Hakeem Jeffries Rages as Senate Passes Spending Bill with Help from Schumer-Led Democrats

Warren Squire | 9:00 PM on March 14, 2025

Senator Chuck Schumer and a handful of other Democrats sided with Republicans Friday in passing a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and several Democrats who agree with him were livid. Earlier in the day, reporters asked Jeffries if he opposed Schumer’s leadership.

Here’s how that went down. (WATCH)

BREAKING: The Democrat infighting is getting so bad that Hakeem Jeffries is now getting testy with reporters who just want to know if he opposes Chuck Schumer's leadership.

"Do *not* characterize my remarks. I'm not afraid about ANYTHING."pic.twitter.com/JkEMcFnzCv
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 14, 2025

Oh. Such a brave man. 🙄😆
— Laura Kaye 🇺🇸 (@NonsenseEnd) March 14, 2025

The reporters are so afraid to make him angry
— angela (@agbear71) March 14, 2025

Well, the ‘partisan’ bill passed with bipartisan support. Better luck next time, Hakeem.

The day's events and his inability to influence the outcome wrecked Jeffries. Commenters could see it.

Be testy when pressed to answer a question he doesn't know how to answer haha
— Freedomly (@Freedomly7) March 14, 2025

I would characterize him as tense and scared
— Jared (@Jar3d__) March 14, 2025

The pressure is getting to him.
— americandave (@americandave40) March 14, 2025

This is what losing the message looks like.
— Calvin (@Realonstist) March 14, 2025

This is the best they can do?
— Raphael (@Raphael876252) March 14, 2025

The lack of talent is beginning to show.
— Major Tom 🇺🇸 (@josewales1000) March 14, 2025

The Democrat Party is squabbling amongst itself and there’s no clear leader.

Many have pegged Jeffries as a possible candidate but so far he’s shown no ability to unite the party or get rogue members under control. He’s not living up to his label of being the second coming of Barack Obama.