Hakeem Jeffries: “Taxpayer dollars shouldn't be spent to drop bombs in a…”

“That's what we believe is the right thing to do. Taxpayer dollars shouldn't be spent to unleash ICE brutality on the American people or law abiding immigrant families. Taxpayer dollars shouldn't be spent to drop bombs in a reckless war of choice over in the Middle East. that the President promised he would never get us involved in and then turned around and did the exact opposite. Taxpayer dollars should be spent right here on the ground in the community to make your life better.” (13:10–13:17)

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