As protests arise and First Amendment questions mount surrounding the immigration detention of Mahmoud Khalil, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., penned and circulated a letter demanding the immediate release of the recent Columbia University graduate.
It found little support among Tlaib’s colleagues in Washington, with a mere 14 Democrats signing their names on the letter condemning Khalil’s detention as an “illegal abduction.”
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., who counts Khalil as one of his constituents, did not sign the letter. When contacted by The Intercept about the case, Espaillat said he expects the Trump administration — which has explicitly flouted and sought to circumscribe federal legal protections for civil liberties — to adhere to the rule of law.
The Trump administration itself has admitted the case against Khalil does not hinge on allegations that he broke the law and told a conservative news outlet that it will these proceedings as a blueprint to target other students.
Hakeem Jeffries was a spearhead AIPAC voice for the Gaza genocide. He is one of the most vile establishment Democrats and I am astounded anyone could deem him progressive.
Here is a tip: if you want to find out which Democrats are standup people, look at how they voted on Gaza. If they do not care about brown people in the Middle East they also do not care about you.
Not when he first ran, and not until quite a bit into his second term. In the beginning, when I voted for him, he positioned himself as a progressive Democrat and ally of AOC.
What has happened since then, I’m really sorry about that, as far as I can be considered to blame as an individual voter.
I have not followed Jeffries since the start. Might have been a case of Fetterman-itis.
In any case, as long as you draw the red line and stop voting for him it is a-ok. Thanks for trying your best!
He was extraordinary aligned with the progressive left for years before, and after he got elected, even twice.
His sudden change to “sucking Trump’s cock” is pretty recent. Nonetheless, yeah. It is what it is.
Put them up against the wall with the rest of the bullshit artists who say whatever they have to say in order to remain in power.