He chose not to make the MSM privy to the Democratic caucus's future plans and the underlying strategy.

NBC framed the headline to stir shit in our party. Quelle surprise.

Why should those of us who put him in power believe we have a leadership that will actually stand up for us? Better to fool us all, just like they did with Iraq.

Are you a House member?

Who votes for Democrats. I helped put a Democratic congresswoman in office, and that is what gave Jefferies his position. That you think that doesn’t give me a right to expect my party to act as an opposition party says a great deal about you. They are elected to represent us. That is the most BASIC foundation of democracy.

argument from the Garland days!

It's generally good to recycle, but not here.

The only "we" who can make that claim are the members of the House Democratic Caucus.

Anyone unhappy with Jeffries's leadership should contact the Democratic member who represents them in Congress.

Anyone who is not represented by a Democrat in Congress should start working now to elect one in November.

and feckless. The public needs to know that Democrats are against this madness. Otherwise, the "one party rule" and "no difference between the parties" criticism starts when it's just plain wrong.

Anyone unaware of Leader Jeffries statements on Trump's Iran War should first of all ask: "Why doesn't the media report on this?"

The public can see the body bags and our nuclear warship trundling toward the Middle East.

The claim was that Leader Jeffries is "spineless and feckless", in other words that Jeffries is weak, purposeless, irresponsible, incompetent, inept, lazy, and lacks initiative.

Sorry. I don't agree.

and "I know" morphs into "We know".

think DUers aren't aware that WE need to work to get Democrats elected?

You can continue to feel free to presume to speak for all of DU, excluding, of course, me.

What bridge would that be? There is no justification.

by revealing any future strategy based on a MSM reporter's hypothetical question?

Do people want virtue signalling or a vote actually passing in the House?

Leader Jeffries has used the discharge petition with historically significant success. He knows what he's doing, even if casual armchair spectators don't.

To "Merrick Garland has a plan" .

Jeffries successfully shepherded four discharge petitions that succeeded in forcing floor votes. We are the minority party, but Leader Jeffries managed to force four floor votes to stop the Republican agenda or advance Democrats agenda.

This is about an upcoming vote for supplemental funding for this ignorant war.

The vast majority of people do not support this and they could not get a war powers resolution passed in the House or the Senate because it had Democrats that voted against it.

He doesn't have control of his caucus. They currently have a one vote majority, defeating things like this should be pretty easy.

Let's be clear, I'm of the mind that Democrats should not do a damn thing and literally do everything legally in their power to grind government to a halt. Mango Mussolini is a pedophile and until Republicans agree to do something about it we shouldn't be doing anything. Nothing.

That would be willingly enabling that fucking orange bastard. Absolutely disgusting.

... for the lawless things he's already done, and all the ways we'll pay for it — forget about budgeting for more of it. Yeah, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. In the meantime, the fucking house is on fire!

It's burning like hell.

... apparently thinking that a budget fight was the lede.

they can't just close the taps. We don't want to have more soldiers die and then get blamed for it. Having said that, though, we need to hold the Orange One fully and wholly responsible for this useless war. We have to force a conclusion as soon as practically possible. I don't know how to do that, but I think something can be done...preferably impeachment, conviction, and imprisonment in an asylum.

But just denying funds puts our forces at greater risk. We have to be careful about how we end this as to not make it worse

Bring them home and defend them on the way out. But you have to have the money there to do that. Extraction is not free.

Alternatively, we could immediately cut off all $ right now and let our forces sit out on the ships forever. Not the right way to pull out in my book.

The US military is funded to the gills. I’m sorry that you think more money should be diverted from programs that actually benefit people. Trump could end this war today. There are no ground troops at risk. The vote is to extend the war, just like with Iraq. I would have thought at least Democrats would have learned a lesson from Iraq.

We already have soldiers dying for trump's dream of world domination, another one today.

The only people who really want this stupidity caused by Mr. Genius pulling us out of the nuke agreement with Iran, are Bibi, Lindsay Graham, and the Armageddon hopefuls.

A majority of the American people don't WANT this war... or any violence in the countries the idiot is bombing or planning to bomb. We're tired of the evil being done in our name, and don't want our tax dollars going for his idiot ideas any longer. We DEMAND that we, the people of the United States, are first and foremost the beneficiaries of our tax dollars. And by that, I mean the ordinary people of the US... NOT the damned oligarchs. Please, someone tell Jeffries his constituency doesn't consist of trump and billionaires, but of US, the ordinary people of our now so 3-world nation.

It's hard to argue that the War is an illegal abuse of power when YOU'RE FUCKING FUNDING IT!

…could this be a ploy to actually get more info from the administration. Just playing devil’s advocate. Not really hopeful re Jeffries’ intentions.

The most likely scenario is Trump keeps going and Irans response is so fucking horrific that we’ll have to be involved.

Democratic leadership can be so freaking disappointing. Maybe Chuck can write a sternly worded letter, too

With that fucking NAZI in the WH this will never end and his love for more conquests like HITLER.

Yes, and Hakeem Jeffries has failed.

Further, when the cheerleaders deflect criticism of our Democratic leaders by asking what they should do, as the minority party, here's the answer:

Block or at least vote no on every funding bill
Block or at least vote no on every appointee
Block or at least vote no on every procedural issue

In short, they should do nothing that furthers der Fuhrer's agenda in any way.

Voting yes for any of it makes them complicit in all of it and puts them squarely--and irretrievably--on the wrong side of history.

They don't seem to get it.

That could change in a flash if Trump does something really, really, really stupid - like putting boots on the ground.

Bombing a girls' school and a civilian water supply were more really really really stupid things.

You can send your children, along with the cult spawn.

And, explain to me please the utility of an open ended commitment - to legislation (or agenda) that hasn't even been uncovered yet? And how it is that virtual everyone that isn't tearing around mouthing platitudes and bumper sticker slogans - is 'spineless' and 'weak' - and otherwise craven cowards and fools?

Jeffries' history has demonstrated that he is nobodies fool - and some distance from 'spineless' or a 'weakling'. Is it just possible that he actually knows how to do this job?

It seems to me that a certain segment here are almost perpetually 'disappointed' ... regardless ...
(and perhaps actually seeking it out?)

Signed,
Neville Chamberlain.

The time for diplomacy is OVER, like the lives of Good and Pretti. You don't pay murderers. You lock them up.

He's going to drop THE BIG ONE. Just to outdo Truman and Bibi.

Paul Revere rode. John Lewis crossed a bridge and got his head bashed.

Leaders yakkity yak.

Action or concentration camps.

Do you remember ANY of the voters on the Iraq war "resolution"?

ONE?

Yes, one.

Barbara Lee. The rest can wash the blood off their hands. Oh wait! They can't.

But that's just a guess... like all the others.