“Stone-Cold RACIST”: All Hell Breaks Loose As Hakeem Jeffries Launches Attack On Stephen Miller

It's Stephen Miller, who you've commented on. Do you think he can be a viable partner for Democrats? No. Is there anyone in the administration who you think can be a good legislative partner? Stephen Miller is a stone-cold racist. His track record speaks for itself. Regarding NVIDIA, will Democrats seek to restrict chip exports to China, and would you support using the NDAA to do so? There are provisions currently in the Senate version of the NDAA that will restrict chip access to China that I strongly support, and I think we're going to work hard. To make sure that those provisions make it in to the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act. You mentioned that no more money should be going to the deportation machine, but so much of ICE is already funded through 2029. So what can the Congress do next year to kind of maybe shift those funds around or what could you do about that? We're going to have to take a look at the one big ugly bill, which was a disaster for the American people. The largest cut. To Medicaid in American history, a $186 billion cut to nutritional assistance, literally ripping food away from the mouths of hungry children, veterans, and seniors. ICE was given a $75 billion slush fund so that mass agents could brutalize and kill American citizens and violently target law-abiding immigrant communities. That's unacceptable, and all of this was done in order to provide... Massive tax breaks to billionaire MAGA donors. It certainly is the case that we need to do everything we can to reverse all of those harmful provisions, including the assault on the clean energy economy and the clean energy tax credits that was also a part of their one big ugly bill. We need to reverse all of those provisions and reallocate funding. In a way that actually is designed to make life more affordable for working-class families, middle-class families, and everyday Americans. On debt limits, Republicans have suggested they want to address the debt limit during lame duck Is that something Democrats will work with them on, and are you looking for any specific concessions? It's not a conversation that Speaker Johnson has brought up directly to me yet, and we'll see what they have to say about it in the days to come. Thank you, Mr. Leader. So what's your message to Democratic voters who, I know you've seen it, or they say they don't want you to be the House Speaker. They've even called their Democratic representatives asking them not to vote for you, given ties to AIPAC and all the things you've seen. What's your message to them? We're going to work hard to secure the 218 votes that are necessary. It's in the hands of the caucus right now. We'll have a conversation as a caucus. Next Wednesday, when the leadership elections begin, and then we're going to continue from that point to work as hard as we can to improve the high quality of life that the American people deserve, but do not have right now in this failed economy, and execute on all of the things that we've talked about over the last two years, such as the affordability agenda, the accountability agenda, and bringing American values to life. There was some reporting leading up to the election that Jared Kushner encouraged you to talk to Susie Wiles to make a relationship with the White House Chief of Staff. There's, of course, no more Susie Wiles. It's Stephen Miller who you've commented on. Do you think he can be a viable partner for Democrats? No. Is there anyone in the administration who you think can be a good legislative partner? Stephen Miller is a stone-cold racist. His track record speaks for itself, and I've got zero interest in working with that kind of individual. Leader Jeffers, have you decided... Directionally, we're a little bit off right now. Yeah, we can go here, and then I'll go to you. Thank you. When it comes to the sort of deal-making that the president was discussing, have you reached out to him to talk about what the terms of that would be? No. Have you decided whether to keep the China Select Committee in the next Congress or to create an AI special committee for Select Committee? We'll meet with some of the current top Democrats on all of the relevant committees on Wednesday morning, and we'll have a conversation about their thoughts in terms of what the work ahead of us can look like, both as it relates to foreign affairs and certainly as it relates to AI safety, where we have to act swiftly and decisively. And in my view, not wait until the new Congress. We should act as quickly as we can in this Congress. Are Democrats all united on rolling back the Trump tariffs? In the past, Democrats have supported some tariffs. And would it be all the tariffs or just some of them? We're going to work on the tariff issue in the new Congress quickly and aggressively. It appears as though our majority is going to exceed 260 members or so. That is a historic majority. And what unites everyone in that majority, whether they are progressives, new Dems, or blue dogs, is a shared commitment to making life more affordable for the American people. And that would include on dealing with the tariff issue, which has clearly increased costs on everyday Americans, particularly as it relates to groceries and goods. By thousands of dollars per year. The Trump tariffs are deeply unpopular. The American people know that the tariffs have been one of the reasons why toxic Republican policies have made their life more expensive.