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Hakeem Jeffries: “We're only three seats short of taking back the majority.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:16

… candidate projects their message across the board to every single voter in order to win the state? Well, I think I'm obviously focused on the House, not the Senate. And We're only three seats short of taking back the majority. And we are going to take the majority back in the next Congress. The Republicans have been a disaster. They're totally on the run. They failed the American people. (17:16–17:21)

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Asserts that Democrats are three seats short of regaining the majority in the House.

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