Hakeem Jeffries Ducks Questions About Shri Thanedar's Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump

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At a press briefing on Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ducked questions about Rep. Shri Thanedar's (D-MI) articles of impeachment against President Trump.

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00:00Thank you, Leader.

00:01Congressman Thandard introduced seven articles of impeachment today against President Trump.

00:05Given that Dems are out with messaging on other fronts,

00:08is introducing articles of impeachment an effective way of messaging,

00:11given that the numbers are just not on your side right now in the House?

00:15I haven't talked to him about it.

00:19Sam just stole my impeachment question.

00:21Same answer.

00:22I will follow up.

00:24If leadership is not supporting those efforts, are you actively discouraging members introducing articles?

00:33This isn't the first member so far that has said they would introduce articles.

00:38I haven't said one way or the other.

00:39I haven't evaluated the articles that were introduced.

00:43I haven't even had an opportunity to talk with him about it.

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