Hakeem Jeffries’ Govt. Shutdown Livestream Receives ‘Just a Few Dozen Viewers’

Charlie Nash Oct 1st, 2025, 10:31 pm

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A government shutdown livestream hosted by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) this week received at moments “just a few dozen viewers,” according to a new report on the “embarrassment.”

While Jeffries’ livestream “featured a rotating cast of Democratic House members and influencers,” including one person with more than 13 million followers on TikTok, it became “an almost instant joke among Republicans and a source of embarrassment among Democrats” as Jeffries struggled to pull in even a handful of viewers on Tuesday, according to Politico.

“At times, just a few dozen viewers were watching the YouTube stream,” repo

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