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Hakeem Jeffries: “We've been winning special elections all year, beginning in…”

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

Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Published December 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:08

Why. Why do they feel now finally empowered after all this time to cross him? Well, I think a large part of it are the election results. I mean, We've been winning special elections all year, beginning in January. State Senate seat in Iowa that we flipped, that Donald Trump had just won by 21 points. And of course, in April, where we decisively won the Wisconsin state Supreme Court race, swing state, we won it by 11 points. (03:08–03:12)

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Asserts that Democrats have been winning special elections throughout the year.

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