On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) declined to comment when asked whether he would condemn violence at Tesla Showrooms. The question from a Loomer Unleashed reporter came less than 24 hours after Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a fellow Democrat, was involved in a physical altercation with the same outlet’s reporter, Charles Downs, over a similar inquiry.
The incident follows heightened scrutiny of Democrat lawmakers’ responses to planned protests targeting Tesla showrooms. Federal Election Commission (FEC) records show that Jeffries’ campaign committee, Jeffries for Congress, donated to Crockett’s principal campaign committee, Jasmine for Us, in June 2022, after her Democrat primary victory on May 24, 2022, and before her general election win in November 2022. Crockett secured a safely Democratic seat with 75% of the vote, raising questions…
