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'It's An Abomination': Hakeem Jeffries Torches Republicans' Big Beautiful Bill
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6/4/2025
At a press briefing on Tuesday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries was asked about the Big Beautiful Bill.
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Question?
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If this Elon Musk yelling on his way out, do you think this is going to be a little in the Senate?
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For all the reasons that I just indicated, the bill is disgusting.
00:13
It's an abomination.
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It's a disaster for the American people.
00:18
And as House Democrats, we've been saying it repeatedly.
00:21
Saying it at rallies.
00:23
Saying it at committee markups.
00:25
Saying it before the rules committee.
00:27
Saying it on the floor.
00:28
Hour after hour after hour into the early morning.
00:33
And we'll continue to say it in the United States Senate.
00:35
The bill limped out of the House of Representatives.
00:38
They had to strong-arm members of the Republican Conference to even get this done.
00:47
Many of these Republicans know that they were doing the wrong thing by their constituents.
00:54
And we're going to continue to expose it.
00:58
Before Elon Musk decided to weigh in.
01:02
The American people understood the deal.
01:05
In every single poll that has come out over the last two weeks.
01:12
The Republican one big ugly bill is deeply underwater.
01:17
Underwater.
01:18
It is unfavorable.
01:21
By 8 points, 10 points, 15, 16 points.
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Every single poll.
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Across this country.
01:29
That has come out.
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Over the last two weeks.
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The American people have rejected.
01:36
The Republican one big ugly bill.
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And we're just getting started.
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We're just getting started.
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