Hakeem Jeffries: “We should be spending taxpayer dollars to drive down the…”

“… lowering the cost of groceries, health care, housing, childcare and electricity bills, which the American people are suffering under the crushing weight of right now because of Donald Trump's policies, We should be spending taxpayer dollars to drive down the high cost of living, not funding Donald Trump's unlawful, unauthorized, and unconstitutional endless war. to use his terms, in the Middle East. Yeah, it looks like there is now an alternate War Powers Resolution. Are you going to encourage people to support both, one over another?” (07:35–08:18)

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