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Hakeem Jeffries: “The extremists have broken it because they have no agenda…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Speaks to Press

Published | Video Starts at 21:24

Just given how many we saw this week and the rise in them in recent years? Republicans have broken the censure in the House of Representatives. It is broken. The extremists have broken it because they have no agenda, no vision, no plans, no legislation to make life better for the American people and address the affordability crisis that's crushing everyday Americans. And so they're obsessed with censures. But what did they not get from the results of them being destroyed across the country? The American people know, electorally, the American people know they have no agenda. (21:24–21:36)

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Asserts that extremists in the Republican party have no agenda or plans to address the affordability crisis.

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