"Folks in the government who would rather shut the government down than give healthcare to everyday Americans. Wickedness in high places. And now they want to gerrymander the congressional maps all across the country to try to rig the midterm elections."
"This is a way of trying to keep things equal,"
"As one of the church's previous ministers used to say, 'This is a hospital. People are sick; we come to be healed,'"
Hakeem Jeffries visited three Black churches in Los Angeles to campaign for California Proposition 50, which could add five or six Democratic representatives. The visit came amid a congressional deadlock over healthcare subsidies and a government shutdown lasting more than two weeks. Jeffries criticized Republicans for refusing to negotiate and accused them of attempting to gerrymander congressional maps to influence midterm elections. Congregants largely welcomed the message, many wearing pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, founded in 1872, has a long history of civil-rights activism and community organizing.
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