Schumer and Jeffries Refuse to Back Growing Democratic Calls to Defund ICE

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118. The minority leader's function isn't really legislating

It is messaging. It is opposition messaging.

There is no need to have a meeting about this. Let the dogs out.

I am of the opinion that perceiving this as leading is a Democratic problem. We are inclined to convene task forces, have blue ribbon panels, form ad hoc advisory committees, and produce extensive and verifiable reports that tell us exactly what we already know.

This is not leadership. This is hiding behind the banality of technocracy.

I would agree with you that Jeffries will almost certain "lead" the meeting in the sense that everyone will recognize he is the boss, he will obey Robert's rules of order, and have a podium. He will have all the vestiges and accoutrements of leadership. But that isn't leadership. That is something powerpoint can automate.