Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) once again gave The Notorious B.I.G. a political shoutout, this time during President Trump’s ongoing impeachment trial. The New York Democrat quoted a famous line from Biggie’s hit single “Juicy” on Tuesday evening (January 21) after defense attorney Jay Sekulow asked the room why they were gathered there.
“We are here, sir, because President Trump pressured a foreign government to target an American citizen for political and personal gain,” Jeffries responded, listing several other allegations brought against the current POTUS.
“That is why we are here, Mr. Sekulow,” Jeffries continued, ending with Biggie‘s line, “If you don’t know, now you know.”
As the representative of the New York district where Biggie was born and a fellow Brooklynite himself, Jeffries has previously paid his respects to the late rapper both in interviews and on the House floor.
“Biggie Smalls, Frank White, the king of New York,” he said during his 2017 Capitol Hill tribute. “He died 20 years ago today in a tragedy that occurred in Los Angeles. But his words live on forever.”
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Like all snakes that politicians are, he’s using this opportunity to gain popularity. Undoubtedly, he will test the waters in a Presidential election. Guarantee it.
And you can take that to the bank and deposit it and let it grow intereste smart a$$!!! Some folks just don’t understand what’s going on behind closed doors so if you don’t know now you know !!! It’s going down with the deal and more will be revealed !! Stay Woke ?
And that’s why nobody will take him seriously…sure that shit sounds cool to us regular folk, but that ain’t gonna get you no where in the political world besides laughed at. That can be your campaign slogan in 4 years and we’ll see how it works out. This is the stupid shit that’s going down in an impeachment trial being watched by the whole world. Politicians dropping quotes from rappers who glorified selling drugs to his people. Love BIG, but let’s be honest here…quoting him doesn’t belong in a such a “serious” matter. Congrats Hakeem, the black community knows who you are now so you can start buttering them up to back the 2nd black POTUS and waste useful votes
This is worse than “I am Spartacus”. The Democrats are clowns. Stop wasting tax payer money.
What in.the fuck do we have commenting on this hip hop website? I.mean, are these articles getting in ng posted publicly on Facebook? Shit, sounds like some damn 70 year old white mississippians commenting mlm on here. Get y’all asses off.of here fresh it’s a new day and age
When I see those types of comments I can only think of one thing. Humans on the other side of the world getting paid to sow discord in these parts. It’s getting to be just as bad as TMZ comments. Completely non sensical and not truly a way an American would speak to a fellow American. It’s such a trip but as is information warfare. We do it to them so it’s only right to expect them to do it to us. Salute to you for seeing this.
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Nothing is worse than a sincer support from fuckheads. And polititcians are fuckheads. Whatever their side, they are fuckheads.
He tried it, he felt something, he thought that was “the moment”! Issa nah bruh!