Jeffries dismisses Trump’s accusation he incited WHCA attack
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) pushed back on President Donald Trump’s accusation that Jeffries incited an attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Jeffries responded on X with insults aimed at Trump and rejected the claim, saying Democrats plan to take back the House and that Trump is “losing your mind.”
The exchange follows Trump’s Truth Social posts alleging Jeffries should be charged with inciting violence. Trump also shared an image tying Jeffries to “maximum warfare” from before the WHCA shooting. The confrontation is part of a broader escalation between the two, including Trump urging Jeffries be impeached over remarks criticizing a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting rights Act.
Jeffries has also criticized Trump’s repeated “low IQ” insults, and the feud is said to be helping Jeffries’s standing among Democrats even as it could complicate how he and Trump would interact if Democrats regain the House and Jeffries becomes speaker.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that he incited the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
“The Knicks are up 2-0 and I have to wake up to another deranged rant from this guy,” Jeffries wrote on X. “Gas prices are sky high, grocery bills are surging and families can’t catch a break.”
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“Democrats are about to take back the House and you’re losing your mind,” Jeffries added. “Where’s the luv?”
Jeffries’s response came shortly after Trump took to Truth Social to accuse the minority leader of inciting the WHCD attempt on his life.
“This lunatic, Hakeem ‘Low IQ’ Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE! The Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country,” Trump wrote.
Trump attached a photo of Jeffries calling for “Maximum warfare” three days before the WHCA shooting, emblazoning the phrase over a picture of Trump.
Trump and Jeffries have escalated their public criticism of each other in recent months.
Last week, Trump called for Jeffries to be impeached over his remarks slamming the Supreme Court’s recent decision weakening the Voting Rights Act. Jeffries, 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. Previously, the minority leader responded to Trump’s taunts of being “Low IQ” by challenging the president to a debate.
“It’s extraordinary to me that Donald Trump keeps recycling this ‘low IQ’ insult,” Jeffries said. “This from the dumbest president ever to sit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and there’s not even really a close second.”
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The escalating feud with Trump has helped burnish Jeffries’s image among Democrats who have called for a more aggressive stance toward the president.
Yet, it also complicates the potential governing dynamic between Trump and Jeffries if Democrats retake the House in November and the latter becomes speaker.
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