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Hakeem Jeffries Performs Hours-Long ‘Surrender Ceremony’ As Fellow Dems Fight To Stay Awake

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) delivered a theatrical speech spanning more than 6 hours on Thursday morning, voicing his opposition to President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” and the after-show reviews could not be more negative.

Jeffries began the speech just after 5 a.m., announcing he would take his “sweet time” to hold up the bill’s vote, prompting House Democrats to cheer and applaud.

But their excitement didn’t last long.

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Hours into the speech, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) appeared to have fallen asleep, seen with her eyes clamped shut as Jeffries rambled on.

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) was also caught taking a snooze, leaning back in her seat with two open bottles of sparkling water sitting in front of her.

During the speech, X posts mocking Jeffries’ theatrics rolled out in droves.

“Have you ever — ever — seen a losing team hang around the field this long?” conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt wrote. “Dems don’t understand they are conducting an hours-long surrender ceremony.”

Dan Scavino, the official White House accountant, posted a clip of Jeffries overlaid with a superimposed image of Trump playing an out-of-tune version of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” on a flute.

Even Vice President JD Vance weighed in, delivering the final twist of the knife.

“GOP Congressman just texted me: ‘I was undecided on the bill but then I watched Hakeem Jeffries performance and now I’m a firm yes,’” he posted.


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