President Donald Trump called for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be charged for the attempt against his life at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month.
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“This lunatic, Hakeem ‘Low IQ’ Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE! The Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He attached a photo of Jeffries calling for “Maximum warfare” three days before the shooting, emblazoning the phrase over a picture of Trump.
Trump’s comments come days after the president also excoriated Jeffries as a “thug” in a Truth Social post last week.
“Low IQ Democrat Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, is nothing but a THUG, and he is a danger to our Country!” wrote Trump along with a photo of the Minority Leader holding a bat.
The president has also called for Jeffries to be impeached over his remarks slamming the Supreme Court’s recent decision weakening the Voting Rights Act. Jeffries, who is also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, slammed the decision as “illegitimate” and argued that it was “designed to undermine the ability of communities of color.”
“Hakeem Jeffries, a Low IQ individual, said our Supreme Court is “illegitimate.” After saying such a thing, isn’t he subject to Impeachment?” Trump wrote on Sunday. “I got impeached for A PERFECT PHONE CALL. Where are you Republicans? Why not get it started? They’ll be doing this to me!”
Jeffries blasted Trump’s comments as “Jeffries Derangement Syndrome,” on X.
If Democrats retake the House in November, Jeffries is poised to become the nation’s first African American House Speaker.
The escalating feud with Trump has helped burnish Jeffries’ image among Democrats who have called for a more aggressive stance in dealing with the president. But Jeffries has also attempted to play down calls to impeach Trump if Democrats flip the House.
This is a developing story and will be updated.