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House Democratic leader meets with president’s son-in-law has ignited fury amongst own party

Democrats incredulous over Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meeting Over a dozen US companies that signed a 2021 letter urging Congress to strengthen the Voting Rights Act continue to contribute to state political groups that are actively working to undermine the legislation, according to a campaign finance watchdog. Researchers at the Center for Political Accountability (CPA), a nonpartisan organization that tr…

  • Washedupcynic@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are still learning about this topic, instead of a troll. Jared Kushner does not hold a government position. He serves as an outside adviser and informal envoy, assisting with foreign policy and negotiations without holding a formal cabinet position. Jeffries talking to Kushner has nothing to do with wanting or having a functional government. Any influence Kushner has in the world is through his association with the Trump brand and his/Trump’s money.

    After leaving the White House, Jared Kushner started a private equity firm named Affinity Partners. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia invested $2 billion into this firm. Kushner’s firm has collected over $110 million in management fees from the Saudi government and other Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, even before producing major investment profits for them.

    So, if Kushner is unofficially advising Trump/The white house, this really looks like Saudi Arabia is bribing Kushner for access via a bullshit investment into Kushner’s company. Furthermore, Iran is not on good terms with Saudi Arabia. So if you’re thinking Jeffries is using Kushner’s relationship with the Saudis to leverage ceasefire with Iran. That’s the least likely outcome. The Saudi’s would rather we keep up the conflict with Iran.

    Kushner, (and Trump,) are corrupt as fuck. Nothing good will come of Jeffries talking with Kushner. There are other avenues for Jeffries to speak with the president and participate in foreign policy. This just makes Jeffries look super corrupt and complicit with the trump administration.

    But Jefferies won his primary, he has the mandate of his district.

    The only reason why he won his primary is because the person running against him didn’t get financial support from DSA the way other candidates did. The DSA thought it would be too costly to try and oust Jefferies, so they focused on other primaries that were more winnable. If anything, this might piss off enough democrats in his district that they vote against him for a republican, or just don’t vote period. I honestly think that this will be one of the nails in the coffin of Jefferies political career.