Hakeem Jeffries holds up Trump bill vote as House speech passes 3 hours

https://www.newsweek.com/hakeem-jeffries-magic-minute-hour-speech-2094097

33 comments

  1. Well, good for him, but once this is done, we’re fucked. I’m completely resigned to this being the end of American democracy. This bill gives Trump his own private police force with a budget larger than the Marines. He will not concede power until he dies. Hard to say what happens after that.

    Also, if you’re griping about the funding figure, thanks for doing the legwork for Trump supporters.

  2. We all know it is going to be passed, Johnson got the vote already. But Jerrfries is correct, because the GOP has been doing it all the time: Passing important bills on midnight or 4 am.

    This hold up can make all Americans know what’s going on, instead of just passing it midnight.

  3. So all of the GOP House who said they regretted voting for it, now have the power back in their hands to vote No, and will just vote for it anyway. Classic.

  4. I give Jeffries shit a lot, im glad he’s trying to do something, better than just rolling over, thank you Jeffries.

  5. How did it make it this far? I thought Schumer stopped all of this when he so bravely changed the name of the bill?

  6. [ICE is literally Trumps SS.](https://www.axios.com/2025/06/29/axios-explains-inside-ice-superpowers)

    And the worst part [you don’t even know](https://www.commondreams.org/philadelphia-immigration) if it’s a ICE agent or some neo-nazi taking people off to be killed.

    Our last chance was in Nov and as evil as conservatives are, [they wouldn’t have stopped](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/20/trump-overturn-2024-election-plan-00184103). They are a literal cancer. There’s no going back. He is literally above the law with his own private police.

    * [Laura Loomer is openly talking about killing 65 million people](https://www.latintimes.com/trump-ally-slammed-saying-alligators-everglades-detention-center-are-guaranteed-least-65-586091). The ENITRE Hispanic population in the US.
    * [White America brought us here since it could not abide another black head of state and it’s more profitable to keep the hate and fear going.](https://www.axios.com/2025/05/31/white-with-fear-film-white-film-industrial-complex)
    * [And the hate is stronger than it’s ever been. ](https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/mlk-maga-white-grievance-continues-roll-back-civil-rights-five-years-george-floyd/)
    * [It’s systemic. ](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-white-victimhood-fuels-republican-politics/)
    * [Where only White Afrikaners are considered refugees over a non-existent genocide. ](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/south-africa-liberal-afrikaners-reject-trump-white-genocide-claims)
    * [Where Budget Goebbels](https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-brainless-propaganda-of-stephen-miller) wants to make America “pure”, [with only 100 million white Americans. ](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/trump-immigration-stephen-miller-influence)
    * [Even half of Americans no longer believe blacks will ever be equal to whites.](https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/5287791-pew-survey-americans-race-relations/)

    Any Trump supporter or Republican is beyond forgiveness. [You cannot appeal to them.](https://theconversation.com/what-maga-means-to-americans-259241) It’s a cult. Even with [them being personally ruined](https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/04/another-trump-maga-toady-admits-hes-financially-ruined.html), they still back the man. [Even with their relatives and spouses being deported, they still back the man.](https://www.newsweek.com/husband-refuses-trump-flags-wife-detained-ice-2094083)

    “I’m still supporting [Trump]. Even though my friends say take the flag down, you’re going through a lot. I’m like no. The flag stands.”

    They have no capacity for shame, empathy, remorse, kindness, gratitude, motivated by nothing except greed and hatred.

    >Many Democrats view MAGA as a white supremacist movement designed to protect the status of white people and undermine the civil rights of marginalized groups.

    >Another Democrat wrote that MAGA was a call to “take us backwards as a society in regards to women’s, minority’s, and LGBTQ people’s rights … It would take us to a time when only White men ruled.”

  8. If passed will easily be the most evil terrible bill of our lives and a declaration of war.

  9. Isreal gets a raise, while tax paying citizens get cuts. Trumps MIGA bill in action.

  10. We were this close to being OK, like there were more no votes than yes votes, but Mike Johnson is such a slimy disgusting fucking rat he really wants to fuck us all over.

  11. I’m no fan of Hakeem Jeffries by any stretch, but this is way more significant than Cory Booker’s “Please remember me when it’s time to run for President” speech a couple months back.

    Will this actually stop anything? No, probably not. But it will force the vote to happen in the daytime and will provide great soundbites for anyone running against Republicans in vulnerable districts.

  12. This is the push I need. It’s time to get out of the country. We are watching as the Republicans are handing a war chest to a man who has allies stating they want to kill 65 million people. I can’t do this anymore.

  13. Any chance we can bombard the yes votes in battleground districts with calls from constituents to try and get them waffling? Much as I hate Musk it would help if he funded those spots or their opponents based on this…

  15. Each member should get up there and read the bill from start to finish.

  16. Why are none of them pointing out how they are over funding ICE, Detention Camps, and Border Control more than the US Military?

  18. We’ve seen this story over and over again during Trump’s last presidency. No matter how much Democrats push back and Republicans pretend to turn on each other this disaster of a bill is going to pass :/

  19. Right wing media is so much to blame for why republicans have any power. They don’t show ANY truth and heavily favor their “team” in endless outrage-porn segments.

    Imagine if they reported actual news so the morons who watch them could accidentally be presented with a piece reality for a change

  20. Welfare for the Wealthy, what an absolute farce to take the food from kids and old folks to give it to the top few.

  21. Please let the vote be delayed until the fifth. Don’t let him get his Fourth of July deadline.

  22. This country is such a shithole so many stupid people think what’s happening is a good thing and those same morbidly obese trump supporters who won’t be able to afford their diabetes medicine will run blaming democrats when the bill passes. Fuck this dogshit country.

  23. He needs to read the names of the 14,000,000 US citizens who will lose healthcare.

  24. So what’s the end goal of this speech? If he speaks long enough will they have to delay the vote to another day? Can Dems in theory just take turns doing this over and over?

  25. Trump is going to use ICE to build concentration camps around the country. 140 billion dollars to terrorize, kill, and kidnap Americans all for his personal amusement.

    If you think Trumps terror will end with illegal immigrants, let the president’s words disabuse you of that notion.

    “Home growns are next.”

    Your citizenship won’t save you from Trump’s terror squads.

    No one is coming to save us. He owns the courts. He owns the legislature. He is politicizing the army.

    No one is coming to save us and we have to save ourselves.

    We can’t be weak, we have to train, and learn to defend ourselves.

  26. “If you’re disabled on Medicaid, right now you’ve been crowded out of those programs by people turning down work, able-bodied people, 35-year-olds sitting at home playing video games. They’re going to now have to go get a job, that’s right. And by the way, that’s a good thing for them. Their mom doesn’t want them sitting in the basement playing video games anyway. But now it no longer will be crowding out Medicaid for the truly needy people who deserve it.”

    Where do they get these narratives? People just want to work and be healthy mentally and physically for the little time we have here.

  28. If you are someone that does not agree with the BBB, now is your chance to be involved in politics. While Minority Leader Jeffries is holding the floor, call your state representatives.

    It doesn’t matter your politics, if you oppose the bill, call your Representative.

    Chances are it will go to messages. Leave a short message, your name and general location, and a short reason why you oppose the bill. Screaming passion doesn’t go far, calm reason travels light years plus they will actually be able to hear you.

    If you are a progressive, independent, democrat, republican, maga, unaffiliated, pissed off, or done trying please call your rep. Share your story.

    Help us fight this bill. It’s going to hurt a lot of people no matter what their politics are. Please stand with us and tell them the BBB is not good legislation. We can save money without harming people.

    -short message, be clear and concise
    -give facts or a short reason you oppose the bill.

    Please stand with us in opposition. We will still probably lose, but standing for something is better than sitting for nothing. This is our government. Get involved please.

  29. The best time to protest the Trump administration was 2015…. i guess this’ll do? 🤷

  31. Everyone grab your popcorn. Wait until maga people don’t get their Medicaid and have “shocked pikachu face”

  33. Dude it’s insane how many people don’t even know this is happening. I’m the only one at work talking about this and who even knows what’s going on. And of course my dumbass boss WHOS NOT EVEN A CITIZEN HIMSELF is so supportive of Trump no matter what. I’m like bro they’re cutting 17M people off Medicaid, dude said “maybe it’s just the lazy people” BRO WHAT!?! Bruhhh this country is fucking cooked

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