Jeffries Seems to Get Frustrated with Reporters after Press Conference: ‘Do Not Characterize My Remarks’

Jeffries: “No, no, no. Do not characterize —“

PERGRAM: “No, my question was why you’re afraid to say —“

Jeffries: “Do not characterize my remarks. I’m not afraid about anything, anything.”

PERGRAM: “But you went to another question twice —“

Jeffries: “Anything.”

PERGRAM: “— when asked about this.”

Reporter: “Isn’t it a yes or no question?”

PERGRAM: “Is there are a problem?”

Jeffries: “I said, I was very clear that we look forward to working with every single one of our Senate Democratic colleagues, every single one of them to push back against the Trump Administration. Every single one.”

(crosstalk)

Reporter 2: “You said yes to have a conference and this would go away in many ways.”

Jeffries: “Do you think that this is what the American people care about right now? Or do they want us to do everything that we can to stop this partisan and harmful Republican bill from actually becoming law? Because that’s what we as House Democrats are focused on.”