Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“We’re not a cult, we’re a coalition. If you’re a cult it’s very easy, you just take orders from the cult leader… Bend the knee to the cult leader and fall in line.”
— Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), when asked about the need for consensus in the Democratic Party.
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