Hakeem Jeffries: ‘House Democrats Eradicated Any Extreme MAGA Republican Hope for a So-Called Electoral Mandate’

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Jeffries: “— Candidates running for leadership and to all of my colleagues and government, the hi Ana and a distinct privilege to join you all, and thank you for your hard work over the years. While the November results were disappointing, they are right ease of hope for us to build upon House Democrats reelected 20 seven about 30 one battleground incumbents Democrats, who were fighting in the toughest congressional districts throughout the country House Democrats flipped 10 Republican held seats last year, including for in New York and three in California. We won four out of five open seats throughout the battleground together House Democrats eradicated any extreme MAGA Republican hope for a so-called electoral mandate. Republicans will have the narrowest majority since the Great Depression and for the next one hundred days, or so the margins in the house will be to 17 two to 15 for House Democrats are partnership with. All of you will continue to be incredibly important, so we can finish the job and 20 20 six holidays ahead. My feel tough now is the time for us to stick together. As Democrats, we don’t agonize. We organize House Democrats of course committed to finding bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues on any issue whenever and wherever possible, particularly as it relates to the high cost of living in the United States of America. Housing call.
>> Too high. Child care costs are too high. America is too expensive.
>> This country struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. That is not acceptable in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We must build an affordable economy for hard working American taxpayers. At the same time, we will push back against far right extremism whenever necessary. Democrats will protect Social Security, protect Medicare for take Medicaid, protect the Affordable Care Act, protect our veterans, protect our democracy, and we will always protect a woman’s freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions. I thank all of the candidates who have put together positive forward looking and people centered campaigns once the results or end. We must all do our part to take this country back from those who would create a nation of the billionaires by the billionaires and for the billion as we run a when we win to govern and we govern to get vague things done and make life better for the people let’s get at it. God bless you, God bless the DNC and may god continue to bless the United States of America.