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A Letter to Hakeem Jeffries [1]
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Date: 2025-02-25
The other day I had the chance to ask my congressman to have his office hand deliver a letter to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. I thought I’d share the text here.
The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic Minority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Dear Mr. Jeffries:
I am writing to you because I have serious concerns about your leadership priorities at this time of democratic crisis. I am fully aware that Democrats have lost control of all three branches of government and that Democrats have few options. I understand you have chosen to be selective about the fights you intend to have, seeking only ones where something might be accomplished. This is a strategy of concession and defeat.
Democrats are now free to fully resist Republicans anywhere and everywhere there is an opportunity in Congress. As you have been fully excluded from power, you should vigorously reject any responsibility for the actions Republicans are taking. Make them own the consequences. Be loud about it and make no apologies.
Your job one is to make life as difficult as possible for them. It may seem pointless when you can’t stop them from their agenda of destruction but consider this. Every delay you can cause, every bit of energy they must spend responding to you, every time you can get into their heads, that’s a win . It means they have that much less energy to push their agenda through.
You should be in the press every day loudly pushing back. You should be flooding social media with messaging aimed at informing and mobilizing opposition. This should sound familiar to you – because that’s been the Republican play book for the last couple of decades. It worked for them; make it work for you.
My ancestors fought for the Union in the Civil War. I am minded that General Grant told his staff to stop worrying about what Lee was going to do them and make Lee worry about what they were going to do him . Like Harry Truman, you don’t have to give them Hell. You just have to tell the truth and it will feel like Hell for them.
If Trump isn’t going after you personally, you’re not doing your job.
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