House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going to have to smooth things over with congressional Democrats after backing several progressive candidates who ousted incumbents during Tuesday’s primary elections.

Asked if Mamdani’s endorsements were making him “enemies” with Democrats in Washington, D.C., Jeffries told CNN that he and Mamdani “strongly” disagreed over his primary picks ahead of Election Day.

Now, according to Jeffries, the mayor has serious “work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward.”

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    They are strategists prioritizing their own wants above that of the voters and human decency

    Right, that’s what we said. Cowards.

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      you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means

      Greed and selfishness aren’t a form of cowardice, as far as I’m aware? To be cowardly, there must be a thing you are afraid of, the fear of which is preventing you from doing something you want or feel that you need to do

      Don’t let them off with just being scared. They’re selfish and amoral

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        Being brave is doing the right thing despite being scared. Being a coward is doing the wrong thing because you’re scared of doing what you know is right. Jefferies is scared of AIPAC, he’s scared of losing the money and power they lend him.

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          I appreciate that you picked up what I was putting down. So little room for artistry in written communication, nowadays.

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          I don’t believe he thinks he’s wrong. I think he believes he’s doing the right thing

          Again, you give these people too much credit

          He’s not scared of doing what’s right. He doesn’t want to do what’s right. There’s a big difference.

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            He knows better than any of us exactly what Israel is doing to the people of Palestine. He knows it’s wrong, he gets the top secret versions of the stuff we see with children being blown up to pieces.

            But he’s scared that if says something against Israel his career is over. They really are cowards.

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              whoa whoa whoa, if we’re talking SPECIFICALLY about whether they will speak out against Israel, then yes I agree they are cowards.

              That’s a very specific issue though. And not indicative of their overall position IMO

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                  Again, the fear of losing money isn’t the important part in determining cowardice. The important part is whether they are failing to do something they want to do or know they should do because of that fear

                  I’m done trying to explain this now. I’ve repeated myself several times. I appreciate that you want this to work so you can call people like Hakeem Jeffries cowards whenever you want. You do you, I guess.

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                    The important part is whether they are failing to do something they want to do or know they should do because of that fear

                    I mean yes, that’s my point. They know it’s wrong to bomb children. But they’re scared of losing money.

                    Agree to disagree if you dont see it that way.

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          No, it’s really not, and you give them too much credit by saying that.

          Greed for these people is about having the biggest dick in the room. It’s about superiority and “winning”.

          It’s far more distasteful than fear

          EDIT: And furthermore, having fear doesn’t make you a coward. Cowardice is, again, when there is something you want or think you should do but you refuse due to fear of something.

          They just want to be rich. Even if it’s fear of poverty, that’s not cowardice.