Hakeem Jeffries: “The assault on the economy, the ripping away of healthcare…”

“And lastly, in terms of the existential moment that we confront relative to Donald Trump and this extremism that he's unleashing on the people that I serve in Brooklyn, but people all across the country, The assault on the economy, the ripping away of healthcare from everyday Americans, the unleashing of masked ICE agents on law abiding immigrant families throughout the country. and just the undermining of the rule of law, the targeting of Tish James, our attorney general. All of these things, I think, require an all hands on deck as part of an effort to push back.” (03:22–04:01)

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