Mamdani voices support for Jeffries amid Kushner meeting blowback
- On Sunday, reports surfaced that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner to discuss housing, immigration, and cost of living as "potential areas of common ground."
- The meeting prompted significant outrage from Democratic pundits and colleagues, with critics including Tommy Vietor and Mehdi Hasan attacking the engagement as unacceptable and urging focus on subpoenas.
- Jeffries confirmed the meeting in a video statement, framing it as addressing the affordability crisis while vowing no one in the "Trump cartel" would receive a pass.
- Amid the criticism, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly defended the leader on Monday, stating, "I continue to support Congressman Jeffries and his bid to become the leader."
- Sen. Chris Van Hollen offered a more measured perspective on NBC News's Meet the Press, noting that while opening dialogue is a "positive step," results remain the true test.
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The G.O.P.’s Cash Grab & Jeffries’s Kushner Blowback
President Trump announced last month that Republicans would hold the first-ever midterm convention in September, promising “lots of Great Entertainment” and “a RALLY like none other.” Yet, it’s turned into a “shit show,” said one G.O.P. campaign strategist, and few lawmakers want to go. For starters, the National Republican Campaign Committee is asking House members […] The post The G.O.P.’s Cash Grab & Jeffries’s Kushner Blowback appeared first…
Jeffries confirms Kushner meeting, vows 'Trump cartel' won't get a pass
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) confirmed his private meeting with Jared Kushner, then backtracked and vowed that no one in the “Trump cartel” would get a pass. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and an influential figure in the Trump administration, met with Jeffries sometime recently to discuss housing, immigration, and cost of living as “potential areas of common ground,” according to a New York Times report published S…
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