Hakeem Jeffries: “Democrats have done all across the country is lean into the…”

“I would say we had record turnout across the country because Democrats in New York City, in Virginia, in New Jersey, and we're so proud of our two colleagues, Mikey Sherrill and Abigail Spamberger. They ran amazing campaigns. But what Democrats have done all across the country is lean into the issue of affordability because of the fact that America is too expensive, costs are too high. And Donald Trump and Republicans, not only have they not done anything about it, they've made it worse as a result of the Trump tariffs, as a result of them detonating the clean energy economy.” (16:33–16:43)

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