Hakeem Jeffries: “America is too expensive and something needs to be done…”

“In some cases working class Americans being asked to absorb increases of $1,000 or $2,000 per month. America is too expensive and something needs to be done about it decisively. I want to talk to you about the government shutdown in just a minute. Is the incoming New York Mayor Mamdani going to drag down moderates in your party next year?” (01:11–01:16)

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