{"id":2662530,"date":"2026-09-16T14:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-democrats-break-ranks-defy-hakeem-jeffries-and-add-to-his-misery\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:36:45","slug":"two-democrats-break-ranks-defy-hakeem-jeffries-and-add-to-his-misery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-democrats-break-ranks-defy-hakeem-jeffries-and-add-to-his-misery\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Democrats Break Ranks, Defy Hakeem Jeffries and Add to His Misery"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftwo-democrats-break-ranks-defy-hakeem-jeffries-and-add-to-his-misery%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=2662530&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 provided content contains a webpage segment that features a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button intended to reveal additional information when clicked. the hidden content, which appears to be a mixture of HTML, JavaScript, and embedded scripts, discusses political dynamics ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. It highlights internal conflicts within the Democratic Party, notably involving House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who faces challenges both from Republicans and his own party members. Specifically, two Democratic Representatives, Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, broke ranks to support Republican bills, which was seen as a notable breach of party unity and criticized by Jeffries. The article also examines Jeffries&#8217; leadership credibility amid questions from party insiders and voters. the piece emphasizes political infighting and strategic shifts impacting the upcoming elections.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><\/p>\n<p>Despite much of the prognostication that the Republican Party is in for a painful time come the 2026 midterms, it appears that the party\u2019s blue donkey counterparts are already grappling with some pain of their own.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, no Democrat appears to be in hotter water than House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/congressional-republicans-troll-hakeem-jeffries-gift-bad-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While criticisms of the progressive Jeffries are nothing new from the GOP, it appears that his biggest immediate headaches are actually coming from within Jeffries\u2019 own party. And that\u2019s good news for a struggling Republican Party less than two months before the November midterms.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrat-rebels-defy-jeffries-hand-gop-critical-win-before-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, two of Jeffries\u2019 House Democrats broke ranks, defied the minority leader, and helped pave the way for a batch of Republican bills to advance.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state broke from their party in a procedural vote to help move the GOP bills forward.<\/p>\n<p>Of critical importance: These bills were reportedly well on their way to failing, meaning that Golden and Perez were \u2014 quite literally \u2014 the saving grace of these Republican bills.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News didn\u2019t mince words, calling it \u201can embarrassing blow to Jeffries\u2019 leadership,\u201d while also adding that \u201cit is almost unheard of for the minority party to break ranks and help the majority pass one of their rules, even if lawmakers on that side support the underlying legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/09\/15\/golden-gluesenkamp-perez-rule-vote-01078189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported that the final vote was 214-211, with two Republicans (Reps. Andy Harris and Ralph Norman) voting \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several Republicans were a hesitant \u201cyes,\u201d only agreeing to vote affirmatively after what Politico called \u201cextended talks\u00a0with House GOP leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, this slate of GOP bills really were in dire straits \u2014 that is, until a couple of Democrats intervened.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported that both Golden and Perez have strong pro-Ukrainian ties, and getting these GOP bills passed was likely tied to that. Golden, specifically, acknowledged that the Russian sanction bill would\u2019ve died, had these other GOP bills stalled out.<\/p>\n<p>This act of brazen defiance against Jeffries and his leadership is not the first time that these two specifically have crossed the top House Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries issued a blistering statement after the last time Golden and Perez broke ranks, just a few weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust,\u201d Jeffries said at the time. \u201cIt is an action that necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only issue, as Fox News noted, is that it\u2019s unclear whether that \u201cserious response\u201d ever actually came.<\/p>\n<p>And those leadership capabilities have come under a microscope.<\/p>\n<p>Just a week before this latest headache, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hakeem-jeffries-facing-avalanche-trouble-party-midterms-got-lot-people-mad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports began surfacing<\/a> that basically questioned whether Jeffries was the man to lead the House Democrats \u2014 a critical question, especially if the Democrats re-take the House in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a lot of people mad at him,\u201d a senior House Democrat told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/09\/08\/hakeem-jeffries-dsa-aoc-medicare-kushner-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps the most scathing \u2014 and pertinent \u2014 critique of Jeffries came from a California Democratic House candidate, who said, \u201cVoters don\u2019t trust Jeffries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That could be a problem in the midterms.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/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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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is under significant pressure, with internal party conflicts emerging. Recently, two Democrats-Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez-defied Jeffries by supporting Republican bills in a procedural vote, helping them advance despite likely failing. Fox News described this as an \u201cembarrassing blow\u201d to Jeffries\u2019 leadership, noting that such cross-party cooperation is rare for the minority party. The final vote was close at 214-211, with some Republicans only voting \u201cyes\u201d after negotiations. These GOP bills were in trouble until these Democrats stepped in, possibly motivated by pro-Ukrainian ties and sanctions issues related to Russia. This act of defiance has previously prompted Jeffries to criticize Golden and Perez publicly for undermining party unity; however, it\u2019s unclear if any disciplinary action followed. Meanwhile, questions about Jeffries\u2019 leadership have intensified amid reports that some Democrats doubt his ability to lead effectively if they retake the House in November-a concern highlighted by critics who say voters don\u2019t trust him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2662531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hakeem-Jeffries-woes-1-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[85766,3685,32854,40559,48599],"class_list":["post-2662530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congressional-conflict","tag-democrats","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-party-division","tag-political-dissent"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hakeem-Jeffries-woes-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662530","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662533,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662530\/revisions\/2662533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2662531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}