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Only barely, though.
Current House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is the even more corrupt and hostile towards the left wing of the party protégé of Nancy Pelosi. That's to the right of where most Republicans were a decade or two ago.
He's probably better than the Republican, but as a specific example of why he's a fuck, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/11/democratic-house-leader-hakeem-jeffries-aipac-sponsored-israel-trip
I love that when I click on your name, the first comment is “I wonder if his piss voice conducts electricity like its namesake, in which case I better watch my ass while farting around him 🤔”
I have the guy he had responded to tagged as the guy with the piss voice. Good times.
Yeah, he said he could make anyone piss their pants from fear using his voice only and I countered with the equally true claim that I can shoot lightning out of my ass 🤷
Any source on his corruption?
Well there's his 2023-2024 top donor list, for example:
The propaganda arm of a despotic regime, one of the biggest insurance companies in the world, a private equity company, one of the world's largest corporate law firms and a "strategy, policy, and communications firm based in Washington, DC" are not the top 5 donors of a politician who can't be bought.
None of that really indicates corruption in a way that matters. Yeah I don't like that he's getting money from those groups, but this doesn't quite show real corruption (compare that to Donald Trump as a shinning example of corruption). Regardless, the point is I'd rather Hekeem than the current speaker any day. I won't let perfect be the enemy of progress.
And how does that compare to other people with the experience to lead the House? What is the other option?
Edit: I just checked and $323K is only 2.6% of his total donations. AIPAC just happens to be the largest individual group. Overall, he has received $706K from "pro-Israel" groups (5.6%). This is not a big deal.
LMAO, hey I know you're struggling with inflation on your 50k income, but that nice neighbour just gave you 2.5k to fix up your car so you can get to work. Certainly that's just 5% of your income, so you won't be swayed to do them any favors later.
We're talking about Jeffries here, not comparison with others.
Even IF there were no one better available (which there ABSOLUTELY would be if the party leadership didn't insist on him), being a corrupt pro-corporate politician and notoriously hostile towards the left wing of the party both make him an unacceptable choice.
When did Lemmy become a carbon copy of Reddit? This is 100% true yet is down voted like crazy.
That's an exaggeration in general, but yeah, .world has more or less become r/politics when it comes to any criticism of the DNC leadership..