The Democrat, who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens, is unlike more radical members of his party — he does not back defunding the police and supports Israel.
that Jeffries “decided to endorse against a sitting progressive State Senator ” and that “Democrats who lie about their intentions in order to attack the left wing of the party should not be confirmed to lead it.”Senator Jabari Brisport bashed Rep. Jeffries on Twitter.Other radical Dem observers took Jeffries to task over his support for Israel and his stance on the environment.
Camille Rivera, a partner at consulting firm New Deal Strategies, said Jeffries “hasn’t really been engaged on issues like Green New Deal.” Jeffries has also raised eyebrows as the nephew of Leonard Jeffries, the former chair of the Black Studies Department at City College who, in the 1990s, attacked whites as “ice people” and Jews as financiers of the slave trade. The pol has said he disagrees with many of his uncle’s theories.
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