White House is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 11, 15:25 UTC, we have counted 17 threads about it in 2 communities, led by r/politics and r/nottheonion. That adds up to around 27.3K upvotes and 3.7K comments.
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- Newsweek: Jeffries’ Path to House Speaker Raises Specter of McCarthy-Style Revolt
- The New York Times: White House Threatens Congress, Saying Aggressive Investigations Could Be Crime
As Democrats prepared to begin oversight inquiries, it was not clear what legal basis could support the threat. The Constitution grants lawmakers immunity for legislative acts.
- The Guardian: Democrat says Trump has ‘something to hide’ after White House threatens oversight efforts
White House warns Democratic pledges to investigate president ‘may cross line into blatant criminality’
- ABC News: Top White House lawyer warns Democrats that threats of oversight could be criminally probed
The warning came in a Monday letter from White House counsel Will Scharf.
- NBC News: White House warns congressional Democrats: Investigating us may be a crime
Incoming House Oversight Committee Chairman Robert Garcia noted that the Constitution grants Congress “wide latitude to conduct investigations” into the Trump administration.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/politics | 15 | 17,943 | 2,903 | Nov 11, 15:25 UTC |
| r/nottheonion | 2 | 9,404 | 793 | Nov 11, 19:32 UTC |
The biggest threads
- “You Are a F*cking Liar!”: Protesters Interrupt Hakeem Jeffriesr/politics · 7,195 upvotes · 666 comments · Nov 13, 18:59 UTC · newrepublic.com
- White House warns congressional Democrats: Investigating us may be a crimer/nottheonion · 7,021 upvotes · 443 comments · Nov 11, 23:08 UTC · NBC News
- Progressives want Ayanna Pressley, not Hakeem Jeffries, as the next House speaker | A petition backing Pressley has surpassed 50,000 signatures as grassroots opposition to Jeffrie…r/politics · 4,443 upvotes · 723 comments · Nov 12, 21:55 UTC · thegrio.com
- White House Threatens to Charge Democrats if They Investigater/politics · 3,258 upvotes · 364 comments · Nov 11, 15:25 UTC · newrepublic.com
- White House warns congressional Democrats: Investigating us may be a crimer/nottheonion · 2,383 upvotes · 350 comments · Nov 11, 19:32 UTC · NBC News
- Jeffries' path to House speaker raises specter of McCarthy-style revoltr/politics · 1,143 upvotes · 230 comments · Nov 11, 18:15 UTC · newsweek.com
- Petition Aimed at Drafting Ayanna Pressley to Challenge Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker Picks Up Steam | “We believe that as speaker of the House, Ayanna Pressley would bring her inno…r/politics · 379 upvotes · 136 comments · Nov 12, 02:54 UTC · commondreams.org
- Mass. Rep. Katherine Clark asks Democrats for support to become first woman House majority leader | Congresswoman Katherine Clarkr/politics · 133 upvotes · 140 comments · Nov 12, 16:00 UTC · katherineclark.house.gov
- Nobody wants to run against Hakeem Jeffries for speakerr/politics · 1 upvotes · 198 comments · Nov 13, 18:42 UTC · Axios
- White House Threatens Congress, Saying Aggressive Investigations Could Be Crimer/politics · 236 upvotes · 65 comments · Nov 11, 16:37 UTC · The New York Times
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/politics: “White House Threatens to Charge Democrats if They Investigate”
- First link to ABC News shared, in r/politics.
- The story reaches r/nottheonion: “White House warns congressional Democrats: Investigating us may be a crime”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/politics (7,195 upvotes, 666 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/politics.
How this page is made
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