Hakeem Jeffries STORMS OFF After 'CNN' Host FACT CHECKS His Trump LIES on air
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AI GeneratedThis video features a CNN interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, interspersed with commentary from a narrator who criticizes Jeffries' claims. The discussion covers Middle East tensions, the cost of living, legislative disputes over housing and voter suppression, and internal Democratic leadership challenges following primary losses in New York.
This CNN host just humiliated Hakeem Jeffries after he repeatedly lied about Trump's economy.
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In the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
Leader Jeffries, thanks so much for joining us.
There's a lot I want to talk to you about, but this vessel strike marks the first reported
since the US and Iran agreed last week to work toward a peace deal.
Have you been briefed on this attack and more broadly, where do the Iran talks stand right
now?
Good morning, Wolf.
Great to be with you.
Unfortunately, the Trump administration has explicitly declined to brief members of Congress
about the situation over in the Middle East, perhaps because they understand it's not under
control.
In fact, it's been a disaster for the American people.
Donald Trump and Republicans launched a reckless and costly war of choice that has left America
in a weaker position relative to Iran than we were in prior to this war being launched.
And of course, gas prices remain incredibly high in an environment where the American
people are already suffocating from the failed Trump economy and the fact that costs haven't
gone down as Republicans promised would happen on day one, costs have gone up.
These people sit on these shows, right, and they make all this money being a part of the
Congress, all types of stuff, and they do nothing but talk bad about President Trump.
These people are not good for society.
They're not good for America because I was driving today.
The gas was significantly cheaper than what it was before.
It was $2.93, but it used to be $4.
Everything basically I'm getting at, everything that Trump said he was going to do, he's been
doing.
He said the gas price was going to be so cheap, we weren't even going to believe it.
These people just go on here and say anything because they know the people that don't like
Trump or that watch this Communist News Network is not going to do their research and they're
not going to sit there and be like, hey, gas was a little cheaper, but no, not me.
I'm no longer in that stuck mindset.
Let's keep going, guys.
I'm not going to pause this one as much.
Make sure you're hitting that like button.
Make sure you're leaving a comment.
Keep going.
The House Speaker, Mike Johnson and President Trump, they met for, what, more than three
hours at the White House yesterday, after which the Speaker said he would send the bipartisan
bill that passed overwhelmingly to the President's desk to be signed or become law after 10 days.
Do you have any insight at all, Leader, into where that legislation currently stands?
As I said, it was passed overwhelmingly in the House and the Senate and is now awaiting
the President's signature to sign it into law.
Well, the costs of living in the United States of America are out of control, and Congress
took a bipartisan step forward, led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Senator Elizabeth Warren,
as well as French Hill, the Republican chair of the Financial Services Committee, to get
something meaningful done so we could actually build housing in America that everyday Americans
can afford.
But Donald Trump once again threw a temper tantrum, unfortunately, and decided that rather
than actually deal with the affordability crisis, which is not a hoax in the United
States of America, notwithstanding what Donald Trump has said, it's actually very real that
he wants to try to jam his voter suppression legislation down the throats of the American
people.
So, Donald Trump is throwing a tantrum.
Is that really what he's saying, or is he just refusing to sign a bloated bill that
only supports the Democrats' priorities?
That's exactly what it sounds like.
Trump wants real affordability through growth, not handouts.
Let's keep going, guys.
Congress, of course, will continue to reject that effort, but at the same period of time,
come together around common-sense bills like this affordability bill connected to the housing
crisis to try to improve the lives of the American people.
Hopefully, what we'll now see over the next few days is that either the bill will be signed
into law, or after 10 days will automatically become law.
What do you think will happen?
Listen, I think one way or the other this bill is going to become law.
And we've made that clear from the very beginning.
We're not bending.
We're not breaking.
We're not changing our position as it relates to our opposition to Donald Trump's voter
suppression bill.
And at the end of the day, as often is the case, once the temper tantrum ends, Donald
Trump backs down.
I want to also get to the recent elections in your home state of New York.
Two incumbent Democrats, two Democrats you know well, and you supported them, lost their
primaries to progressive challengers endorsed by the New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani.
Here's how one swing state Democrat responded to all that.
I'm going to get your reaction, but listen to this.
We have literally found ourselves in a situation where we just don't have people who understand
the moment and understand what leadership means.
When you talk about new leadership, well, Hakeem Jeffries is the Democratic leader in
the House and Chuck Schumer is the Democratic leader in the Senate.
When you talk about new leadership, that would mean they're out in favor of somebody else.
Is that what you're saying?
I'm saying if people can't understand that the game has changed, I mean, this is you.
This is you're the sports guy.
If people can't understand that the game has fundamentally changed and they can't adapt,
then they need to let others lead.
So what do you say to Slotkin about that?
Are you the right person to continue to lead the Democrats in the House?
And if in fact the Democrats become the majority in the House, are you ready?
You think you're likely to be elected speaker?
Well, listen, what's in front of us right now is we got to do everything to take back
control of the House of Representatives.
That's actually the moment that we're in.
And House Democrats have been very clear that we are going to continue to relentlessly focus
on making our case to the American people, drive down the high cost of living, fix our
broken health care system and clean up corruption.
I have no idea what Elissa Slotkin was talking about there.
Of course, any Democratic leader is going to continue to stand with their colleagues.
And I'm proud of the effort that was put in by both Congressman Adriano Espaillat,
as well as Congressman Dan Goldman, two members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
At the same period of time, I think that what happens in a handful of primaries
in one of the bluest cities in the country is not in any way indicative.
I think you guys may have just missed it, but every accusation with these guys is a confession.
They say they want to drive down the higher cost of living.
That's exactly what Trump is doing.
They say they want to clean up corruption.
They want to fix health care.
That's exactly what Trump is doing.
He's catching fraudsters every day that did billions of dollars of fraud with health care.
That's exactly what he's doing.
But he wants to take those wins away from Trump like he's not focused on them.
Let's keep going.
What needs to happen in November where we need to reelect every single frontline member,
common sense Democrats authentically committed to making life better for the American people,
opposing these extreme Republicans who have been nothing but a reckless rubber stamp
for Donald Trump's agenda.
And at the same period of time, make sure that we flip red seats blue, including in New York 17,
where we have a combat veteran, incredibly patriotic American Kate Conley, who came out of
a primary on Tuesday as well and is an incredibly strong candidate.
She will defeat Mike Lawler in New York in November.
I want you to listen and watch.
I don't know if you saw what Republican Congressman James Comer
said about this topic just a few moments ago.
Listen to this.
I think Democrats had a very bad week.
I believe that when you're Hakeem Jeffries and you're trying to be the next speaker of the House
and you lose three elections in your hometown, that's a pretty big slap in the face.
And I always come from Kentucky and always adhere to the attitude that
you look at a candidate by how well they do in their hometown, by their friends and neighbors.
And I think Hakeem Jeffries' friends and neighbors gave him a big middle finger.
And look, that's the direction of the Democratic Party.
They are going further and further to the left to the point to where
they are full-blown, card-carrying socialists.
And I don't think the American people want to elect that.
And I am more confident than ever that the House will remain Republican.
How do you respond to Comer, Leader?
Well, I understand that Republicans are going to try to distract and change the subject.
This is the same group of people.
They promised to lower costs on day one.
Costs haven't gone down because of the Trump tariffs.
Costs have gone up.
Increased costs on everyday Americans by thousands of dollars per year.
This is nothing but a repeat lie.
That's all Jeffries is doing.
He's just spinning really hard here.
But if we check the scoreboard, you will be able to tell.
Trump is winning and Trump has won.
America chose strength.
Not losers like Hakeem Jeffries.
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