“He was right then. He is right now”: Hakeem Jeffries’s Brother Calls on Citizens to Emulate John Brown

JONATHAN TURLEY: Speaker Jeffries' brother sounds chilling call to arms

Hasan Kwame Jeffries, an Ohio State University history professor and the brother of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, joined the call of many on the left for citizens to rise up and fight the system "by any means necessary." However, Jeffries added a menacing element in calling for citizens to emulate John Brown, who murdered white farmers who supported slavery. He is not the first academic to use Brown as a model for political action today…

“He was right then. He is right now”: Hakeem Jeffries’s Brother Calls on Citizens to Emulate John Brown

This week, Hasan Kwame Jeffries, an Ohio State University history professor and the brother of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, joined the mantra of many on the left for citizens to rise up and fight the system “by any means necessary.” However, Jeffries added a menacing element in calling for citizens to emulate John Brown, who murdered white farmers who supported slavery.  He is not the first academic to use Brown as a model for politica…