MSNBC Host Presses Hakeem Jeffries on Whether He Regrets' Saving Mike Johnson's Job
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MSNBC Host Presses Hakeem Jeffries on Whether He Regrets' Saving Mike Johnson's Job
"At the end of the day, we're a separate and coequal branch of government. He continued: The problem with House Republicans is that they continue to function like a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel, as opposed to what Democrats will do, which is serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch."
"No, I think that every moment calls for the best possible decision. He added: At the time, Joe Biden was the president, Senate Democrats were in the majority. We had a responsibility to continue to move forward, particularly in that instance where we needed to fund our ally, Ukraine. That's in a war defending not just their territorial integrity, but also principles of democracy and freedom and truth."
Hakeem Jeffries criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for stalling House business, calling it irresponsible to keep Republicans on a taxpayer-funded vacation for more than seven weeks and saying the speaker had essentially castrated the House majority. Jeffries accused House Republicans of functioning like a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel rather than serving as a check on the executive branch. When asked about Democrats' earlier vote to keep Johnson in power, Jeffries defended that choice as the best possible decision at the moment, citing the need to fund Ukraine while Joe Biden was president and Senate Democrats held the majority.
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