“I Don’t Belong To An Organized Political Party.”

Jeffries's talk with Jessica Tarlov is interrupted by protesters yelling about the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. They continue yelling over him as he tries to forge ahead with his remarks. https://t.co/qpwf19M5B5

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2026

yikes -- Jeffries's talk in Denver is being disrupted by a string of protesters, one of whom screams obscenities at him https://t.co/zyiYkgdSIj

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2026

"I’m a Democrat.”—Will Rogers. Who was from Oklahoma, if that tells you the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Jeffries: "We will move very aggressively in the beginning of the new Congress to end Citizens United" https://t.co/XOCAkDMFNI

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2026

Back in the day, Sam Rayburn ran the Democratic House with strict party discipline, and taught LBJ a thing or two about how to get bills passed. 

If there is any question left that those days are gone, consider the speakerships of Boehner, McCarthy, and Johnson. Jeffries is smart enough to know his success will depend on staying in front of the parade. And if you listen to AOC lately, she understands that. She has not abandoned her principles. She has just become wise in how to achieve them.

Jeffries has a lot of incoming freshman Democrats to listen to, surfing a tsunami that hasn’t been seen in this country in most of their lifetimes. Frankly, booing and cursing Jeffries is kind of childish. But protest is the American way, so…