Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Chief within the U.S. Home of Representatives, reminded us all on Feb. 9 precisely why Democrats are as mushy as Charmin bathroom tissue. Possibly even softer.
Dude had the unmitigated gall to say, in entrance of God and all creation, that his get together had no energy to struggle President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress.After I noticed {that a} Black man who referred to as himself a pacesetter went on nationwide tv throughout Black Historical past month of all instances and mentioned that, I had a single query: who’s mans is that this? I wasn’t alone. Black of us took to social media to query his statements.
However we weren’t alone. Even those that want 1,000 SPF sunscreen had been outraged and voiced their considerations.
America is underneath assault, however it’s not from whom you’ll count on. There isn’t any overseas energy invading our land to wage conflict. It’s not a cyberattack that’s making our lives unlivable…it’s the man who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The one who took an oath to protect, shield and defend the Structure of america that’s tearing the nation aside from inside.
(Properly, him and Elon Musk, a billionaire from South Africa who has made no such dedication.)
However the place are the Democrats? Extra pointedly, the place are the Black Democrats? Certainly, they don’t agree with Jeffries. The Democrats misplaced the White Home to Trump, and now within the wake of his (and Musk’s) reign of terror, they’re doing…nothing. Please inform me that they haven’t all displayed the traditional signal of resignation and thrown their arms within the air in defeat.
Black of us specialise in discovering methods to fight insurmountable odds. That’s what impressed Martin Luther (the) Kaing to present his “I’ve a Dream” speech. That’s what impressed Rosa Parks to say ‘nah’ when she was requested to surrender her seat on a bus in Montgomery on Dec. 1, 1955.
It’s why John Lewis acquired his cranium fractured when he marched on the Edmund Pettis Bridge on Bloody Sunday in 1965. And if we wish to get worldwide, it’s why Steve Biko in South Africa confirmed us that resignation within the face of tyranny just isn’t how Black of us get down. Don’t even get me began on Patrice Lumumba.
Each single a type of individuals confronted insurmountable odds and located a technique to struggle again. Certainly Malcolm X, Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer and Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) can be turning of their graves had they heard Jefferies phrases. No, Democrats…you aren’t powerless. You will have to get revolutionary to reply to the President, however you’ve gotten energy.
Somebody inform Jefferies to sit down down and study Black historical past. Or simply vote him out of workplace. No matter works.