{"id":16780,"date":"2025-10-12T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16780"},"modified":"2025-10-12T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T18:25:18","slug":"glorious-gop-lawmaker-hands-hakeem-jeffries-his-rear-end-in-the-halls-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16780","title":{"rendered":"GLORIOUS: GOP Lawmaker Hands Hakeem Jeffries His Rear End In the Halls Of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the government still shut down thanks to Democrats filibustering a clean continuing resolution, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been working overtime to dodge responsibility. And let\u2019s be honest \u2014 it\u2019s not going well.<\/p>\n<p>Every time Jeffries opens his mouth, he sounds like he\u2019s reading an off-brand Obama script that got run through a discount speechwriter. There\u2019s a reason people have started calling him \u201cTEMU Obama\u201d \u2014 all the same buzzwords, none of the quality. He\u2019s trying to sell recycled talking points at clearance-bin prices, and Americans aren\u2019t buying it.<\/p>\n<p>In a must-see moment on Wednesday, Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) walked right up to Hakeem Jeffries and asked the question Democrats can\u2019t seem to answer: why are they refusing to back a simple one-year extension of the COVID-era Obamacare subsidies they\u2019re using as an excuse for the shutdown?<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries clearly wasn\u2019t ready for it. The man looked like he\u2019d been caught sneaking out of a press conference. His talking points fell apart faster than Biden\u2019s approval rating, and his lack of political skill was on full display:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>LAWLER: We\u2019ve got a one-year extension. Why don\u2019t we sign on right now? Why don\u2019t we sign on right now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: Let me ask you a question (crosstalk). Did you get permission from your boss? Did your boss Donald Trump\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: Why don\u2019t we sign on right now? You can easily extend the ACA right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: Did your boss, Donald Trump, give you permission?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: He\u2019s not my boss.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: Yes, he is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: No, he\u2019s not, and by the way, why did you vote to shut the government down?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: Let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: Why did you vote to shut it down? For years, you always lectured about how we need to keep the government open.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: You\u2019re making a show of this\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Lots of crosstalk)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: You\u2019re embarrassing yourself right now. You\u2019re an embarrassment.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1976002394237358572&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F10%2F08%2Fglorious-gop-lawmaker-hands-hakeem-jeffries-his-rear-end-in-the-halls-of-congress%2F&amp;sessionId=4b106650e8ec6b255e9885e258ff8ed92cbcd352&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1976002394237358572\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to bore you with a full transcript of the exchange \u2014 it was mostly crosstalk anyway \u2014 but let\u2019s just say it didn\u2019t go well for Hakeem Jeffries. He came off less like a congressional leader and more like a middle-school bully getting his lunch money taken. The question was simple: why won\u2019t you sign onto the one-year extension? If these subsidies are supposedly the holdup keeping the government closed, then extend them and reopen the government. It\u2019s not rocket science.<\/p>\n<p>Unless, of course, you\u2019re a Democrat trying to hide the real reason for the shutdown. The truth is, this fight isn\u2019t about Obamacare subsidies at all \u2014 it\u2019s about keeping the taxpayer-funded pipeline flowing to cover healthcare for illegal immigrants. Democrats hide behind technicalities, claiming it\u2019s just for \u201cemergency\u201d coverage, but that\u2019s laughably misleading.<\/p>\n<p>When emergency rooms are being used like walk-in clinics for every sore throat and stubbed toe, the word emergency has lost all meaning. It\u2019s a system built for abuse \u2014 and Democrats are perfectly fine with that, because it keeps their future voters comfortable on the taxpayer\u2019s dime.<\/p>\n<p>As the back-and-forth dragged on, Jeffries tried to pivot to bashing the \u201cOne Big Ugly Bill\u201d \u2014 his snide nickname for Trump\u2019s 2025 reconciliation package.<\/p>\n<p>But Lawler didn\u2019t take the bait. He hit right back, calmly dismantling Jeffries\u2019s talking points until the so-called Minority Leader was left stammering, searching for words, and looking like a man completely out of his depth.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s more of Lawler handing it to Jeffries:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1976005280820535309&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F10%2F08%2Fglorious-gop-lawmaker-hands-hakeem-jeffries-his-rear-end-in-the-halls-of-congress%2F&amp;sessionId=4b106650e8ec6b255e9885e258ff8ed92cbcd352&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1976005280820535309\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>JEFFRIES: Let me ask you a question. You voted for the One, Big Ugly Bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: I voted for a bill that gave the largest tax cut to Americans in history (crosstalk), including, by the way, the average New Yorker getting a $4,000 tax cut. Are you against that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: You\u2019re embarrassing yourself right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: Do you want to cut the standard deduction in half? Is that what you want to do?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: The largest cut to Medicaid in American history. You voted for that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: No, we voted out waste, fraud, and abuse, by the way, (crosstalk) pointed out that $1.2 billion was wasted on fraud.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is where the wheels really came off for Jeffries. You could see the frustration bubbling up as he lost control of the exchange. Instead of answering a single substantive question, he resorted to parroting the same empty insult over and over \u2014 accusing Lawler of \u201cembarrassing yourself\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>JEFFRIES: Listen, you\u2019re not going to talk to me (cross-talk), you\u2019re not gonna talk to me and talk over me because you don\u2019t want to hear what I have to say<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: Oh, I\u2019m listening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: So why don\u2019t you just keep your mouth shut because you showed up (crosstalk) and so, you voted for this One, Big Ugly Bill\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: I signed on for this. You can extend it right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: A permanent extension of massive tax breaks for your billionaire donors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: 90 percent of Americans\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: So they can get a permanent extension, but working-class Americans can\u2019t?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: 90 percent of Americans take the standard deduction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: Is that right?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: If you had your way, the standard deduction would have been cut in half. There would have been a massive tax increase on Americans all across the country. You support that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: You\u2019re here, unfortunately, to do the bidding of your billionaire donors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: The billionaire donors? Lifting the cap on SALT, we put an income cap in place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEFFRIES: Why are you here right now? Where are the rest of your Republican colleagues (crosstalk).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>LAWLER: You wanted Republicans to be here. I\u2019m here.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jeffries was so far out of his depth it was painful to watch. He couldn\u2019t even stick to his rehearsed talking points \u2014 instead, he devolved into mumbling about \u201cbillionaire donors\u201d for what felt like the thousandth time. When all else fails, cue the class warfare card.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the guy who\u2019s going to lead Democrats out of the political wilderness. He\u2019s a lightweight through and through \u2014 all slogans, no substance. The only reason Jeffries holds his position is because he checks the right identity boxes for a party more obsessed with optics than competence:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1976005252475388394&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F10%2F08%2Fglorious-gop-lawmaker-hands-hakeem-jeffries-his-rear-end-in-the-halls-of-congress%2F&amp;sessionId=4b106650e8ec6b255e9885e258ff8ed92cbcd352&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1976005252475388394\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Someone in that exchange was a complete and total embarrassment \u2014 but it sure wasn\u2019t Mike Lawler.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"gform_wrapper_16\" class=\"gf_browser_chrome gform_wrapper gform-theme gform-theme--foundation gform-theme--framework gform-theme--orbital gpoll_enabled_wrapper gpoll_wrapper\" data-form-theme=\"orbital\" data-form-index=\"0\">\n<div id=\"gf_16\" class=\"gform_anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gform_heading\">\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">\n<\/div>\n<form id=\"gform_16\" class=\"gpoll_enabled gpoll\" action=\"https:\/\/usajournal.news\/2025\/10\/08\/glorious-gop-lawmaker-hands-hakeem-jeffries-his-rear-end-in-the-halls-of-congress\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNY0aJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTMlEzRDBpSjZSWFVKMFhDAR4gWF17flw7jButEzXtfwShkIEvM_9IqOmopoK313y8H58dPZgLUuI_LF3oMQ_aem_PVMKbEzJ3gJkIcbKv_Bx_w#gf_16\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" method=\"post\" novalidate=\"\" target=\"gform_ajax_frame_16\" data-formid=\"16\">\n<div class=\"gform-body gform_body\">\n<div id=\"gform_fields_16\" class=\"gform_fields top_label form_sublabel_below description_below validation_below\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the government still shut down thanks to Democrats filibustering a clean continuing resolution, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been working overtime to dodge responsibility. 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