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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says Trump and Republicans want to put ‘chainsaw’ to Social Security

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, warned that President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress want to “take a chainsaw” to Social Security as they forge ahead with their plan to execute major federal spending cuts. “House Republicans and the Trump administration are trying to take a chainsaw to everything that matters to the American people, like ending Social Security and Medicaid,” Jeffries decried on Thursday during his weekly leader’s press conference. The […]

todayMarch 28, 2025

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Hakeem Jeffries slams idea that Trump is ‘unstoppable,’ says ‘Dude is not winning anywhere’

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the minority leader of House Democrats, delivered blistering critiques of Donald Trump’s presidency on Thursday and disputed the suggestion that the Trump administration’s dizzying executive actions to date are signs of early success. “We are in an emergency, and I think it’s all hands on deck,” said Leader Jeffries during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill, referring to actions that are currently being challenged in court. Though President Trump sought to convey a resurgence of […]

todayMarch 6, 2025

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‘Bait and switch’: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries calls out Republicans for breaking promise to lower costs

House of Representatives Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., blasted Republicans for not keeping their promise to voters who elected President Donald Trump and gave his party full control of Congress to address the high cost of living. During a House floor speech on Monday, Congressman Jeffries chastised his GOP colleagues for not focusing their first weeks in the new 119th Congress on what they promised would be their focus if voters gave Republicans power in Washington, D.C. “House Democrats […]

todayFebruary 11, 2025

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says DEI is actually rooted in the Constitution—here’s where to find it (Watch)

Though President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI has seemingly gutted racial equity for the foreseeable future throughout the federal government (with a snowball effect in the private sector), Democrats continue to push back. Party members have vowed to keep fighting for critical programs that Black and brown communities rely on and, more importantly, to call for the enforcement of the law that still prohibits discrimination. “No president in the United States of America […]

todayJanuary 24, 2025

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries slams Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ proposal and ‘tax scam’ when ‘America is too expensive’

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., slammed President-elect Donald Trump‘s proposal to annex Greenland and Canada and rename the Gulf of Mexico. “We are not sent to Washington to invade Greenland, rename the Gulf of Mexico or seize the Panama Canal by force,” said Jeffries during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill. The House Democratic leader clarified that he and his congressional colleagues were instead elected to lower the high cost of living that American voters made clear […]

todayJanuary 9, 2025

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Are Democrats undermining the leadership of Hakeem Jeffries?

As Democrats piece together a fractured party following Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat by President-elect Donald Trump, some have questioned who is left to lead the Democratic Party. MSNBC host Jen Psaki, President Joe Biden’s former White House press secretary and former White House advisor to President Barack Obama, said last week that Democrats are “in the wilderness.”“There is no clear leader of the party. Joe Biden is gonna be out of office shortly. Kamala Harris just lost the election,” […]

todayNovember 27, 2024

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Without Kamala Harris in the White House, Democrats look to Hakeem Jeffries

As Democrats continue licking their wounds after the stunning defeat of Kamala Harris by President-elect Donald Trump, all eyes are on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), whose party in Congress has a slim chance of regaining a majority in the House of Representatives.If Democrats can win the House, it would give the party its only hope of slowing Trump’s agenda from being enacted. Jeffries, a 54-year-old congressman from Brooklyn, New York, would also become House speaker, making history as the first […]

todayNovember 11, 2024 1

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Hakeem Jeffries scorches Trump at DNC: ‘Bro, we broke up with you for a reason’

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the minority leader of the House of Representatives, tapped into his Brooklyn roots and love for hip-hop as he assailed Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night in Chicago.  In making the case for Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, the seasoned New York congressman described the former president and Republican nominee as a failed leader who prioritized the rich, tried to “destroy” America’s democracy after “lying” about the 2020 election; […]

todayAugust 23, 2024

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Watch: Hakeem Jeffries explains why Democrats are united behind Harris at DNC

TheGrio caught up with U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the minority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, outside the United Center where thousands are gathered for the Democratic National Convention. “We are excited and unified,” said the congressman, who expressed glee and excitement about the candidacies of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the Democratic nominees for president and vice president. Jeffries, who will become the first Black speaker of the House if Democrats win back the chamber in November, […]

todayAugust 22, 2024