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Hakeem Jeffries: “The Democratic candidate won it by 14. That was a 31 point…”

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

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says changes needed at DHS that are "transformational"

Published | Video Starts at 07:51

And then in January, of course, we flipped a seat in the Texas State Senate that Donald Trump had just won by 17 points. The Democratic candidate won it by 14. That was a 31 point over performance. And then just last weekend in Louisiana, we flipped the House seat that Trump had won by 14. We won that or 13. So you won that by 24 points. (07:51–07:57)

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Asserts that the Democratic candidate won a Texas State Senate seat by 14 points, a 31-point swing.

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