Hakeem Jeffries

But I was actually quite surprised that he wasn't able to come up with something more original.

Like, this is his go-to insult.

I finally earned a presidential nickname, and this is what he goes with.

So he clearly is tired, he's lame, and he doesn't know what he's doing anymore.

And the American people, most importantly, are the ones who are paying the price from this failed presidency, failure on the economy, failure on health care, failure on immigration enforcement, failure to make life better for the American people.

Well, this is definitely going to be a core focus of ours.

We know that the American people, if the election were held today, and Donald Trump knows this, are voting for Democrats because we're the only party right now committed to driving down the high cost of living, fixing our broken health care system, making sure that immigration enforcement is fair and just and humane.

We get ICE under control and we clean up the corruption that is taking place here in America.

Donald Trump clearly has other plans, but we...

We know it's got to be an all hands on deck effort.

Democratic governors, Democratic attorney generals, secretaries of state, civil rights groups, democracy reform groups, civil liberty groups like the ACLU and others, partnering, of course, with House Democrats, Senate Democrats, civil society, faith leaders, and perhaps most importantly, the American people.

And together, we can and will ensure that the elections are free and fair.

And we're going to operate under the assumption that voter suppression and voter intimidation will be the electoral strategy that Republicans deploy to try to desperately hold on to power.

Well, we're thankful for the support of Governor Westmore, who's done a tremendous job getting behind this effort.

Thankful for the Democrats in the Maryland House of Delegates who decisively have passed this legislation.

And so now it's up to the Democratic majority in the state Senate.

And I had a good meeting.

It was a positive, productive, candid discussion with the Senate Democratic president who believes at least that the votes don't exist in the Senate.

And I think Governor Moore has taken a position which I share is bring the bill to the floor of the Senate for an up or down vote.

because this moment does require a forceful democratic response as part of our effort to make sure that Donald Trump can't gerrymander the national congressional map as part of his scheme to rig the midterm elections.