{"id":2599905,"date":"2026-05-07T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-dismisses-trumps-accusation-he-incited-whca-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:57:45","slug":"jeffries-dismisses-trumps-accusation-he-incited-whca-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-dismisses-trumps-accusation-he-incited-whca-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries dismisses Trump&#8217;s accusation he incited WHCA attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fjeffries-dismisses-trumps-accusation-he-incited-whca-attack%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=2599905&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>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) pushed back on President Donald Trump\u2019s accusation that Jeffries incited an attack at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner. Jeffries responded on X with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-raises-eyebrows-by-dodging-kamala-harris-endorsement-3-times-in-1-minute\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi&#039;s evasive response on endorsing Kamala Harris surprises many.\">insults aimed<\/a> at Trump and rejected the claim, saying Democrats plan to take back the House and that Trump is \u201closing your mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exchange follows Trump\u2019s Truth Social posts alleging Jeffries should be charged with inciting violence. Trump also shared an image tying Jeffries to \u201cmaximum warfare\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries has also criticized Trump\u2019s repeated \u201clow IQ\u201d insults, and the feud is said to be helping Jeffries\u2019s standing among Democrats even as it could complicate how he and Trump would interact if Democrats regain the House and Jeffries becomes speaker.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"790\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) dismissed President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> claim that he incited the attack at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-association\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1617\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a> dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Knicks are up 2-0 and I have to wake up to another deranged rant from this guy,\u201d Jeffries wrote on X. \u201cGas prices are sky high, grocery bills are surging and families can\u2019t catch a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4558018\/howard-lutnick-testifies-epstein-ties-house-oversight-committee\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Howard Lutnick testifies on his Epstein ties before House oversight committee<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4557857\/comer-lutnick-epstein-oversight-testimony\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Comer says Lutnick wasn\u2019t \u2018100% truthful\u2019 about Epstein ties before testimony<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4556063\/anna-paulina-luna-rising-gop-profile\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Anna Paulina Luna\u2019s rising GOP profile sparks talk of future in House leadership<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats are about to take back the House and you\u2019re losing your mind,\u201d Jeffries added. \u201cWhere\u2019s the luv?\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jeffries\u2019s response came shortly after Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4558689\/trump-calls-hakeem-jeffries-charged-inciting-whcd-attack\/\">took to Truth Social<\/a> to accuse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon &#039;Abuse of Power&#039;\">minority leader<\/a> of inciting the WHCD attempt on his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lunatic, Hakeem \u2018Low IQ\u2019 Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE! The Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116533436964740040\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116533436964740040\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump attached a photo of Jeffries calling for \u201cMaximum warfare\u201d three days before the WHCA shooting, emblazoning the phrase over a picture of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Jeffries have escalated their public criticism of each other in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">recent months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Trump called for Jeffries to be impeached over his remarks slamming the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"11310\">Supreme Court\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent decision weakening<\/a> the Voting Rights Act. Jeffries, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, slammed the decision as \u201cillegitimate\u201d\u00a0and argued that it was \u201cdesigned to undermine the ability of communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHakeem Jeffries, a Low IQ individual, said our Supreme Court is \u2018illegitimate.\u2019 After saying such a thing, isn\u2019t he subject to Impeachment?\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116513086831283231\">wrote on Sunday<\/a>. \u201cI got impeached for A PERFECT PHONE CALL. Where are you Republicans? Why not get it started? They\u2019ll be doing this to me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries blasted Trump\u2019s comments as \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/2051085761236103315\">Jeffries Derangement Syndrome<\/a>\u201d on X. Previously, the minority leader responded to Trump\u2019s taunts of being \u201cLow IQ\u201d by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4540579\/hakeem-jeffries-challenges-trump-to-debate\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=jeffries+challenges+trump+to+debate+washington+examiner&#038;sca_esv=8639ec9b40ab010a&#038;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1197US1198&#038;sxsrf=ANbL-n4UJcoTnI9FX5LtHDSGAtm9HCWvMg%3A1778166472517&#038;ei=yKr8afKrH6Chw8cPr6jbiAY&#038;biw=1243&#038;bih=748&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjyr8inuqeUAxWg0PACHS_UFmEQ4dUDCBM&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=jeffries+challenges+trump+to+debate+washington+examiner&#038;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiN2plZmZyaWVzIGNoYWxsZW5nZXMgdHJ1bXAgdG8gZGViYXRlIHdhc2hpbmd0b24gZXhhbWluZXJI1hhQoQJY8xdwA3gAkAEAmAFsoAHEDaoBBDE5LjO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgCgAgCYAwCIBgGSBwCgB4gCsgcAuAcAwgcAyAcAgAgB&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\">challenging the president to a debate<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s extraordinary to me that Donald Trump keeps recycling this \u2018low IQ\u2019 insult,\u201d Jeffries said. \u201cThis from the dumbest president ever to sit at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and there\u2019s not even really a close second.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4554145\/hakeem-jeffries-eyes-redistricting-again-new-york-florida-map\/\">JEFFRIES EYES REDISTRICTING AGAIN IN NEW YORK IN RESPONSE TO NEW FLORIDA MAP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The escalating feud with Trump has helped burnish Jeffries\u2019s image among Democrats who have called for a more aggressive stance toward the president. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, it also complicates the potential governing dynamic between Trump and Jeffries if Democrats retake the House in November and the latter becomes speaker. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries rebuked Trump\u2019s claim; said \u201cKnicks 2-0\u201d as gas and bills soar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4098,"featured_media":2599906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jeffries-trump-e1759331895501.jpg?1759309214&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50470,36160,3634,36427,79264],"class_list":["post-2599905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-jeffries-2","tag-political-controversy","tag-trump","tag-whca","tag-white-house-correspondents-association-3"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jeffries-trump-e1759331895501.jpg?1759309214&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599909,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599905\/revisions\/2599909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}