US EditionJeffries stands by ‘maximum warfare’ language: ‘I don’t give a damn about your criticism’
Jeffries says the phrase refers to partisan redistricting and rejects Republican claims that it encourages violence.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declared an 'era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time' at an April 22 press conference, vowing Democrats would pressure Republicans nationwide after Virginia voters approved a new congressional map on April 21.
- The phrase originated from an anonymous Trump adviser who told The New York Times in August 2025 that the president's redistricting strategy should be described as 'maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time,' which Jeffries borrowed verbatim.
- Three days after Jeffries' press conference, Cole Allen, 31, allegedly stormed a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 26, armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives, carrying a manifesto with anti-Trump messages.
- On Monday at a Capitol Hill press conference, Jeffries refused Republican demands to apologize, telling reporters 'I stand by it' despite pressure from Rep. Randy Fine and the RNC, while maintaining he condemns political violence unconditionally.
- Fact-Checkers including PolitiFact documented that Republicans extracted Jeffries' redistricting comments from context, though the phrase originated from Trump's own strategy; Democrats countered by citing Trump's pardon of January 6, 2021 rioters as redistricting battles proceed in Virginia and Florida.
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Jeffries Defends ‘Maximum Warfare’ Remark
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) fiercely defended his use of the phrase "maximum warfare" to describe Democrats' redistricting efforts, Axios reports.Said Jeffries: “You can continue to criticize me for it. I don't give a damn about the criticism … get lost."
Now We Know What ‘Maximum Warfare, Everywhere, All the Time’ Means – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
On Wednesday of last week, Hakeem Temu Obama Jeffries, the hand-talking cretin who serves as the Democrats’ leader in the House of Representatives, declared after the Virginia gerrymandering bill passed by a close margin (before being immediately blocked by a judge based on its manifest legal infirmities) that his party was to engage in “Maximum Warfare, Everywhere, All The Time” against President Trump, the Republican Party and its supporters. …
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