Hakeem Jeffries on the jet controversy

[senseandsensibility]

"Imagine the uproar had President Obama accepted a $400 million flying palace from a foreign power close to Iran. These MAGA extremists have zero credibility."

Three minutes ago on bluesky.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Rule of law and ethics apply only to Dems.

GOP/MAGAs have total immunity.

[senseandsensibility]

4. Yes, I agree with the Obama example

but they would absolutely FLIP OUT if any Dem President did this.

[Irish_Dem]

9. It is all fake outrage. They know they are doing much much worse.

[dchill]

23. That's the way it has to be.

Otherwise they lose.

[Irish_Dem]

25. Exactly. They are in a vicious brutal war to destroy the Dems.

They consider no tactic off limits.

[dchill]

26. And THAT is fine with the media.

Makes good copy.

[Irish_Dem]

30. The media is part of the GOP war machine, the propaganda arm.

[gordianot]

2. A flying security threat.

A modern Trojan horse.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Yep. trump thinks it's just another corporate jet...

in reality it's a flying command center.

[Festivito]

28. Trojan horse, Trojan virus, Trojan jet. /nt

[TomSlick]

31. Agreed. Putting the graft/emoluments issue aside, a gifted plane is a security nightmare.

CIA and NSA should be freaking out. Of course, they will say nothing publicly.

[Cha]

3. TY & Rep Jeffires.

[malaise]

5. He will be on M$NBComcast at 7.00pm n/t

[senseandsensibility]

6. Eastern?

I'm in CA, and Lawrence is on at 7 here.

[malaise]

8. Yep n/t

[Pepsidog]

10. I'm really tired of this "If Obama or Biden did it" thing. Get up and yell! Stop traffic! Organize sit ins! Something!

[kentuck]

12. Right!

Don't debate it.

It is wrong. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional.

Let them debate it.

[senseandsensibility]

13. Not crazy about it myself

but I do like the way he called attention to the Iran connection and called them MAGA extremists. Still, there's plenty of other shots he and others could be taking, such as Bondi's history of working for them. And I agree, some action would be nice. But this is the opening shot as I see it.

[Paladin]

15. trump's free ride MUST be pointed out, over and over again.

I want a lot more action in the streets, just like you and so many others do. But the mainstream media's shamefully soft treatment of all of trump's many outrages must receive non-stop angry attention.

[BurnDoubt]

11. HELL NO!!!!

He's already oversold his show. Bialystock and Bloom???? He's going to have a lot of favors to do (or already done)?

[ecstatic]

14. Controversy? This is another crime. Another impeachable offense. nt

[malaise]

19. That effin simple

Rec

[Mysterian]

16. Nice of him to chime in

Where's he been lately?

[Karasu]

17. He's 100% correct. But for fuck's sake, it's 2025, not 2016. We live under a damn fascist regime. Just call them fucking

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Republicans or fascists already, not "MAGA extremists." There is officially no fucking distinction to be made anymore, though personally, I don't think there ever really was. All Trump did was take the mask off, and it was already mostly off by that point anyhow.

If you still support that party for any reason after everything they've done to the rule of law and system of balances in this country over the last 10 years, you are actively enabling all this shit. Period.

[Iamscrewed]

18. Bribe

Or Trojan horse.

[krkaufman]

20. Kinda wish ...

I kinda wish our elected representatives would have an approach different than what every idiot with an Internet connection can offer.

[Emile]

21. The gift would violate the Foreign Emoluments clause.

[Hotler]

22. While wearing a tan suit. The horror.....

[Ford_Prefect]

24. Those who live by the lie...

[WiVoter]

29. That's All Well And Good, But What's Going To Be Done About It?

I’ll wait.

[markodochartaigh]

32. I wonder,

given that the supremacist court said that public officials could not accept bribes, but COULD accept tips, if Trump will declare this a tip, or gratuity.
Then, if the Republicans get their new tax laws passed and tips are not taxable, there would be no tax on this plane.

[slightlv]

33. Not only the hypocrasy of a repug being able to accept this,

and people approve it. Just imagine how many bugs and listening devices are built into that plane!

[BidenRocks]

34. Chump figures he can fly

Epstein's island on his new Pimp Palace.

I say Strip it of all its fittings from the floor to the ceiling.
I would love to see his face, looking at all the green aluminum structure.
Basic flight safety systems only.
Paint it tan and put "Trump's Yugo! on the side.

[blm]

35. Right answer: This is NOT going to happen. It is ILLEGAL!

[TommieMommy]

36. Very true

[Blue Owl]

37. By now, the hypocrisy is so ridiculous that most have gone numb to it

And I hate the GOP and M$M for it more than ever.

Fuck them all.