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Had no idea this kind of internal politics was going on within Dems. Progressive, Left , radical Left, pro BDS boycotts, pro BLM wings seem to be making gains while Israel lobby, deep neocons aligned Wall Strret Hedge Funds funded wing seems to be losing ground.
Ironically, such currents nationally could spell trouble for progressive socialist wing of GOP aka GOPA wing also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX0innpyI1A
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The Rise of Hakeem Jeffries Is Being Disrupted From Below
After Rep. Joyce Beatty’s primary in Ohio, Hakeem Jeffries was feeling good. Cori Bush and the New York insurgents snuck up on him.
Theodore Hamm
August 10 2020
On the morning of April 29, Hakeem Jeffries logged on to celebrate. The congressman from Brooklyn had been locked in a public feud with the progressive insurgency that had, paradoxically, cleared the way for his rise to House Democratic caucus chair by ousting the previous occupant of the position, his friend and mentor Joe Crowley of Queens.
That same insurgency had come after a new batch of incumbents in the 2020 cycle, and Jeffries was committed to defending his caucus, particularly members of the Congressional Black Caucus. As Rep. Lacy Clay and other CBC members suggested, racial animus lay behind the primary challenges.
The most credible threat against a CBC member in the spring came from Morgan Harper, challenging Rep. Joyce Beatty in Columbus, Ohio. Beatty won in a landslide, 68-32, and Jeffries pounced.
“Meltdown? Not us,” he posted to Twitter. “They started this fight. We will finish it.”
Meltdown?
Not us.
...
That Jeffries is a strong supporter of Joe Biden is no surprise. In advance of the 2016 Democratic primary, the congressman led the attack by Hillary Clinton’s team against Bernie Sanders, whom Jeffries labeled “a gun-loving socialist with zero foreign-policy experience.” Along with Engel and Iraq War veteran Rep. Max Rose, Jeffries recently voted to approve the Pentagon’s $740 billion budget. The other nine members of New York City’s delegation all voted no.
Fundraising is another issue that certainly places Jeffries at odds with the NYC-DSA, which doesn’t support candidates that take real estate or corporate donations. According to OpenSecrets, a project of the Center for Responsive Politics, Jeffries is the leading congressional recipient of hedge-fund money, collecting nearly $150,000 through July 1. Rose is second, with almost $130,000.
Despite lacking any primary or known general election challenger, Jeffries has raised nearly $4 million in the 2019-2020 cycle. Just over $1.1 million of that has come from a combination of financial sector, real estate interests, and insurance industry largesse. Among his leading contributors are hedge-fund leaders Elliot Management and the Blackstone Group. Both companies have close ties to Trump.
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Leading up to the St. Louis primary, Jeffries re-upped his support for Clay.
The next day, he followed it up with some cryptic chest-thumping.
On Tuesday night, his spokesperson circulated vote numbers showing Clay up convincingly in the early vote count.
On Wednesday, Jeffries was silent on the race.
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/10/hakeem-jeffries-new-york-primary-dsa/
Trump calls on Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress for ‘anti-Semitism’
Ironically, such currents nationally could spell trouble for progressive socialist wing of GOP aka GOPA wing also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX0innpyI1A
Related
The Rise of Hakeem Jeffries Is Being Disrupted From Below
After Rep. Joyce Beatty’s primary in Ohio, Hakeem Jeffries was feeling good. Cori Bush and the New York insurgents snuck up on him.
Theodore Hamm
August 10 2020
On the morning of April 29, Hakeem Jeffries logged on to celebrate. The congressman from Brooklyn had been locked in a public feud with the progressive insurgency that had, paradoxically, cleared the way for his rise to House Democratic caucus chair by ousting the previous occupant of the position, his friend and mentor Joe Crowley of Queens.
That same insurgency had come after a new batch of incumbents in the 2020 cycle, and Jeffries was committed to defending his caucus, particularly members of the Congressional Black Caucus. As Rep. Lacy Clay and other CBC members suggested, racial animus lay behind the primary challenges.
The most credible threat against a CBC member in the spring came from Morgan Harper, challenging Rep. Joyce Beatty in Columbus, Ohio. Beatty won in a landslide, 68-32, and Jeffries pounced.
“Meltdown? Not us,” he posted to Twitter. “They started this fight. We will finish it.”
Meltdown?
Not us.
...
That Jeffries is a strong supporter of Joe Biden is no surprise. In advance of the 2016 Democratic primary, the congressman led the attack by Hillary Clinton’s team against Bernie Sanders, whom Jeffries labeled “a gun-loving socialist with zero foreign-policy experience.” Along with Engel and Iraq War veteran Rep. Max Rose, Jeffries recently voted to approve the Pentagon’s $740 billion budget. The other nine members of New York City’s delegation all voted no.
Fundraising is another issue that certainly places Jeffries at odds with the NYC-DSA, which doesn’t support candidates that take real estate or corporate donations. According to OpenSecrets, a project of the Center for Responsive Politics, Jeffries is the leading congressional recipient of hedge-fund money, collecting nearly $150,000 through July 1. Rose is second, with almost $130,000.
Despite lacking any primary or known general election challenger, Jeffries has raised nearly $4 million in the 2019-2020 cycle. Just over $1.1 million of that has come from a combination of financial sector, real estate interests, and insurance industry largesse. Among his leading contributors are hedge-fund leaders Elliot Management and the Blackstone Group. Both companies have close ties to Trump.
..
Leading up to the St. Louis primary, Jeffries re-upped his support for Clay.
Track. Record. Matters.
Rep. Lacy Clay is not a status quo Democrat.
He’s a strongly progressive Democrat.
Vote @LacyClayMO1 on August 4th!!! https://t.co/Ejr7f24b3Y
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeem_jeffries) August 1, 2020
Rep. Lacy Clay is not a status quo Democrat.
He’s a strongly progressive Democrat.
Vote @LacyClayMO1 on August 4th!!! https://t.co/Ejr7f24b3Y
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeem_jeffries) August 1, 2020
The next day, he followed it up with some cryptic chest-thumping.
Never. Bend. The. Knee.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeem_jeffries) August 2, 2020
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeem_jeffries) August 2, 2020
On Tuesday night, his spokesperson circulated vote numbers showing Clay up convincingly in the early vote count.
On Wednesday, Jeffries was silent on the race.
https://theintercept.com/2020/08/10/hakeem-jeffries-new-york-primary-dsa/
Trump calls on Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress for ‘anti-Semitism’
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