House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), during a ridiculous "sit-in" on the steps of the Capitol, invoked Civil War-era rhetoric to portray Democrats as "patriots" and the Republican party as "traitors."

Jeffries' controversial comments came during a staged protest on the steps of Congress, where he was initially joined by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ/Sparta) and then accompanied by several other Democrats and their colleagues.

This was by design, an attempt to make their "sit-in" appear to be an organic swelling of support—impressive in their own minds, much like Booker's fake 25-hour filibuster.

Rev. William Barber joined the exercise in futility. He discussed putting “principles over party," triggering Jeffries to recall an old quote by President Ulysses S. Grant at the onset of the Civil War.

“Reminds me of a letter that Ulysses Grant was said to have sent at the start of the Civil War,” Jeffries said.

"At that moment of great turmoil in the country, the country literally tearing itself apart," he set the scene before adding, "What Grant said is, 'There are but two parties in America right now - Patriots and traitors."

🚨Hakeem Jeffries, at a “sit in” on the steps of the Capitol with Cory Booker in another Resistance™️ stunt —

— says this moment in America reminds him of what US Grant said at start of the Civil War:

“There are but two parties in America right now, patriots and traitors." pic.twitter.com/xWGLDJFFTP

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 27, 2025

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Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War. He was a Republican.

On April 12, 1861, as the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter, Grant's reported quote was: “There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter.”

Jeffries using a quote from a Republican who fought against the Democrats in the South that supported the institution of slavery to portray the modern GOP as "traitors" is a choice.

Not to mention, it now seems like a completely different time in this country when lawmakers were calling for a lowering of the temperature on heated rhetoric as President Trump was the target of multiple assassination attempts.

We're back to the old, 'Over half the country are just like traitors from the Civil War.'

As you might imagine, viewers on X clapped back at Temu Obama for his comparison. Many of whom noted that his comments were seemingly an example of projection.

"Hakeem Jeffries isn't wrong," one man wrote. "He's just confused about which of these two parties he and his ilk belong to."

"They (Democrats) purposefully led an invasion of our country, undermine our foreign policy overseas, and only prosecute those they disagree with politically for crimes," one critic explained.

Yes Cory, keep calling at least half of the voters deplorable traitors. That approach has worked out great for your party. https://t.co/BKYs3wY88u

— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) April 27, 2025

This isn't the first time Jeffries has tried to instigate violence since President Trump entered the Oval Office.

Ten days after the inauguration, the New York Democrat vowed they were "gonna fight" the President's agenda "in the streets."

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