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Hakeem Jeffries: “Do I think that Mike Johnson has any interest in actually…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Speaks to Press

Published | Video Starts at 22:15

And so we're trying to help them out, Don Byers, trying to help them out. Get out of your own way. Now, do I think that Mike Johnson. Nice guy, right? But Do I think that Mike Johnson has any interest in actually reining in his extreme members? Of course not. He doesn't have any control over them. You know, he, I think he talked about dignity and decency and things of that nature. And then all we're seeing is Republicans do the exact opposite. It's extraordinary to me. (22:15–22:25)

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Asserts that Mike Johnson has no interest or control over reining in extreme members of his party.

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