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Yes, the House minority leader, Speaker in waiting, has advocated fighting the Trump agenda in the streets.
Look, Jeffries is a Soviet. This is what they foment.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is being criticized by Republicans after pledging Democrats would fight President Donald Trump's agenda "in the streets."
"Right now, we're going to keep focus on the need to look out for everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans who are under assault by an extreme MAGA Republican agenda that is trying to cut taxes for billionaires, donors, and wealthy corporations and then stick New Yorkers and working class Americans across the country with the bill," Jeffries said.
"That's not acceptable. We are going to fight it legislatively. We are going to fight it in the courts. We're going to fight it in the streets."
Republicans blasted Jeffries for his choice of words, accusing him of inflaming political tensions in an already-tense political climate.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., immediately demanded that Jeffries apologize.
"House Minority Leader [Jeffries] should promptly apologize for his use of inflammatory and extreme rhetoric," Emmer wrote on X. "President Trump and the Republicans are focused on uniting the country; Jeffries needs to stop trying to divide it."
A senior White House official told Fox News, "Hakeem Jeffries must apologize for this disgraceful call to violence."
Look, Jeffries is a Soviet. This is what they foment.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is being criticized by Republicans after pledging Democrats would fight President Donald Trump's agenda "in the streets."
"Right now, we're going to keep focus on the need to look out for everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans who are under assault by an extreme MAGA Republican agenda that is trying to cut taxes for billionaires, donors, and wealthy corporations and then stick New Yorkers and working class Americans across the country with the bill," Jeffries said.
"That's not acceptable. We are going to fight it legislatively. We are going to fight it in the courts. We're going to fight it in the streets."
Republicans blasted Jeffries for his choice of words, accusing him of inflaming political tensions in an already-tense political climate.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., immediately demanded that Jeffries apologize.
"House Minority Leader [Jeffries] should promptly apologize for his use of inflammatory and extreme rhetoric," Emmer wrote on X. "President Trump and the Republicans are focused on uniting the country; Jeffries needs to stop trying to divide it."
A senior White House official told Fox News, "Hakeem Jeffries must apologize for this disgraceful call to violence."
Hakeem Jeffries pledges Democrats will 'fight' Trump agenda 'in the streets'
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized President Donald Trump's agenda in a press conference on Friday.
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