The midterms were supposed to be about your wallet. Groceries that cost too much, rent that keeps climbing, an economy grinding working families into dust. Americans showed up Tuesday and gave Democrats the keys to Congress. The implicit deal was simple – use this power to make life a little less expensive.
Apparently, Democratic leadership had other plans. Instead of rolling up their sleeves on kitchen-table policy, they spent the weekend picking a fight over a White House personnel decision. Priorities, right?
From the Daily Wire:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Sunday that Democrats will not work with Stephen Miller, days after President Trump named his longtime adviser White House chief of staff.
Jeffries, who is set to take over as Speaker of the House in January, called Miller’s promotion after Tuesday’s midterm elections “an awful choice.”
The Democrat leader told Jonathan Karl on ABC’s “This Week” that Miller’s arrival rules out any potential cooperation with the Trump administration due to his “extremism.”
Not even a full week after the election, and the incoming Speaker has already torched any pretense of bipartisan governance. Note what’s missing from his statement: groceries, gas prices, housing, wages. Not a whisper.
Cooperation was never the plan
Here’s what makes this especially rich. Jeffries openly admitted he communicated frequently with outgoing Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. A working relationship existed. He chose to end it – not because the administration changed its policies, but because one staffer switched titles.
He wasn’t alone, either. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declared Trump had “learned nothing” from the midterms. Rep. Robert Garcia, the incoming House Oversight chair, dispensed with subtlety altogether: “Stephen Miller should lawyer up.” So much for extending an olive branch.
Investigations over inflation
Garcia’s threat tells you everything about the real Democratic playbook. They didn’t claw back the House to pass a bill that lowers your energy costs. They won it to issue subpoenas. Congressional committees are about to become opposition research factories – funded, naturally, by your tax dollars.
Meanwhile, Jeffries described Miller’s presence in government as something to be “eradicated like a malignant tumor.” That’s the vocabulary of the man who’ll wield the Speaker’s gavel come January. Not exactly the temperament of someone interested in compromise.
Two years of betrayal ahead
Jeffries himself framed Democratic majorities as a “firewall.” His word, not ours. Not a foundation. Not a bridge. A wall – built to block, not to build.
Americans voted for economic relief. They got a press conference about Stephen Miller. If the first week is any preview, brace yourself for twenty-four months of investigations, obstruction, and partisan theater while your grocery bill stays right where it is.
Democrats just told you exactly who they are. Worth remembering.
Key Takeaways
- Jeffries refused to cooperate with Trump’s White House before even taking the Speaker’s gavel.
- Democrats’ first move with their new majority targets personnel, not Americans’ rising costs.
- The incoming Oversight chair openly threatened investigations – signaling years of subpoenas ahead.
- Voters demanded economic relief; Democratic leadership chose political revenge instead.
Sources: Daily Wire, The Hill
