TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Hakeem Jeffries Calls Trump's Record A 'Debacle' After GDP Shrinks

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At a press briefing, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) decried President Trump's first 100 days in office.

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00:00When my oldest son, JJ, was nine years old, he played travel baseball with a group of his friends.

00:10Many of you know that travel sports can be taxing on the schedule.

00:17It's a labor of love for our children.

00:21During the season, it seems like almost every weekend, for several months, you're on the road.

00:27And so this one particular Memorial Day weekend, JJ had a baseball tournament in a little town off the beaten path somewhere in the northeast.

00:37Travel sports can take you to some interesting places.

00:41I decided to make it a road trip and bring my youngest son, Joshua, with us.

00:46He was just six years old at the time.

00:50And so I said to him, he's going to come on this trip and it'll be like a vacation.

00:57What did I say that for, y'all?

01:02When I mentioned vacation, he had visions of Atlantis.

01:07So we pulled up to the motel where we were staying and the situation was a bit shaky.

01:19My six-year-old son looked at the motel, looked at me, looked at the motel, looked at me,

01:28and said, Dad, is this where we're staying?

01:35I said, yes, Joshua, why do you ask?

01:38He responded, oh, my God, Dad, this is a debacle.

01:47Six years old, I looked at him and said, what does the word debacle mean?

01:53He responded quickly.

01:57He said, I don't know, Dad.

01:59It's something bad.

02:03This is the moment we are in right now in the United States of America

02:08with Donald Trump and the Republicans in charge.

02:12Crashing the economy is something bad.

02:15Destroying Medicaid as we know it is something bad.

02:18Taking a chainsaw to Social Security is something bad.

02:21Raising costs on hard-working American taxpayers is something bad.

02:26Firing federal workers, including thousands of veterans who serve this country is something bad.

02:33Cancelling medical research for children with cancer is something bad.

02:38Destroying the retirement accounts of everyday Americans is something bad.

02:42Trying to whitewash the most painful parts of our history is something bad.

02:47Targeting law-abiding immigrant families is something bad.

02:51Undermining the rule of law is something bad.

02:56The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been a debacle.

03:05Enough.

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