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Hakeem Jeffries: “When we took the house back in 2018, we were 24 seats short.”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MS Now's PoliticsNation

Published | Video Starts at 05:00

Well, we're going to take back control of the House. And understand, Reverend, as you know, we're only three seats short. That's a historically close margin. When we took the house back in 2018, we were 24 seats short. And of course in that cycle we were able to flip a total of 40 seats. (05:00–05:05)

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