Hakeem Jeffries

Jewish leaders defend Hakeem Jeffries from DSA political attacks

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has drawn the ire of progressives over the years as a moderate lawmaker with an endorsement from AIPAC.

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US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at an unveiling ceremony for the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, June 24, 2026.
MAUREEN GALINDO.

ActBlue cuts off Texas politician Galindo after call to imprison Zionists

ActBlue did not immediately respond to a Thursday Jerusalem Post query about the deactivation of its fundraiser, but as of Sunday the donation page for Galindo was still not accepting donations.

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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) walks through the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles sparks backlash after saying Muslims 'don't belong' in US

“Muslims don't belong in American society… Pluralism is a lie,” the Tennessee representative wrote on X/Twitter last Monday.

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US President Donald Trump reaches for his phone as he makes an announcement in the Oval Office, White House, May 8, 2025; illustrative.

Trump impersonator calls C-SPAN to denounce Supreme Court, Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries

A C-SPAN caller impersonating Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs and attacked political leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries. C-SPAN confirmed it wasn’t the president.

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Pardoned January 6 rioter pleads guilty to threatening US Democratic leader Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan, 35, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge in a hearing in Clinton, New York, and will be sentenced in April. His representative could not be reached immediately.

FEBRUARY 6, 2026ByREUTERS
A MOB of supporters of then-US president Donald Trump climb through a window they broke, as they storm the United States Capitol Building in Washington, on January 6, 2021

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to back Zohran Mamdani

The report comes only a day before early voting opens and one source said Jeffries would formally announce his backing on Friday afternoon.

OCTOBER 24, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that President Joe Biden "call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel, on Nov. 27, 2023.

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter accused of threatening US Democratic leader Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan allegedly wrote: "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live. ... Even if I am hated he must be eliminated. ... I will kill him..."

OCTOBER 22, 2025ByREUTERS
Fellow House Democratic members applaud as U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks on the steps of the U.S. Capitol ahead of a vote in House of Representatives on final passage of President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 2, 2025.

The US should not condition or end military aid to Israel - opinion

US support of Israel’s military isn’t a charitable donation; it supports vital American interests – strategic, defense, cyber, intelligence, R&D, and much more.

AUGUST 10, 2023ByERIC R MANDEL
The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

Despite anti-Israel rumblings, US Democrats signal business as usual - analysis

The narrative that Israel is losing the Democrats is one that many people with wildly different agendas are interested in promoting.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByHERB KEINON
US REPS. (from left) Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, four members of ‘the Squad,’ have made a name for themselves in their bashing of Israel over the last few years.