At a press briefing on Monday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked if the protests in LA would put vulnerable Democrats in a tough position.
00:00Do you think that some of the images we're seeing from Los Angeles put Democrats who are in swing districts in a tough spot when they might be asked to defend some of these things, when immigration and fighting back against ICE is not a front and center issue in those districts?
00:19No one is actually defending any unlawful behavior.
00:24I am defending the right for the American people to peacefully assemble and will continue to encourage people to exercise that right peacefully.
00:38And if anyone crosses the line, they should be held accountable by the relevant authorities.
00:45We will not be lectured by Donald Trump and anyone in the Republican Party about issues of law and order.
00:56Not a single one of them.
00:59Donald Trump promised to lower costs on day one.
01:06Costs haven't gone down.
01:07They're going up.
01:08Inflation is going up.
01:09Donald Trump lied to the American people.
01:12You know what he did do on day one?
01:13He pardoned hundreds of violent felons, criminals, who brutally assaulted police officers and attacked the Capitol on January 6th.
01:27That's what Donald Trump did on day one.
01:30The hostages weren't released on day one.
01:32Like he promised, he lied.
01:35The war didn't end.
01:37In Ukraine on day one, Donald Trump lied.
01:39Costs didn't go down in America.
01:43On day one of Donald Trump's presidency, he lied to you, the American people.
01:49You know what he did on day one?
01:50He pardoned hundreds of violent felons who brutally beat police officers.
01:57That's the insurrection.
01:58And so the notion that Donald Trump and his minions, his sycophants, here in the House of Representatives, or in the Senate,
02:07who are nothing more than a reckless rubber stamp for Donald Trump's extreme agenda,
02:13are going to lecture America about issues of law and order, get lost.
