“This is what separates the climbers from the people who put making the world better ahead of their careers. We saw people like Claire Valdez and Darializa, who also won their primaries in New York City against establishment-backed candidates — they refused to commit to Jeffries without conditions. And Claire Valdez told me in an interview last week that one of those conditions is ending funding for Israel. What’s the point of winning office if you refuse to use it?” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday voted against Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s amendment to strip $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel from the State Department’s 2027 funding bill – putting him squarely at odds with a supermajority of his own party’s voters, as three-quarters of them oppose sending Tel Aviv any more money or weapons. It comes two months after Jeffries bagged nearly $150K from AIPAC, the largest ever earmarked contribution in the history of its PAC. This is the man Democrats want to hand the Speaker’s gavel to, with Brad Lander and AOC already saying they’ll fall in line. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews

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