNadir

(38,285 posts)
1. To what are you referring?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:22 PM
1 hr ago

EnergizedLib

(3,086 posts)
3. Finishing the fight MAGAts started
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:25 PM
1 hr ago

On redistricting, and being stronger and doing more to stop the madman.

lapucelle

(21,083 posts)
6. Redrawing the maps was Hakeem Jeffries' initiative.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:32 PM
1 hr ago
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went public Wednesday with his pressure campaign urging Democratic state legislators to vote on a new congressional map.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/18/democrats-jeffries-maryland-redistricting-map

EnergizedLib

(3,086 posts)
8. Then I apologize and I'm thankful, then
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:35 PM
1 hr ago

mcar

(46,178 posts)
22. So maybe you should delete your OP. nt
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:25 PM
52 min ago

sheshe2

(97,951 posts)
11. Thank you!
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:40 PM
1 hr ago

lapucelle

(21,083 posts)
14. Jeffries in August 2025: "We're going to respond forcefully, aggressively and relentlessly."
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:43 PM
1 hr ago
LEADER JEFFRIES: “DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO RESPOND FROM COAST TO COAST AND AT ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN TO THIS EFFORT TO STEAL THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS”

Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera Reports and CNN’s The Situation Room where he criticized Republicans’ gerrymandered Texas congressional map designed to rig the midterm elections and highlighted Democrats’ commitment to pushing back against the extremism being unleashed by Donald Trump and Republicans across the country.

https://jeffries.house.gov/2025/08/04/leader-jeffries-democrats-are-going-to-respond-from-coast-to-coast-and-at-all-points-in-between-to-this-effort-to-steal-the-midterm-elections/

Cha

(319,639 posts)
15. And, Jeffries & the Dems Did " Respond
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:54 PM
1 hr ago
forcefully, aggressively, and relentlessly."

Mahalo for coming along with the Reality of the Situation, lapucelle!

lapucelle

(21,083 posts)
16. October 2025: Jeffries amps up Dem pushback in redistricting wars
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:59 PM
1 hr ago
Jeffries amps up Dem pushback in redistricting wars

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is escalating his efforts this week to thwart Republicans’ nationwide redistricting push.

The New York Democrat spent the weekend in southern California, campaigning for the Proposition 50 ballot initiative that would let Democrats gerrymander California’s congressional map.

Behind the scenes, Jeffries also has continued to lobby state lawmakers in Illinois for a stalled redistricting effort there, according to sources familiar with his plans. And Jeffries has been plotting with Ohio Democrats on how to block a GOP attempt to draw out Democratic Reps. Emilia Sykes and Marcy Kaptur.

This multi-state effort is crucial for Democrats’ chances to retake the House majority.

https://punchbowl.news/article/house/jeffries-amps-pushback/

Cha

(319,639 posts)
18. Leader Jeffries is Serious about Winning the Midterms...
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:07 PM
1 hr ago

and we have those out there like Planter texting that "Dems and Leaders aren't fighting for us."

Wonder if Texas is glad they started this?

TY!

orleans

(37,047 posts)
20. he's coming up next on lawrence's show on msnbc nt
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:23 PM
53 min ago

Cha

(319,639 posts)
24. OMGosh.. That's so Good. TY
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:35 PM
41 min ago

orleans! I'll try to see it later on Liberal youtubes.

lapucelle

(21,083 posts)
17. "I hope that Schumer and Jeffries get the message that Schumer and Jeffries sent."
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:01 PM
1 hr ago

lapucelle

(21,083 posts)
4. It can't be the Virginia redistricting result because Jeffries spearheaded the effort.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:29 PM
1 hr ago
Jeffries puts rare public pressure on fellow Dems

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went public Wednesday with his pressure campaign urging Democratic state legislators to vote on a new congressional map.

Why it matters: Jeffries doesn't usually put himself in such public conflict with fellow Democrats, but he'll need every advantage he can get in his quest to become speaker in 2027.

The universe of competitive House seats is already historically small this midterm cycle. Jeffries is trying to persuade as many Democratic-controlled states as possible to redraw their legislative maps to counteract the GOP's mid-decade redistricting in Texas, Missouri and elsewhere

snip======================

Zoom out: Jeffries was successful in pressing Democratic legislators to draw new maps in California and Virginia that could collectively net Democrats as many as nine seats.

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/18/democrats-jeffries-maryland-redistricting-map

EnergizedLib

(3,086 posts)
5. I just know our leadership is unpopular
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:30 PM
1 hr ago

And thus, why our numbers as a party aren’t the greatest.

JI7

(93,768 posts)
7. So Jefferies shouldn't have done that ?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:32 PM
1 hr ago

lapucelle

(21,083 posts)
9. Now you also know that it is Leader Jeffries who is leading the redistricting fight.
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:35 PM
1 hr ago

sheshe2

(97,951 posts)
13. Really?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:42 PM
1 hr ago

They are not 'unpopular' in my book.

They helped pull this off.

Cha

(319,639 posts)
19. "Unpopular" with whom? Not with
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:21 PM
55 min ago

those who actually listen and read what the leaders and Dems are doing to fight for us.

Those with an agenda for themselves are out there gaslighting that "Dems aren't fighting for us".

Glad you started this thread to get the Facts out there.

bigtree

(94,447 posts)
2. you should take a minute to actually listen to them
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:25 PM
1 hr ago

...instead of whatever this is.

There's plenty of resistance and opposition from the Democratic leadership for anyone professed to be concerned with such things to do more than just attack our own party.

scipan

(3,066 posts)
23. You're right here, but in the past and especially when it comes to issues,
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:26 PM
51 min ago

too often Dems have been bringing a knife to a gunfight. There are so many examples and I'm sure you're just as aware of them as I am. The one that bothers me right now is the accent on affordability, when democracy needs just as much emphasis.

lostincalifornia

(5,434 posts)
12. I hope those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for VP Harris
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:40 PM
1 hr ago

have finally realized that not voting or voting third party is not the most wise path, but I am skeptical. After 2000 and 2016, most critical thinking people would have realized what would happen, not the very least being the Supreme Court, but since many of those folks do not expressly regret not voting for VP Harris, I wouldn’t bank on it.

mcar

(46,178 posts)
21. Huh?
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 10:24 PM
53 min ago
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