{"id":2404906,"date":"2025-02-20T20:21:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-leader-hakeem-jeffries-cooking-up-a-scheme-to-undermine-trumps-address-to-congress-report\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T20:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:22:47","slug":"dem-leader-hakeem-jeffries-cooking-up-a-scheme-to-undermine-trumps-address-to-congress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-leader-hakeem-jeffries-cooking-up-a-scheme-to-undermine-trumps-address-to-congress-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries Cooking Up a Scheme to Undermine Trump&#8217;s Address to Congress: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-leader-hakeem-jeffries-cooking-up-a-scheme-to-undermine-trumps-address-to-congress-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article \u200ddiscusses a plan by\u2064 House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to disrupt former President\u2064 Donald Trump&#8217;s upcoming\u2062 address to Congress on March 4. Jeffries aims to fill the audience with guests who are \u2063impacted by Elon\u200d Musk&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and to showcase those affected by the \u2064GOP&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-kills-trump-budget-cuts-totaling-27-4-billion\/\" title=\"Biden Kills Trump Budget Cuts Totaling .4 Billion\">proposed budget cuts<\/a>. This strategy is intended\u2064 to divert \u200cviewers&#8217; attention from Trump&#8217;s speech and\u200c evoke sympathy for federal employees.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these intentions, some responses on social media reflect skepticism about the effectiveness of Jeffries&#8217; plan, suggesting that mere audience \u200dcomposition won&#8217;t significantly alter perceptions of Trump. the\u200d article highlights a\u2063 sentiment among both \u2063conservatives and some Democrats that more concrete actions are necessary to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democratic-congressmans-recently-departed-staffer-is-now-his-republican-challenger\/\" title=\"Texas Democratic Congressman&#039;s former staffer now running as Republican challenger.\">political landscape effectively<\/a>. Ultimately, Jeffries seeks to leverage \u200cthe\u200b media\u2063 to spotlight\u2063 Democratic guests as a \u2064counter-narrative to Trump&#8217;s message, but the\u2062 challenge of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">swaying public opinion remains daunting<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>He doesn&rsquo;t have Nancy Pelosi&rsquo;s power, but Hakeem Jeffries is going to do everything he can to ruin President Donald Trump&rsquo;s big night &mdash; and use Elon Musk to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/mikejohnson.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has been invited<\/a> to speak to a joint session of Congress on March 4 &mdash; his first such address since being re-elected in November.<\/p>\n<p>And as House minority leader, Jeffries is plotting with fellow Democrats to stuff the audience with those affected by Musk&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a news report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scoop: Inside Hakeem Jeffries&rsquo; plan to dampen Trump&rsquo;s first big speech <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W3DDF3klba\">https:\/\/t.co\/W3DDF3klba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Axios (@axios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios\/status\/1892362943087378824?\">February 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to an article Wednesday by the inside-the-Beltway outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/02\/19\/trump-speech-congress-hakeem-jeffries-guests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, Jeffries used a conference call with fellow Democrats on Wednesday to advise his party to bring guests to Trump&rsquo;s speech &ldquo;who have been hurt by DOGE or will be hurt by the budget congressional Republicans are proposing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The aim is clearly to distract Americans watching at home from the substance of Trump&rsquo;s remarks by drumming up sympathy for federal employees being forced to justify their positions &mdash; and salaries &mdash; in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Just as clearly, Jeffries is counting on a sympathetic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marco-rubio-gives-cbs-margaret-brennan-history-lesson-targets-jd-vance-insane-claim-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Trump media<\/a> to alert the television audience exactly who those Democratic guests are.<\/p>\n<p>(Some nameless face sitting next to some nameless back-bencher isn&rsquo;t going to do much to Trump&rsquo;s image without the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-calling-it-the-value-meal-wars-taco-bell-enters-the-fray-with-new-7-deal\/\" title=\"They&#039;re Calling It &#039;The Value Meal Wars&#039;: Taco Bell Enters the Fray with New  Deal\">establishment media&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s cooperation.)<\/p>\n<p>With Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/polling-history-trump-rockets-gop-highest-favorability-advantage-polls-history-leaves-dems-lowest-point-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scoring polling approval<\/a> among Americans early in his term, Democrats are forced to find openings where they can attack.<\/p>\n<p>And the efforts by Musk and DOGE to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musks-doge-moves-wasteful-spending-motherlode-big-money-fraud-happening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weed out<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-top-republican-explains-how-bidens-budget-package-raises-taxes-hurts-working-class\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Top Republican Explains How Biden\u2019s Budget Package Raises Taxes, Hurts Working Class\">wasteful government spending<\/a> are where they&rsquo;ve decided to hit, according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats are unusually unified around opposing DOGE and the GOP budget as their grassroots base pushes them to do everything within their power to push back,&rdquo; Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>But if social media responses to the Axios report are any guide, Jeffries&rsquo; plan has some problems ahead of it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two impeachments, a home raid, countless indictments and lawfare, two attempted assasination attempts&hellip; but sure Hakeem Jeffries inviting people to sit next to him during Trumps speech is gonna be the thing that finally gets Trump off the rails &#128514;&#128565;&zwj;&#128171;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bedpost (@Cmin914725641) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cmin914725641\/status\/1892364218482995669?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Political theater. Fake outrage and insincere concern. Everyone knows they&rsquo;re all corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derek (@beckcpo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beckcpo\/status\/1892419098732060943?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Those responses are pretty clearly from conservative users, but even apparent Democrats aren&rsquo;t thrilled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dampen? Is that truly the best we can do to meet this dire moment? Dampen his evening with scowling faces in the audience?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Henry A. Wallace (@HenryADubs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryADubs\/status\/1892507464706203786?\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It will take more than Jeffries&rsquo; plans to tug at American heartstrings &mdash; with the assistance of a compliant media &mdash; to ruin Trump&rsquo;s night.<\/p>\n<p>And Democrats are surely pining for the days when Pelosi could use her position behind the president for a dramatic move like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-dems-give-nancy-pelosi-standing-ovation-sotu-ripping-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ripping his speech<\/a> in two in front of a national audience.<\/p>\n<p>But Jeffries is going to do what he can.<\/p>\n<p>And what he can do is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-musk-allege-us-government-paid-mainstream-media-outlet-millions-large-scale-social-deception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attack Trump and Musk<\/a>, with the help of liberal American media outlets.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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