A petition calling on House Democrats not to support House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker has hit 500,000 signatures, according to its creator.
It follows the Democrats’ dramatic midterm election victory that saw the party flip both the Senate and the House of Representatives, which will lead to a new Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House.
The petition, which labels Jeffries part of the “Democratic establishment,” suggests Democratic leaders are likely to remain under pressure from their party’s left-wing over both personal and policy choices. It was created by Nicole Whitted, an author and Democratic supporting social media creator with over 210,000 followers on TikTok.
For those who don’t want to give newsweek a click: https://www.change.org/p/house-democrats-choose-a-new-speaker
If you’re going to do one thing, contact your Rep and Senator and tell them to change leadership. It’ll carry more weight than a change.org petition.
(Yes, I know that’s technically two things).
Yep - already sent this to my rep:
Now that the democratic party will have a majority in both houses of Congress, I and your constituents, along with democrats across the country, demand an end to the lackluster democratic leadership currently in place. We require new majority leaders that will actually hold Trump and his allies responsible for the many crimes that they have committed against this country and others worldwide. Please lend your support to candidates that will support action against this criminal behavior. Justice is what will ultimately help our nation to heal, not “moving on” or ignoring what has happened.
Are you sending it to your current rep, or the one that just got elected? Same for senator?
I’m just not sure the best way to reach out to a politician-elect if they haven’t even taken office yet
No harm in doing both. Sending an email is easy. Could take a little while for Congress freshmen to get their office communication systems set up.
Contact your representatives and sign the Change org petition. It shows public pressure and only takes a few minutes, so why not?
Because nobody cares about change.org petitions except the people who sign them.
Big brain move, convince Democrat members of Congress to sign the petition so they care about it and then they will pick a new speaker.
Now how do we convince them to sign it? Maybe to compel that signature we can put together some kind of petition…
I was initially writing a reply about how my district’s incumbent Republican unfortunately won by less than a percent but that I’m with y’all in spirit, and I looked it up to verify that the difference hadn’t changed. Fuck me, I missed that we elected who will now be my first Democrat House Representative. First Democrat to represent the district covering my hometown since the 30s lmao. So, thanks for the reminder to check the results after the initial disappointment, lol.
Congrats! And put in your name to phone bank for 'em next time!
Big fan of https://5calls.org/.
Even if I’m calling about something that is not a listed topic. In that case, I’ll
In other words, I use their site and/or app (Apple here, Android here) to just spoonfeed me the phone numbers of my representatives. So easy, less friction, and the easy habits get kept.
Another option is to write down the numbers in your contacts once, naming them something like
111111 HouseRepName,111111 Senator1,111111 Senator 2to ensure they stay together and at the top of your contact list, and then run down the list calling.(Listing for onlookers, I know you probably know!)
Mine are both Republicans and have no sway in it.
I’m in Florida. I don’t have anyone I can contact.
(In sorry, we tried.)
I sent angry voicemails to all of my representatives before the midterms. My capacity for action has been met for a bit. I do not have room in my brain for more political action right now.
Plus, I gave my info to the local election people so I could volunteer for elections next go around. I’m doing my part.