In the latest round of progressive, lefty nutball infighting, media personality Mehdi Hasan has drawn sharp backlash from segments of the Democratic base after tearing into House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over a private sit-down with Jared Kushner, with some fellow leftists quickly labeling Hasan’s criticism as anti-black racism and piling on him for daring to challenge a black Democrat leader.
It's been highly entertaining, and it all started here:
The only meeting Hakeem Jeffries should be having with Jared Kushner is to tell him he’ll be subpoenaed by the House for a corruption investigation on day one of Democratic control of the House.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 23, 2026
This is just pathetic stuff from the House Dem leader. https://t.co/hy6lq7vYMk
Pathetic that Hakeem met with Jared Kushner? What now? We get it, Mehdi is about as sharp as a marble, but this was a huge unforced error.
And Lefties/Democrats were more than happy to let him know.
So anyway. https://t.co/JXyoeVOTtn pic.twitter.com/L7D5GvbEJy
— greg (@mistergeezy) August 23, 2026
Fair.
This made Mehdi fussy:
If people are too dumb to understand the difference between the mayor of New York publicly meeting the president to get stuff for his city vs the future House Speaker, who is supposed to be holding Trump to account, maybe even impeaching him, secretly meeting the president’s… https://t.co/FLYWP2hemo
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 23, 2026
Post continues:
... who is supposed to be holding Trump to account, maybe even impeaching him, secretly meeting the president’s son-in-law to find ‘common ground’ with the president, the same son-in-law who should be subpoenaed by said future House Speaker over corruption claims, then I don’t know what to say. You’re dumb or dishonest, you pick.
Guess how this went.
Mehdi’s open racism against Hakeem Jeffries is disgraceful and has no place in our party. Most Americans want our government to function and get things done, so we’re happy to see soon to be Speaker Jeffries meet with Kushner (in what is a signal they know we’re going to win… https://t.co/JEZvfeslbz
— Democrats For Mike Rogers (@DemsForMike) August 23, 2026
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Mehdi, you don’t like Jeffries, we get it. My issue is you’ve been arguing with me all day about some Kushner meeting, when we have established:
— Jamesetta Williams 💕 (@jamesetta_w) August 24, 2026
-You had no issues when Mamdani met with Trump and took private calls with the Trump admin on constituent issues
-Incoming Dem led… https://t.co/zNRhyIb51y
Post continues:
... led house is planning to pursue aggressive investigation of Trump and his associates, as already confirmed by multiple House leaders.
@mehdirhasan you’ve only revealed your own biases and contributed to unnecessary infighting, which was the intended goal of leaking the story to Haberman in the first place. I’m going to bed.
Also a fair point.
The way @mehdirhasan is going after Black Democrats calling him out on his bulls**t is just wow. Way to show his whole racist ass to the world.
— Solly & Yossi (@Ok_Solly) August 24, 2026
Don’t bother deleting them, Mehdi. Receipts have been filed, you racist piece of s**t. pic.twitter.com/1FDx3kKZhs
Oof. Tough crowd.
You're both DUMB and DISHONEST.
— union moderate that support Dems, not socialists. (@reesetheone1) August 24, 2026
Pelosi held Trump to account by impeaching him twice and STILL had to work with him to get bills signed.
I'm sick of folks not born here trying to tell folks who were how to feel about politics. https://t.co/bf19ydED0q
*popcorn*
Just for the record, by most accounts ICE has ramped UP operations in NYC since last year. Talk to any immigrants rights groups in the city. https://t.co/zpUWIJ0phh
— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) August 24, 2026
HA HA HA HA
Wow.
No. Dear God. Also racist. https://t.co/KA9pqb697k
— Terry Lee Watkins Jr. 王瑞民💜💙 (@TerryWatkinsJr1) August 24, 2026
Let. Them. Fight.
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