Axios reports:
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is cracking down on plans among his members to try to disrupt or draw attention away from President Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday evening. Many Democrats are facing a torrent of pressure from their grassroots base to stage more overt acts of resistance, but a good chunk of the party feels that too rowdy a display could backfire.
Still, despite Jeffries’ admonishment, some House Democrats are considering attention-grabbing antics: “I’m going to be representing my district,” one told Axios. That “could be a sign, it could be a shirt, it could be many things,” the lawmaker said. At House Democrats’ closed-door caucus meeting Tuesday morning, Jeffries and others in leadership discouraged the use of such props, according to multiple lawmakers who were present.
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