Hakeem Jeffries Brings Up Trump When Asked About Ilhan Omar Cursing Out A Reporter

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At his weekly press briefing, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) refused to condemn Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) recent behavior towards a reporter, instead focusing on President Trump.

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00:00We're going to keep the pressure on. Questions? Thank you, Leader. Last week, Congresswoman

00:07Elhan Omar cursed out a reporter for asking a question about House Democrats traveling to

00:12El Salvador. Do you condemn her rhetoric? I haven't seen that response. Well, isn't it

00:19appropriate for any member of your conference or any conference to kind of verbally... Is it

00:24appropriate for Donald Trump to attack people the way that he has repeatedly attacked folks?

00:30This is the President of the United States of America. That's the question that I'd be

00:34happy to answer at any point in time because his statements have been in the public domain

00:38that have been outrageous, unethical, filled with lies for eight years. And I'm in a pretty

00:46comfortable place because we're all familiar with them. I didn't see that exchange with Elhan Omar.

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