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BumRushDaShow

(167,838 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 04:16 PM 15 hrs ago

Jeffries: Supreme Court tariff ruling a 'crushing defeat for the wannabe King'

Source: The Hill

02/21/26 2:10 PM ET


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called the Supreme Court ruling against a majority of President Trump’s tariffs a “crushing defeat for the wannabe King.”

“The Supreme Court decision striking down the harmful Trump Tariffs is a big victory for the American people,” Jeffries posted on the social platform X on Friday morning. “And another crushing defeat for the wannabe King,” he added.

Trump responded to Jeffries’s critique during a press briefing at the White House on Friday afternoon, saying the Democratic leader “doesn’t even know what a tariff is.”

The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Trump administration’s implementation of sweeping tariffs on the U.S.’s global trading partners under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act was unlawful. Jeffries has led congressional Democrats’ push against these tariffs, recently urging legislators to pass a House resolution to repeal the Trump administration’s tariffs on Canada. Six GOP lawmakers joined Democrats to vote for the measure.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5749254-jeffries-calls-trump-tariffs-defeat/

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Jeffries: Supreme Court tariff ruling a 'crushing defeat for the wannabe King' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP
SCOTUS did not impress me. RandySF 15 hrs ago #1
The Democratic leader "doesn't even know what a tariff is." Brother Buzz 15 hrs ago #2
Mahalos, Hakeem Jeffries! And Cha 13 hrs ago #3
Turn up the heat Jeffries BaronChocula 11 hrs ago #4
I kinda Liked the "..wannabe king"... It Shows Cha 11 hrs ago #5

BaronChocula

(4,299 posts)
4. Turn up the heat Jeffries
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:43 PM
11 hrs ago

Don't call him a wannabe king. It's too complementary. Call him an incompetent conman.

Cha

(317,976 posts)
5. I kinda Liked the "..wannabe king"... It Shows
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:53 PM
11 hrs ago

Why We're Out There on NO KINGS Days.

traitor has stated more than once that's he's "king"... uh NO he's NOT.

HONK IF YOU LOVR DEMOCRACY

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