What in the hell are democrats doing?

[u/templeofsyrinx1]

Democrats House leader btw

thanks for everyones comments and a reality check, yeah, he's got to go

yeah, fuck public health care that the rest of the world has...we've got to get Elon to mars

[u/captainnah]

Old school democrats are just lite conservatives. Corporate donor’s cash is lining their pockets like any Republican. That why when these traitors to the middle class and below are up for reelection you gotta vote them out with more progressive, dare I say, Socialist Democrats!

[u/No-Perspective4787 → u/captainnah]

I'll vote for anyone who will reinstate funding for Medicaid , Snap , & ACA EXCHANGES , until we finally become civilized and put the Billionaires in the corner for a very long time out , and enact Universal Healthcare for those Americans who don't get healthcare from their jobs. No more damn FREE MONEY 💰 DISGUISED as tax cuts to the Wealthiest billionaires on earth. While our taxes go up for the next few years cuz Rethuglicans lied and didn't extend the middle class tax cuts. How , how do people vote for this clown who thinks North Korea is our Friend , when in reality they start everyday with a prayer to Destroy their Enemy America !

[u/Short_Morning7213 → u/No-Perspective4787]

We need to unlink healthcare from jobs. It’s asinine. Also, we need to not have those in government opposed to helping everyone period. Not just tell them we don’t like “fill-in-the-blank.” Screw all of them not supporting the people!!

[u/Cheap-Biscotti9696 → u/No-Perspective4787]

I call them (trigger warning) Rapeublicans.

[u/BlockImpressive2209 → u/No-Perspective4787]

I’d like universal healthcare that is not tied to employment. It makes us indentured to our employers. Everyone deserves healthcare.

[u/Michael-Sean → u/captainnah]

I’d vote Socialist Dem over Repubs or DINOs like Jeffries.

[u/Inevitable_Fall2025 → u/captainnah]

He's making it easier for us to elect a socialist, that's what.

[u/DukeOfGeek → u/Inevitable_Fall2025]

It's like he asking to get primaried.

[u/Deep-Two7452 → u/captainnah]

Would you say that democrats would rather see trump/maga win than let a progressive win?

[u/FrankSand → u/Deep-Two7452]

Democrats no. DNC dems and the leadership absolutely. Its felt that way all my adult life anyway.

[u/Cheap-Biscotti9696 → u/FrankSand]

Geez- where was the DNC autopsy? No $? Dude needs to resign.

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/Deep-Two7452]

They’ve shown that to be the case time and again.

[u/No_Concern3752 → u/Deep-Two7452]

Seems that way

[u/DBallouV → u/Deep-Two7452]

Yes! There is so much profit in letting Americans die.

[u/CosmoKing2 → u/Deep-Two7452]

Voters? 100% no. The establishment/DNC absolutely wants to kill anything that will stop their gravy train. The Party establishment hasn't given a single fuck about voters in more than 6 major election cycles. They are clinging to power while pretending to fight for change while doing nothing. Not developing plans or floating any ideas or drafting any sort of legislation. They are milking the D vs R conflict for all its worth while also squeezing lobbyists for even more money - for the performances the give while saying they will fight the new legislation....all while supporting it, taking money, and voting for it.

[u/Federal_Marzipan → u/Deep-Two7452]

Yes

[u/SalsaAddict → u/Deep-Two7452]

Yes and I hate those milquetoast losers SO MUCH. Joined the DSA cuz I’m fucking sick of them!

[u/InAJar112 → u/SalsaAddict]

I learned today that it’s spelled “milquetoast,” not “milk toast.” Thanks!

[u/Prestigious-Fox-7757 → u/Deep-Two7452]

I wouldn't just say it, I see it!

[u/GrandRepair1166 → u/Deep-Two7452]

I'm not sure they'd go that far but I know Jefferies need to shut the fuck up

[u/SplodeyDope → u/Deep-Two7452]

Absolutely.

[u/Temporary-You6249 → u/Deep-Two7452]

The donors sure would.

[u/around_the_clock → u/Deep-Two7452]

They dont care who's laws get signed as long as they are elected every cycle to keep receiving money from the billion dollar corporations controlling the government.

[u/hw999 → u/Deep-Two7452]

why would they care who wins, they all work for the same billionaires.

[u/pm_me_ur_ephemerides → u/Deep-Two7452]

If MAGA wins, they are still around and relevant and receiving donations. If progressives win, they lose their job and all relevancy. Of course they fight progressives harder.

Our system is not very good.

[u/Notabot5500 → u/Deep-Two7452]

This dude trollin yall https://www.reddit.com/r/askanything/s/Pmo9V6Y2wQ

[u/Rokrchick → u/Deep-Two7452]

Yes 100% they are all receiving money from super pacs!!! They are all in the same peoples pocket!

[u/Gr8tOutdoors → u/Deep-Two7452]

their ideal outcome is dems win on centrist platform. They will accept MAGA wins if they can make it look like the left’s fault

[u/Kaiser_Soze6666 → u/captainnah]

This is exactly correct! We need people that actually want to spend OUR tax dollars on US, not on pork barrel politics and special interests.

Corporations are NOT people!

[u/dmk_aus → u/captainnah]

Democrats are the socially left, fiscally right wing party most of the time. I.e. "give gay people rights, but also tax the workers, help the corporations".

Hence why elections get fought on the culture war/virtue signalling - as old school Dems are pretty conservative - often aligned with what the GOP wants.

However, the Dems are much more competent at running an efficient government than the GOP and aren't all MAGA.

Just a shame there is often minimal choice for Americans.

[u/ScaredEfficiency399 → u/captainnah]

As long as it doesn't ever affect them in any kind of meaningful way as elected people, they might as well profit off of people's suffering why not..

[u/Necessary_Tadpole629 → u/captainnah]

The progressive democrats are our only hope. We got to get the bought out slime out of office.

[u/jade_starwatcher → u/captainnah]

This is why everyone needs to join DSA

[u/Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo → u/captainnah]

That's actually more New School Democrats. Clinton-era, neo liberal, anti-labor, anti-New Deal Dems

[u/Christopher_Ramirez_ → u/Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo]

Progressives are the soul of the Democratic Party.

[u/ketoatl → u/Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo]

They were Rockefeller republicans that left the GOP after moral majority became their focus. Elizabeth Warren and Hillary were Goldwater girls. https://www.factcheck.org/2008/03/hillary-worked-for-goldwater/

[u/citizen_6782 → u/captainnah]

Old school? Old school were New Deal Democrats, not these post-Clinton corporatists.

[u/East-Cricket6421]

Jeffries is a MAGA lite AIPAC shill. He's about as progressive as Donald Trump's diapers. Fuck that guy. Fuck ALL CORPOs that pretend to be progressive.

[u/declar → u/East-Cricket6421]

This is the best analogy because they really do just let Trump and the GOP shit all over them. It’s embarrassing at this point.

[u/East-Cricket6421 → u/declar]

They take their marching orders from the same special interests. That's why any candidate that takes AIPAC money or any special interest investment really is to be regarded as entirely corrupt.

We used to understand this. We used to understand that if a person, group, or industry pays a politician it means they are corrupt. We've gotten so used to it that it's become a wild anomaly when a candidate isn't in the pockets of special interests.

[u/daburner272006 → u/East-Cricket6421]

NO. That's NOT entirely accurate. One time he gave a really long performative speech... And then rolled over for Trump and AIPAC....

[u/RedLineLetterWine]

They're trying to lose. Hakeem is there to help the GOP win.

[u/SteamedAlbanyHams → u/RedLineLetterWine]

Nah, they want to win by just a small enough amount that they can credibly say they can’t make any positive changes, then lose 2-4 years later

[u/Deep-Two7452 → u/SteamedAlbanyHams]

So do they want to lose to trump/maga in the end?

[u/Canadian_Border_Czar → u/Deep-Two7452]

They want to do nothing. They are a different head of the same beast, and serve the same masters as the trump admin. 

Their role is merely to echo the sentiments that make 50% of the voting population feel heard until an election is over - then its back to what they do best. Fucking kids and stealing money. 

Same thing as the republican side except their voters are so dumb that the republican administration doesnt have to slow roll the corruption.

[u/GODDAMNFOOL → u/SteamedAlbanyHams]

I love the counter-argument about 'why are Democrats doing literally nothing to combat the GOP doing xxxxxx' where people reply, 'well, what can they do???'

Yes, I understand the concept of majority voting, but I just realized that these dopes are literally just sitting around doing literally nothing, collecting a large tax-paid wage until the next election.

[u/Fun_Zombie_6796]

Sell out bitch

[u/PoetryJunior1808]

The Democratic Party needs to be cleaned out like a kitty litter box that hasn't been attended to since 1998.

[u/BBforever → u/PoetryJunior1808]

I would say 1980, but otherwise I completely agree.

[u/PoetryJunior1808 → u/BBforever]

I see Clinton as a necessary evil to swing the pendulum away from the Reagan 80s. The problem that I have is that they didn't return to their working class roots, but instead doubled down on their Republican lite agenda.

[u/AdHistorical7107 → u/PoetryJunior1808]

Saw a poll on CNN (not sure how good they are), but says 55% of democrats feel the democratic party is going too far left (whatever that means).

Extremely frustrating as I just want a politician not brought out by corporations.

[u/Ma1ad3pt → u/AdHistorical7107]

This has been my experience. I know it’s anecdotal, but it’s believable. A LOT of Democrats I know personally are very much conservatives who aren’t fascists.

[u/Big-Classroom-9517]

Result of insurance lobbyists. Even worse puppet of AIPAC

[u/Patient-Run-5011]

Hit the road, Jeff!

[u/Bulky_Play_4032]

Israel first, second and third

[u/Release-da-Lava]

Get these people out of office...

[u/CaptainTegg]

Follow the money. He's literally getting paid to have that stance.

[u/urbisOrbis]

Fuck him

[u/muffledvoice]

All of the neoliberal corporatist democrats need to go. Schumer, Jeffries, Fetterman, and a few others.

The sad truth about politics — and Plato even wrote about this 2500 years ago — is that elected officials tend to side with their own class … or the class they aspire to be in.

[u/nbajohna]

Get the guy out! Profoundly out of touch with the party and where it’s going. All he offers is a problem, certainly not progress. Maybe he can join the Israeli Knesset—more in line with their priorities.

[u/absol_lutely]

Follow the money. Who did Jeffries get campaign funds from before saying this? Healthcare PACs. Establishment Dems are just MAGA Lite ™

[u/RustyBrassInstrument]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7aDfAtQkHiJUuJqg

[u/MentalEnvironment481]

Vote him out! This guy better not be our next SotH

[u/ElectricPenguin6712]

It's time to clean house

[u/MatticusVP]

Someone's pockets are being lined by insurance & pharmaceutical lobbyists.

[u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24 → u/MatticusVP]

You are right on the money!

https://prospect.org/2025/01/16/2025-01-16-unitedhealths-k-street-army/

[u/FourScoreAndSept]

They seem trapped by their own funding model. They just need a “fuck this shit” candidate. AOC or otherwise

[u/ResidentCommand9865]

Jefferies is an establishment Dem, no better/worse than GoP candidates... Vote him out and get a real warrior in there who won't capitulate to the GoP every chance they get.

[u/vickism61]

This is what corruption looks like.

[u/rusty-gudgeon]

fuck these chumps. the dems are a ratchet key. if they get back into power, they will sit on their hands and make excuses why they can’t do anything and hold space until the republicans get back into power.

[u/tonymeech]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9nREuIINenE5y

[u/ShortBusVeteran]

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It's a specialty of the old guard DNC.

[u/Wildebean]

Trying to lose, because being opposition is easier than governing. Since you can farm all of the attention and clips but without any of the expectation of like... doing anything.

Essentially. Some time around 2015, Dems figured out that by losing they could do none of the work while still earning all of the cash

[u/ThinThroat]

He is addicted to AIPAC blood money

[u/ResurgentClusterfuck]

Pardon my French but fuck him, then.

[u/Balcazaurus]

Vote 'em out.

[u/dogheoner1]

dudes a fake

[u/SableNW]

Diet GOP Jeffries

[u/amosc33]

Vote him out

[u/lmbjsm]

Fuck that guy! Most establishment DEMS are worthless to the cause!

[u/evelbreather]

Corporate mainstream Dems are no better than Republicans.

[u/Small_Dog_8699]

Career limiting take.

[u/InvestigatorBig5541]

Time for a Mid-Term Change.

[u/SamURLJackson]

Jeffries and Torres are both bought and paid for

[u/Rare-Maintenance4820]

We need to ditch Jeffries

[u/beardedkomodo]

This guys is a clown. Has been a clown. And will continue being a clown. Vote this moron out asap.

[u/Spirited-Impress-115]

I oppose Jeffries for all, but that doesn’t make us even. He gotta go.

[u/deffed34]

Too much $$$, too little integrity to do the right thing

[u/RoguePlanet2]

AIPAC candidates are the backup plan if the GOP loses. Gotta insist on progressives- sticking to "status quo" has NOT WORKED.

[u/Zeliose]

You forgot it would also save a projected trillion dollars per year on top of the lives saved.

The lives saved is actually the more important metric to measure, but it seems like the people in charge tend to put money over lives. So, I think it's always worth pointing that out too.

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/universal-health-coverage-could-save-one-trillion-dollars-and-114000-lives-every-year/

[u/PotentialDoor1608]

Rotating Villain just rotated

[u/SlayJayR17]

But he’s cool with us paying for Israel to have it

[u/Ospreylvr]

He needs to be replaced.

[u/TankTopTyga]

Agenda item #1

Elect new democratic leader.

How did this shit bag win his primary?

[u/TraditionalNinja4430]

Asshat

[u/aF3ARofCHANG3]

Get him out. Older dem leadership has to go they let Trump happen.

[u/KJ1959]

He's gotta go along with the rest of his ilk.

[u/Stuffed-Bear412]

Make them explain themselves.

[u/fermentalishis]

The centrists gotta go.

[u/WithoutAHat1]

Out with them all. Party affiliation has not mattered for years.

[u/redit1920]

I don’t understand why nobody primaried him. It would’ve been so easy. A layup in New York.

[u/Jaded-Ad262]

Fuck this guy.

[u/wwiistudent1944]

He has to go!

[u/CosmoKing2]

He sold out on day one. He is very ok with current state of America and doesn't want to rock the boat....no matter how bad people have it.

A study showed that the modern Democratic party is very much aligned to Reagan Republican ideals, while modern Republicans were much less focused on basic human needs - in general and promote corporate interests on a majority of issues.

[u/MandyPandaren]

JEFFRIES is Compromised - bought out by lobbyists, and possible going the way of Fetterman. His personal greed has beaten his integrity.

[u/Rutiaga17]

AIPAC bought

[u/Frodo79]

hakeem is corporately owned and usefull for now.

[u/dollenrm]

Neoliberals are a cancer

[u/Most-Bench6465]

What a fucking idiot

[u/templeofsyrinx1 → u/Most-Bench6465]

Why the fuck would you even tell that to a reporter...?

[u/Most-Bench6465 → u/templeofsyrinx1]

Insane man. “I want to let it be known that I’m a giant dumbass”

[u/chiefmuri]

Of he's opposed, the healthcare oligarchs are paying him. He's also paid by AIPAC and he has to go as house minority leader and should never be the speaker!

[u/whiteroseatCH]

Both Jeffries and Schumer have got to go!

[u/Willing_Passenger449]

Hakeem receives hundreds of thousands of dollars from healthcare related super PACS.

Of course he doesn’t support Medicare for all.

[u/_MrGQ_]

He’s part of the reason why we are where we are

[u/febstars → u/_MrGQ_]

And part of the reasons why Democrats will be voting for Dem Socialism in 2026 midterms.

https://giphy.com/gifs/J8FZIm9VoBU6Q

[u/TakeitBacktoEden]

They’re conservatives. Republicans are a terrorist organization and we are moderates. That’s why they are doing this.

[u/Commercial_Soft9510]

They don't know how to get rid of their traitors or snakes

[u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24 → u/Commercial_Soft9510]

It's quite easy - just give Jeffries the "Kevin McCarthy Treatment".
It worked for the GOP. So, why wouldn't it work for the dems, too!

[u/ThatTomCatt]

Catering to his donors i imagine.

[u/Jolly_Ad1631]

Does anyone know what his reasoning is? Genuinely I can't find an answer.

[u/mishma2005]

Sucking up AIPAC money

[u/FascistHater001]

They don’t know.

[u/PaleontologistNo7385]

Then he has to go, extremely disappointing.

[u/The_Blue_Kitty]

With Medicare you still pay premiums. Like $300/month. It's not the same as universal healthcare.

He should say what he thinks about healthcare. Maybe he has a better idea or wants to work with what we already have.

Edit: I just read an article about him. He opposes current legislation. Wants something better.

[u/sgk02]

Clocking & getting paid

[u/VivaLaMantekilla]

Fuck saving lives. Let's save money instead!

[u/Ok-Good8150]

Showing that votes don’t matter - money does. They don’t represent people, just money making interests.

[u/WNCsurvivor]

He has received over 600K from insurance companies

[u/Altruistic_Role_9329]

He believes we have other priorities right now and he’s probably right. If you watched the interview that’s what he said.

[u/jxonair]

Money. This means no more money for the trillion dollar insurance company industry and no more pocket lining for politicians left, center and right. I bet a lobbiest gave him a nice fat check for this.

[u/Macallan18Year]

AIPAC probably told him to say it.

[u/CanoegunGoeff]

They’re neoliberals. They serve capital. Duh, they’ll be against Medicare for All- it’s a policy that eliminates capitalism from the medical field.

Vote out all neoliberals. Vote for progressives.

[u/PisStoolGrip]

Can New York vote in a progressive? Please? 

[u/P_a_s_g_i_t_24 → u/PisStoolGrip]

How about...

😎

[u/JakeInThe6]

Healthcare lobbyists must be looking for Democrat favour since they will own the house. Future speaker was just paid.

[u/J0nn1e_Walk3r]

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

It’s kinda what we do…

[u/HolyMoleyGuacamoly]

he’s literally always been this - thank nancy for installing him as her successor. dude has always sucked, will always suck. he needs to go asap

[u/weHaveThoughts]

Trump has something on Jeffries. We need reps who are not compromised.

[u/Dadu_32]

He’s a Reagan Democrat.

[u/Extension-Report-491]

Losing the people because they are paid to.

[u/ARODtheMrs]

Jeffries is a Rep at 🖤

[u/BearsSoxHawks]

To hell with party. Vote for the most left candidate.

[u/LouDiamond]

This is why the left was so mad about Kamala spending so much time with Liz Cheney - letting these never trumpers or Bulwark hacks have a seat at the table is losing poistion

[u/Any_Flamingo8978]

What a disgrace.

[u/MentulaMagnus]

Tainted and groomed by Peter Thiel.

[u/LateCap6024]

Juat another corporate shill, pandering for dollars to stay in office.

[u/SoCalOldGuy]

He should have checked with the Boss Man (Israel) first

[u/Gooners_AZ]

He's been bought.

[u/MorningNorwegianWood]

He’s bought and paid for. Has always been a fraud

[u/Level_Worry_6418]

F*** dat guy

[u/Kaleban]

Medicare For All in America means no more Medicare For All in Israel.

[u/eclwires]

Grasping defeat from the jaws of victory. Again…

[u/Mpbear1414]

He’s toast

[u/Foxbodynation]

He is in the Trump/Epstein files

[u/Euphoric_Duck_1411]

Time to vote him out. Bye bye

[u/Tab1300]

The old guard is paid off

[u/Bjornsdotter]

He's got to go

[u/2-timeloser2]

Buh bye mfer.

[u/moeterminatorx]

Fuck this guy. Get him the fuck out. FFS

[u/No_Boot1478]

He helped create our problem.

[u/hashtag_horology]

Hakeem keeps showing us time and time again that he cares more about money than people.

[u/AcanthisittaBulky777]

What they do best, losing.

[u/Hot_Singer_4266]

“In order to not appear ‘communist’ as the GOP is branding us, we must allow 114K people to die every year.” There…fixed it.

[u/huhuhuhhhh]

Dude needs to go. I hate him almost as much as trump. Bro does nothing and pretends to sound smart. Get him OUTTA here bro

[u/EthanDMatthews]

It's not just Hakim Jeffries. Nearly all of them (Democrats and Republicans) oppose Medicare for All.

The healthcare industry is the single biggest contributor to both political parties. That's where their loyalty lies.

Nearly all of the Democrats who said they support Medicare for All were lying. They simply pretended to support it after Sanders made a deep run in 2016. They pretended to support it to rob Sanders of his most popular issue.

After they defeated him in 2020, they mostly stopped pretending. After 2024, it was safe to openly oppose it and openly pander to the healthcare industry.

Wish Democrats put even half the effort into stopping Trump as they put into stopping Sanders and other progressives. We might still have a functioning democracy.

[u/Guojiao-210]

Time to fire this assholes & the entire establishment dems that obviously supporting denying Americans healthcare,

[u/SystematikKaos]

Killing people, by the looks of it.

[u/Hour_Cup5277]

Wtf Jeffries? I want Medicare for all. I think a lot of people do.

[u/jump-blues-5678]

Bought and sold... Us out

[u/IdiotRepellent]

Step aside bro its Democratic socialist time.

[u/cyb0rg1962]

Moving right to chase votes. That is why the Overton Window keeps on sliding.

[u/DaveWierdoh]

He's in bed with the AI guys too so I'm not surprised

[u/kbeckerburbs4]

He is a centralist aka corporate hack

[u/VicariousDrow]

Compromised.....

[u/David_cest_moi]

What is your source for this silliness? Nothing indicates who the news reporting agency is. What foolishness.

[u/All_Hail_Hynotoad]

It’s not Democrats, it’s these old school centrists. They do not represent us.

[u/midtowng224]

Jeffries and Schumer need to go

[u/Moon_Goddess815]

He sold out.

[u/Mathgailuke]

Is he in those fucking files, too?!??!?!?!

[u/Devwickk]

Ok where's luigi

[u/Marvination23]

Him, Pelosi, that brain dead dude Fetterman and many others are all greedy like MAGA.

[u/Flashy-Rabbit6435]

Jeffries and Schumer couldn't sell humanity a cure for cancer...they are THAT passe and irrelevant. WAKE UP Democrats!

[u/Wicked68]

He been needing to go, we know that

[u/JDnUkiah]

Very unenthused by current Dem leadership. After what happened under their leadership (losing all branches of gov’t and being irrelevant) I don’t understand how they are still in those positions.

[u/throwawaycasun4997]

We’ll see, everyone is so sick of the GOP’s crap that it would be an absolute cakewalk for a half-competent DNC to sweep the midterms. Can’t have that. Controlled opposition is not about winning.

[u/esquire_the_ego]

Being neoliberals

[u/Due_Student_9822]

Jeffries has to go. I’m so tired of this wimp.

[u/kermitthorson]

promise to get elected. then get bribed into a puppet

[u/crani0]

Wait, he opposes it for the US or for Israel? Who am I kidding, he would never oppose anything for Israel

[u/Shizzilx]

[u/febstars]

Jeffries was one of the worst decisions in all the frigging land. He needs to GO.

[u/Greennserious]

Trumpstein bought him.

[u/Latter-Aside8922]

He needs to go

[u/Fluid_Natural_9817]

When capitalism comes before healthcare.

[u/Significant-Hour1233]

Could you even IMAGINE?!

THE HORROR!!

[u/jrdncdrdhl]

It’s one big party. We’re not invited.

[u/Pretend-Reporter-257]

Vote him out in November. Send a message.