In a Truth Social post on Sunday, President Donald Trump attacked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over remarks the New York Democrat made regarding a recent Supreme Court decision. Trump questioned whether Jeffries should face impeachment for calling the court's conservative majority "illegitimate."
"Hakeem Jeffries, a Low IQ individual, said our Supreme Court is 'illegitimate,'" Trump wrote. "After saying such a thing, isn't he subject to Impeachment? I got impeached for A PERFECT PHONE CALL." Trump also called on Republicans to act, asking, "Where are you Republicans? Why not get it started?"
Jeffries responded briefly on the social platform X with a post reading, "Jeffries Derangement Syndrome"—an apparent reference to "Trump Derangement Syndrome," a term the president frequently uses to describe his critics. According to an annotated version of the Constitution on Congress's official website, members of Congress are not subject to impeachment. The impeachment process applies only to the president, vice president, and civil officers of the United States.
Jeffries' original comments came during a press conference addressing a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act. The court ruled 6-3 on Wednesday that Louisiana's creation of a second majority-Black congressional district constituted unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. Jeffries called the decision "unacceptable" and stated that the court's majority was undermining communities of color.
"Today's decision by this illegitimate Supreme Court majority strikes a blow against the Voting Rights Act," Jeffries said at the conference. The ruling weakened a central provision of the Voting Rights Act. Justice Samuel Alito characterized the decision as an "update" to the legal framework governing such cases.
