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Hakeem Jeffries: “The California ballot initiative was incredibly significant…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on Roland Martin Unfiltered

Published | Video Starts at 04:30

You mentioned, Roland, what happened in Mississippi in terms of breaking the Republican super majority? This is a story that has occurred all across the country. And The California ballot initiative was incredibly significant in that turnout was higher in many parts of the state for Prop 50 to stop Trump from stealing the election than it had been last November. In a presidential election, that is unheard of. That's Democratic energy. That's the American people recognizing we're in the midst of a national nightmare and the only way to turn things around is, is to throw Republican extremists out of office. (04:30–04:45)

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Asserts that turnout for Prop 50 in California was higher than the previous November's presidential election.

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