President Donald Trump recently lobbed an attack against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), calling him a “thug” and a “low IQ” person. One civil rights activist said the post was a part of a familiar “playbook.”
In the midst of a rapid-fire posting spree on his Truth Social platform Friday night, Trump set his sights on Jeffries by posting an image of the representative holding a baseball bat. The image was originally posted by Jeffries himself last year with the caption: “Protecting your healthcare is as American as baseball, motherhood and apple pie.”
Trump captioned his recent post of Jeffries, writing: “Low IQ Democrat Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries, is nothing but a THUG, and he is a danger to our Country!”
The president continued his attacks in more follow-up posts on Sunday evening. He called Jeffries “low IQ” once again in a post suggesting that the representative be “impeached” for calling the Supreme Court “illegitimate.” (Members of Congress are not considered eligible for impeachment, though they can be expelled.)
Jeffries had called the court “illegitimate” in a statement criticizing its decision to strike down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana — a significant blow to the landmark Voting Rights Act.
