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6. A primary opponent for Jeffries should "weigh in" before early voting.

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Jeffries praises Eric Adams in a statement [View all] themaguffin Sep 2025 OP

Jeffries was being courteous. People always say kind and flattering things about the dead, or when someone retires. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #1

My intention isn't to parse. Yeah, this will fade away, but so will Adams. Jeffries did not need to comment really. themaguffin Sep 2025 #5

They say Democrats can't message, but Democratic voters can't "politics." W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #13

what people should realize is that good legislators are produced out of their scholastic abilities bigtree Sep 2025 #21

I really love your posts, W_Hamilton. sheshe2 Sep 2025 #58

Oh, I am member of that fan club too! betsuni Sep 2025 #64

😊 sheshe2 Sep 2025 #65

Don't forget me! MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #84

Same here, she! Love W_HAMILTON. Nixie Sep 2025 #89

I'm tired of thinking: It's politics. This is stupid. Phony revolutionaries make everything a holy moral purity test betsuni Sep 2025 #62

It's the combination of refusing to endorse the Dem candidate, Mamdani Arazi Sep 2025 #17

He won't even say his name, wtf questionseverything Sep 2025 #28

Save your anger for the GOP. This is such an insignificant thing for anyone to obsess about. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #42

Adams is a criminal iemanja Sep 2025 #71

LOL 😂 He wasn't praising any crimes. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #73

He was praising the criminal iemanja Sep 2025 #74

So? It makes no difference. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #75

It makes a great deal of difference to Democrats iemanja Sep 2025 #76

The only thing that "emboldens" the GOP... QueerDuck Sep 2025 #79

Exactly MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #86

No, it is a big deal angrychair Sep 2025 #92

Exactly. The GOP loves "our" hapless purity tests that are just Nixie Sep 2025 #109

LOL! Well THAT'S an interesting parse! Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #104

Pretzel logic. Not mine. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #106

Well then why did you say it? I'm talking about YOUR statement Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #107

Eric Adams was great for comedy newdeal2 Sep 2025 #2

lol Passages Sep 2025 #3

We had a saying when I was young....mealy mouthed. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2025 #4

A primary opponent for Jeffries should "weigh in" before early voting. Renew Deal Sep 2025 #6

giving him (and his supporters, many of whom are Democrats) props for withdrawing bigtree Sep 2025 #7

No, I'm not. themaguffin Sep 2025 #8

ugh bigtree Sep 2025 #9

I look forward to Rep. Jeffries mr715 Sep 2025 #10

do you, now? bigtree Sep 2025 #19

So the voters and the primary mean nothing? questionseverything Sep 2025 #29

there are Dem supporters behind each of the Dem candidates bigtree Sep 2025 #32

Anyone who doesn't support the voter's choice in the democratic primary questionseverything Sep 2025 #33

I'd guess that now that Adams has withdrawn, it's going to be an easier endorsement bigtree Sep 2025 #37

Only one of them won the primary. mr715 Sep 2025 #48

but there are more than one candidate's supporters that we need to get to the polls on election day bigtree Sep 2025 #50

I'm pretty sure Mamdani mr715 Sep 2025 #51

And bigtree please know mr715 Sep 2025 #53

I fucking love political debates bigtree Sep 2025 #56

So good to have a party that is diverse but shares love for debate (nt) mr715 Sep 2025 #57

OK, I'll belabor the obvious here Tom Rinaldo Sep 2025 #60

I'd give the endorsement more than this minute bigtree Sep 2025 #63

yeah, I'm not "dIvIdInG." I simply posted about the statement. Drop the disingenuous bullshit. themaguffin Sep 2025 #16

Don't want to offend the 7% that support a Trump loving crook Renew Deal Sep 2025 #11

Democratic voters don't know how to "politics." W_HAMILTON Sep 2025 #15

So true. IMHO, things like vanity and purity and virtue signaling are luxuries that we cannot afford. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #47

His withdrawal helps Cuomo, not Mondami edhopper Sep 2025 #97

He was running against the Democratic candidate muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #98

you know I didn't 'give him props for doing what trump wanted' bigtree Sep 2025 #124

Your post reads like you are giving Adams props muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #126

your own projections bigtree Sep 2025 #127

OK, so you won't say that it was Jeffries "giving props" that you were writing about muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #128

what's the point in misrepresenting me, even after I made myself clear? bigtree Sep 2025 #130

Again, you're not denying that you were "giving props" to Adams. You have not been clear about that. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #131

your words, not mine bigtree Sep 2025 #132

No, they are your words. In your post title. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #133

okay bigtree Sep 2025 #134

Now please endorse Mamdani. no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #12

This sounds more like a control-issue than anything that would serve any practical purpose or value. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #49

What do you mean by "control issue" mr715 Sep 2025 #59

IYKYK ... if not... sorry. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #69

No, I really don't mr715 Sep 2025 #70

I cannot help you. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #82

Endorsements used to identify and label enemies. How Planned Parenthood ended up on the Establishment enemies betsuni Sep 2025 #95

It's actually too late for that. His gyrations to avoid endorsing him till now tell the whole story. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #78

Popular for Halloween this year: The Jeffries & Schumer Two-headed Establishment Monster costume. betsuni Sep 2025 #14

Runner Up: MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #87

Politics as usual. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #18

Jeffries is heaping praise upon a corrupt piece of garbage Mysterian Sep 2025 #20

what Dem leader in NY didn't praise Adams for withdrawing? bigtree Sep 2025 #22

Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani for starters Mysterian Sep 2025 #24

she supports her fellow Queens ally bigtree Sep 2025 #25

Yeah, it's OK to be corrupt if you did some good things Mysterian Sep 2025 #26

do you support the legislation, or not? bigtree Sep 2025 #30

Are you claiming Jeffries is merely praising the housing legislation, not Adams? Mysterian Sep 2025 #34

read the statement bigtree Sep 2025 #38

Well, it sounds like a bunch of baloney to me Mysterian Sep 2025 #40

did he say he was a 'great American hero' bigtree Sep 2025 #43

Yeah, I'm sure the same ol' same ol' is just the ticket to success Mysterian Sep 2025 #45

He was charged with 4 felonies by the Biden justice department questionseverything Sep 2025 #35

I'm looking, but I can't find where he was found guilty. bigtree Sep 2025 #39

Well he was pretty darn guilty mr715 Sep 2025 #54

he appears to have accepted favors from the Turkish fellow(s) bigtree Sep 2025 #61

If you think that's bad MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #88

Ha! betsuni Sep 2025 #96

those aren't Democratic leaders bigtree Sep 2025 #31

Still grasping, I see. Mysterian Sep 2025 #36

not in the context of what I was obviously referring to bigtree Sep 2025 #41

Blah, blah, blah Mysterian Sep 2025 #44

cool bigtree Sep 2025 #46

From my chair, little more than a non-issue Torchlight Sep 2025 #23

Gee MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #90

Authentically? BeyondGeography Sep 2025 #27

Under the GWB mr715 Sep 2025 #55

Come to think of it BeyondGeography Sep 2025 #66

Midnight Pad Thai nt mr715 Sep 2025 #68

so Jeffries is compromised, too? cilla4progress Sep 2025 #52

No. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #80

Praises utterly corrupt piece of shit, won't endorse Democratic candidate. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2025 #67

Same iemanja Sep 2025 #72

Focus your anger on the GOP. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #81

I'm mad at all of them. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2025 #83

And how will it help to defeat the GOP when some folks go to such great lengths to demonize the Democrats and QueerDuck Sep 2025 #85

You make sense MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #91

You know why people think that? BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2025 #93

+1 Great Post Emile Sep 2025 #102

Here's how it will help. Jeffries sees enough Democrats telling him "get with the fucking program muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #113

Nonsense. He already has this election wrapped up. These demands being made of Jeffries are just bullying, nothing more. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #115

What we want is Jeffries supporting Democrats, not Adams - Jeffries could have just said nothing about him muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #118

LOL! He doesn't "support" Adams... he was being polite. He's certainly not going to read from the fantasy script QueerDuck Sep 2025 #121

Then this display of anger is a luxury we cannot afford. Tearing down Democrats does not help us to regain the majority. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #100

Sorry, but insisting we all say nothing but "Yay, Democrats" isn't going to get us where we need to be. Our leadership Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #103

Every time this maple-syrup sweetness and purity test has been demanded, it's failed. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #105

Sorry, but the purity test these days is coming from Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #108

Fuck calling this a "purity test". That's a load of bullshit. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #111

Exactly. If it is a test, it's a leadership test, and he failed. Emile Sep 2025 #112

It's performative. Folks want Jeffries to perform on demand and write his script for him. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #114

If it doesn't matter, then stop posting to tell DUers how awful they are muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #117

What matters is the continual and nonstop attacks and smears of Democrats. This is just one of many and it all adds up. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #119

You pretend to not know what the meaning of "bullying" is muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #120

Insulting me won't help anything, but it does reveal much. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #123

You *are* playing word games muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #125

For anyone to demand (or expect) Jeffries to publicly proclaim "good riddance" is absurd. QueerDuck Sep 2025 #129

I just can't with this man. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #77

I miss Speaker/Minority Leader Pelosi! Nt helpisontheway Sep 2025 #94

We need new leadership. Emile Sep 2025 #99

Why make a statement? Now? Bread and Circuses Sep 2025 #101

Tempest in a teapot dlk Sep 2025 #110

Silence would have been a better choice. SamKnause Sep 2025 #116

Wow what strong and unmitigated praise for Adams. David__77 Sep 2025 #122