On 1/8/2023 4:50 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
>
> "'Constitution over cult': Hakeem Jeffries' 'masterpiece' A to Z speech
> goes viral"
>
> "But before officially handing McCarthy the Speaker's gavel (the gavel
> the California Republican, months earlier, "joked" it "will be hard not
> to hit" Nancy Pelosi with) House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem
> Jeffries launched into what some are calling a "masterpiece," his speech
> telling the entire House of Representatives why Democrats are better
> than Republicans, alphabetically – and without a teleprompter.
>
> "We will never compromise our principles," Leader Jeffries promised.
> "House Democrats will always put American values over autocracy,
> benevolence over bigotry, the Constitution over the cult, democracy over
> demagogues, economic opportunity over extremism, freedom over fascism,
> governing over gaslighting, hopefulness over hatred, inclusion over
> isolation, justice over judicial overreach, knowledge over kangaroo
> courts, liberty over limitation, maturity over Mar-a-Lago, normalcy over
> negativity, opportunity over obstruction, people over politics, quality
> of life issues over QAnon, reason over racism, substance over slander,
> triumph over tyranny, understanding over ugliness, voting rights over
> voter suppression, working families over the well-connected, xenial over
> xenophobia, 'Yes we can' over 'You can do it,' and zealous
> representation over zero-sum confrontation.""
>
> https://www.rawstory.com/constitution-over-cult-hakeem-jeffries-masterpiece-a-to-z-speech-goes-viral/
>
> TB

That was a good one.