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Hakeem Jeffries: “Congress in so many different areas has advocated, advocated…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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12.9.25 DC Fly-In Presser

Published | Video Starts at 14:21

But Republicans bend the knee to Donald Trump. They just function in a cult like fashion. And so as a result, what we've seen is Congress in so many different areas has advocated, advocated its responsibility to actually serve as a separate and co equal branch of government. And instead what Republicans do is that they just function as a reckless rubber stamp for Donald Trump's extreme agenda over and over and over again. And so in this particular area. (14:21–14:32)

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Asserts that Congress has failed to act as a separate and co-equal branch of government.

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