Hakeem Jeffries: “Donald Trump was going to rip away 12 to 15 seats from us.”

“Grant. There were a lot of skeptics and cynics in this town when Donald Trump first announced this extraordinary mid decade gerrymandering effort that Democrats were cooked, finished, that Donald Trump was going to rip away 12 to 15 seats from us. and there was nothing that we could do about it. Look at us now on behalf of the American people.” (11:45–11:50)

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