In a Sunday night Truth Social thunderbolt, President Donald Trump called on Republicans to ‘get started’ with the impeachment of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries after the New York Democrat branded the Supreme Court “illegitimate” following a blockbuster ruling on race-based gerrymandering.

“Hakeem Jeffries, a Low IQ individual, said our Supreme Court is ‘illegitimate.’ After saying such a thing, isn’t he subject to Impeachment? I got impeached for A PERFECT PHONE CALL. Where are you Republicans? Why not get it started? They’ll be doing this to me!”

Here’s the backdrop: the Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision tossed out Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district, ruling it was drawn primarily on racial lines. Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly likened the district’s shape to a “snake,” while Justice Samuel Alito called it what conservatives have argued for years—an “unconstitutional gerrymander.” The Court said you can’t slice up districts based on race just to engineer political outcomes.

Jeffries blasted the ruling as both “unacceptable” and predictable, claiming the Court is no longer neutral.

“It’s an unacceptable decision, but not an unexpected decision,” Jeffries said. “Because this isn’t even really the Roberts Court. It’s the Trump Court.”

That’s a remarkable claim from a sitting House leader—essentially dismissing the legitimacy of the highest court in the land because it didn’t rule his way.

Trump, for his part, celebrated the decision as “the kind of ruling I like,” doubling down on a long-standing conservative argument: the Constitution doesn’t bend to identity politics.

Of course, there’s a bit of constitutional reality missing from Trump’s rhetorical jab. Members of Congress like Jeffries aren’t subject to impeachment—that process is reserved for executive and judicial officials. But they can be expelled with a two-thirds vote, a high bar that’s rarely cleared.

Still, Trump’s broader point lands squarely in today’s political food fight: Democrats spent years defending institutions—until those institutions stopped delivering progressive wins.

And Jeffries wasn’t alone in the meltdown. Cable news lit up like a Christmas tree. Commentators from MSNBC to CNN tore into the ruling, with some claiming it proves the Court doesn’t “respect” minority voters.

That’s a serious charge—and one that conveniently ignores the Court’s actual argument: race can’t be the primary factor in drawing electoral maps, period.