Hakeem Jeffries
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But of course, I think the big challenge that we confronted is that notwithstanding all of those accomplishments, notwithstanding the way in which the economy from where it was to where it ended up in terms of lower unemployment, tens of millions of jobs created, actually wages beginning to go up. you know, the inflation reality hit everyday Americans hard.
And we were late to addressing that with the urgency, even if it was just rhetorically that we feel the pain that you are under and we're committed to doing something about it. And so that I think was a challenge. Trump sees that, but he over-promised and now he's under-delivering, of course, in fact, worse than that.
And we were late to addressing that with the urgency, even if it was just rhetorically that we feel the pain that you are under and we're committed to doing something about it. And so that I think was a challenge. Trump sees that, but he over-promised and now he's under-delivering, of course, in fact, worse than that.
And we were late to addressing that with the urgency, even if it was just rhetorically that we feel the pain that you are under and we're committed to doing something about it. And so that I think was a challenge. Trump sees that, but he over-promised and now he's under-delivering, of course, in fact, worse than that.
affirmatively crashing the economy, which is why we see his numbers cratering in terms of public sentiment.
affirmatively crashing the economy, which is why we see his numbers cratering in terms of public sentiment.
affirmatively crashing the economy, which is why we see his numbers cratering in terms of public sentiment.
Yeah, I mean, unfortunately, you have some crooks, liars, and frauds who are in Washington, D.C., some of whom are serving in Congress, and Exhibit A is Marjorie Taylor Greene. And so in many ways, the fact that she engaged in this in such a blatant way, I think is going to give a boost to our efforts to ban stock trading by sitting members of Congress. It should not happen.
Yeah, I mean, unfortunately, you have some crooks, liars, and frauds who are in Washington, D.C., some of whom are serving in Congress, and Exhibit A is Marjorie Taylor Greene. And so in many ways, the fact that she engaged in this in such a blatant way, I think is going to give a boost to our efforts to ban stock trading by sitting members of Congress. It should not happen.
Yeah, I mean, unfortunately, you have some crooks, liars, and frauds who are in Washington, D.C., some of whom are serving in Congress, and Exhibit A is Marjorie Taylor Greene. And so in many ways, the fact that she engaged in this in such a blatant way, I think is going to give a boost to our efforts to ban stock trading by sitting members of Congress. It should not happen.
And we believe we have some bipartisan support for it. This is going to be an issue that will have to be driven by House Democrats. And it's not ideological. Progressives and New Dems and Blue Dogs, we're all in alignment that this needs to happen.
And we believe we have some bipartisan support for it. This is going to be an issue that will have to be driven by House Democrats. And it's not ideological. Progressives and New Dems and Blue Dogs, we're all in alignment that this needs to happen.
And we believe we have some bipartisan support for it. This is going to be an issue that will have to be driven by House Democrats. And it's not ideological. Progressives and New Dems and Blue Dogs, we're all in alignment that this needs to happen.
Yeah. I don't think Speaker... Pelosi has ever traded on insider information, and it's an open question as to whether Marjorie Taylor Greene had insight from the Trump administration as to the fact that he unleashed these tariffs on the American people and on the world. Market crashes, says he's not going to reverse himself.
Yeah. I don't think Speaker... Pelosi has ever traded on insider information, and it's an open question as to whether Marjorie Taylor Greene had insight from the Trump administration as to the fact that he unleashed these tariffs on the American people and on the world. Market crashes, says he's not going to reverse himself.
Yeah. I don't think Speaker... Pelosi has ever traded on insider information, and it's an open question as to whether Marjorie Taylor Greene had insight from the Trump administration as to the fact that he unleashed these tariffs on the American people and on the world. Market crashes, says he's not going to reverse himself.
And then a few days later, reverses himself. And in that interim, you have people like Marjorie Taylor Greene buying the dip.
And then a few days later, reverses himself. And in that interim, you have people like Marjorie Taylor Greene buying the dip.
And then a few days later, reverses himself. And in that interim, you have people like Marjorie Taylor Greene buying the dip.
Well, to be clear, African Americans are still disproportionately- There'd be a huge overlap if we went to- Disproportionately poor as it relates to any other segment of the society. So I know statistics are important here and that's the reality of the situation.