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'Why Does Donald Trump Make Such Ridiculous Statements': Hakeem Jeffries Slams POTUS's Constitution Comment
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5/6/2025
At a press briefing, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) slammed President Trump's statement about the Constitution.
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Afternoon everyone. George Washington in his farewell address to the nation made the important
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observation that the Constitution is sacredly obligatory upon all. That means everyone in
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the United States of America has a responsibility to follow the Constitution. That includes
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presidents of the United States of America. That includes you, Donald Trump. There is nothing
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unclear about it. Why does Donald Trump make such ridiculous statements like he's unsure
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as to whether he has a responsibility to follow the Constitution? Why is the Republican
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Party stuck with Marjorie Taylor Greene as their candidate for the United States Senate
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seat in Georgia? Why is the top thing that House Republicans going to do this week on their
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legislative agenda renaming the Gulf of Mexico? It's because Donald Trump and House Republicans
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are on the run. They're on the run. They're on the run with respect to the economy. They
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are crashing the economy in real time and driving us toward a recession. Donald Trump and House
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Republicans have nothing good to say about the economy. They promised to lower costs and
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to drive down the high cost of living in the United States of America. Costs aren't going
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down. They're going up. House Republicans haven't passed a single bill that has anything to do
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with lowering the high cost of living in the United States of America. Not a single bill,
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no executive order, no administrative action coming from this administration. They're crashing
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the economy in real time, driving us toward a recession. Donald Trump and Republicans are on
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the run with respect to the economy. They're on the run with respect to healthcare. They want
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to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. It's deeply unpopular, which is why
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they have been ordered not to hold town hall meetings. Democrats are running toward our constituents,
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and House Republicans are running away from them. And Republicans are on the run as it relates
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to Social Security. They believe that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. And they're trying
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to end Social Security as we know it. Democrats are here to protect and strengthen Social Security.
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So when you have Republicans in barely a hundred days on the run, on the economy, on healthcare,
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and on Social Security, ridiculous statements are made. Or they're left with scratching the
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bottom of the barrel as it relates to candidates for U.S. Senate seats. And they're forced to cancel
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the information. They're right.
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So when you have a ìŒ Junkies, you'll see the other people Peyton make their ass, and
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they're right.
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So when you have a land on the line, you have the rights and you have the rights, you
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even might think that you will choose to replace people. At least, you got a lot of
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documentation that you've all found out. You're right.
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So when you have a job, you've been telling me, you're right.
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So when you have a job on the whole year. All this, you're right.
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So when you are in the UK, you're right, I'm doing the same thing.
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I'm a business owner of a company and you have a job in your organization.
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It's in for a execution of an interview and my organization.
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I hope you do want to take care for your work.
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