Hakeem Jeffries Slams Republicans And Trump Administration For ‘Crashing The Economy In Real Time’

During his press briefing on Thursday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke about the Trump Administration's economic agenda.

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00:00Good morning everybody.

00:02Good morning.

00:04Trump's first 100 days have been a complete and total disaster,

00:08and House Republicans own all of it.

00:12Instead of functioning as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch,

00:19which was the intentions of the framers of the Constitution, including James Madison,

00:25who said that Congress at its best should be a rival to the executive branch,

00:32House Republicans have functioned as a rubber stamp for Donald Trump's extreme agenda.

00:41Period. Full stop.

00:44That extreme agenda has done nothing to lower the high cost of living in the United States of America,

00:51notwithstanding all of the big, bold promises that Donald Trump and Republicans made on the campaign trail

00:59that they were going to make life more affordable for the American people.

01:03What has happened is that life is getting more expensive for the American people.

01:10Donald Trump and House Republicans are crashing the economy in real time,

01:14and they are driving us toward a painful Republican recession.

01:20The whole thing is a complete and total disgrace.

01:24And the American people are paying attention, they see it, they know it,

01:30and House Republicans are going to be held accountable for it.