One thing that’s been overlooked is how Jeffries’ initial response to the Iran attack was to (1) not issue a single public statement about it for 6 full days after Trump began building his armada on Feb 18 (2) when prompted for this thoughts, mumbling process concerns then
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Hakeem Jeffries is asked if he will follow the lead of Sen Chris Van Hollen and others who’ve demanded the upcoming spending bill end the Iran war or else the government shuts down.
He says: "We're going to end the war in Iran one way or the other, but with respect to the Appropriations Process, right now, that's in the hands of Rosa DeLauro on the House side, and Patty Murray on the Senate side"
Jeffries feeling absolutely no pressure to end this war, clearly very confident he’ll become Speaker regardless.