Symone and Eugene discuss the racist attacks targeting Hakeem Jeffries and why disagreement with his politics never justifies dehumanizing language. Progressive commentator Rula Jebreal had plenty of reasons to criticize House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Instead, she called him an “errand boy” and a “monkey.” They have a lot to say about this, and the what’s wrong with our political discourse, that Jeffries can be sharply criticized but the political conversation needs substance, not slurs. Also, why Symone and Eugene are optimistic for Democrats with just weeks to go before the midterms. They are joined by MS NOW’s Director of Elections & Analytics Kabir Khanna on why his team now considers the Texas Senate race a…
Representative Jen Kiggans, a Republican in a tough re-election fight, faced criticism after she agreed with comments by a local radio host that included a racist line about Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday fiercely defended his use of the phrase "maximum warfare" to describe Democrats' redistricting efforts. Why it matters: Republicans have characterized the remark as an example of the type of inflammatory rhetoric that can spark political violence following the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting . - After Virginians narrowly voted last week to approve a new map that could give Democrats a 10-1 majority, Jeffries said at a press conference: "We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time." - It was a direct reference to an anonymous source's characterization of the White House's strategy on mid-decade redistricting in a New York Times story last summer. What…
Two days before the White House Correspondents' dinner ended in gunfire, Kimmel delivered a mock Correspondents' dinner speech during a sketch on his show. The first lady said it was "corrosive."
