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BumRushDaShow

(165,702 posts)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 06:51 AM Dec 19

'The Titanic': 'The Ship be Sinking, It's Over'

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 18th, 2025, 6:53 pm


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) went off on the Trump administration on Thursday, ramping up his regular attacks on Republicans by mocking President Donald Trump as the “Titanic” and marveling that people still aren’t jumping ship – yet.

“The Republicans are losers. Why are you bending the knee at this point in time? It’s not clear to you that, as Michael Ray Richardson, the great former New York Knick, once said, ‘the ship be sinking, it’s over.’ This is the Titanic. I don’t get it,” Jeffries said at one point during his presser on Capitol Hill.

“You have a reaction to this board vote today to change the Kennedy Center name to the Trump Kennedy Center?” a reporter asked Jeffries.

The New York Democrat answered with a lengthy rant, “With respect to the latest foolishness to come out of the Trump administration, I mean, it really seems to me at this point that Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn about the prospects of the country and the Republican Party. The notion Donald Trump has spent more time on the golf course than trying to keep health care affordable for the American people or drive down the high cost of living, in and of itself, is extraordinary. But then we layer on top of that—he can find $40 billion to bail out Argentina. He’s trying to extort $230 million from the Department of Justice. He literally has ordered the destruction of the East Wing of the White House. At the same time, he says the affordability crisis is a hoax.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jeffries-labels-the-trump-administration-the-titanic-the-ship-be-sinking-its-over/

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'The Titanic': 'The Ship be Sinking, It's Over' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 19 OP
"Dance Band on the Titanic" should be the Rs new theme song Deminpenn Dec 19 #1
Micheal Ray changed the spelling of his first name in 1983 BeyondGeography Dec 19 #2
One of my favorite quotes. hay rick Dec 19 #14
after the first of the year... Javaman Dec 19 #3
he nailed it-- the guy is a wreck LymphocyteLover Dec 19 #4
A sinking ship surfered Dec 19 #5
In the present case, it will be more like rats leaving a sinking rat. dedl67 Dec 19 #10
And congressional republicans are the band that played on. JohnnyRingo Dec 19 #6
Ouch!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 19 #7
Good (early) morning to you BumRushDaShow Dec 19 #8
With all due respect to Leader Jeffries ... littlemissmartypants Dec 19 #9
In this case, the rats are gnawing more holes in the ship BumRushDaShow Dec 19 #13
Hopefully, their individual... littlemissmartypants Dec 19 #15
I do not call telling the truth a "lengthy rant." ananda Dec 19 #11
Tempest- Bob Dylan spike jones Dec 19 #12
Going with the Titanic analogy Wednesdays Dec 19 #16
But you go on TV and praise Trump's immigration policies Mysterian Dec 19 #17
Well said, Congressman! Bayard Dec 19 #18
This is possibly true that the ship is indeed sinking, w/ tRUMP being at the wheel as he stubbornly insists that SWBTATTReg Dec 19 #19
Cultism is a hard thing to overcome. mdbl Dec 19 #20
they may be staying aboard for the same reason so many Titanic passengers did. cab67 Dec 19 #21
Yup. The band is playing "nearer My God to Thee" and they are fighting each other tooth and nail. Martin68 Dec 19 #22

BeyondGeography

(40,809 posts)
2. Micheal Ray changed the spelling of his first name in 1983
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 07:19 AM
Dec 19

When he was a 6 foot-5 inch coke addicted version of Magic Johnson on his way to getting kicked out of the NBA. He died last month making it to 70 and living a full, productive life. I’m an old Knick fan and Jeffries trotting out that quote right now makes me want to hug him.

hay rick

(9,347 posts)
14. One of my favorite quotes.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:47 AM
Dec 19

I was about to comment on the incorrect spelling of Micheal Ray's preferred spelling of his first name but you beat me to it.

Javaman

(65,101 posts)
3. after the first of the year...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 07:35 AM
Dec 19

I have feeling that not just repuke reps will be bailing but several cabinet members.

littlemissmartypants

(31,624 posts)
9. With all due respect to Leader Jeffries ...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:10 AM
Dec 19

What he doesn't seem to understand is that even the last rat on a sinking ship will cannibalize itself.

Who doesn't understand that the desire to eat is stronger than the desire to die?

BumRushDaShow

(165,702 posts)
13. In this case, the rats are gnawing more holes in the ship
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:43 AM
Dec 19

because they have lost all sense of sanity.

littlemissmartypants

(31,624 posts)
15. Hopefully, their individual...
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:53 AM
Dec 19

Tiny holes will eventually merge with each other and create the one big hole that ultimately does the trick. 😉

Wednesdays

(21,580 posts)
16. Going with the Titanic analogy
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:19 AM
Dec 19

The first hour after the ship struck the iceberg, the passengers on the Titanic were unaware that the ship was doomed. Very few boarded the first couple of lifeboats that were launched.

Could be a similar situation with Repugs. They're in total denial over the danger of hanging onto MAGA.

Bayard

(28,548 posts)
18. Well said, Congressman!
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:25 PM
Dec 19

I just wish he, and others, had been saying these kinds of things months ago, and very publicly.

SWBTATTReg

(26,035 posts)
19. This is possibly true that the ship is indeed sinking, w/ tRUMP being at the wheel as he stubbornly insists that
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 02:32 PM
Dec 19

nothing is wrong. The truth shall set us free, and his attempts to rob the American public and taxpayers will be revealed to all, along w/ all of the others who are aiding and abetting his crimes.

mdbl

(8,109 posts)
20. Cultism is a hard thing to overcome.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 02:52 PM
Dec 19

It's difficult to do an intervention with 35% of the population all at once.

cab67

(3,629 posts)
21. they may be staying aboard for the same reason so many Titanic passengers did.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:58 PM
Dec 19

Once the life boats were full and had pulled away, where else could they go? Into the water? That was as much a guaranteed death as going down with the ship.

Most of these people won't end up on cable news. Their reputations are in the toilet - even if they did nothing wrong, they carry the stench of the current administration - so respectable jobs are going to be hard to find. For them, staying with the stricken vessel may a lack of options as much as anything else.

Martin68

(27,052 posts)
22. Yup. The band is playing "nearer My God to Thee" and they are fighting each other tooth and nail.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 10:09 PM
Dec 19
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