House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is doubling down on his “maximum warfare” talk, brushing off criticism from Republicans who say the language is dangerous. According to The Hill, Jeffries said he doesn’t care about the backlash and mocked the GOP for whining after he turned their own words against them. The whole thing started last week when Virginia voters approved a new House map that gives Democrats an edge.
Jeffries celebrated the win by saying the party’s redistricting strategy would be “maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” That phrase was lifted straight from a Trump ally who used the exact same words last August to describe the president’s approach to keeping the House. Jeffries didn’t just borrow the line; he threw it back at Republicans, framing it as a response to their own aggressive tactics.
