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Hakeem Jeffries: “The investor class is doing well. The problem is the working…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Joins CNBC's Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 11:23

… big ugly bill which enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, at the same time that these Republican my colleagues provided massive tax breaks to their billionaire donors, The investor class is doing well. The problem is the working class is not. And Donald Trump promised to focus on making life more affordable for working class Americans. And in that regard, all evidence indicates he has failed in the One big beautiful bill. (11:23–11:29)

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Asserts that the investor class benefits while the working class does not under current policies.

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