This is a ‘Jackie Robinson moment,’ but not the one Hakeem Jeffries thinks it is
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Hakeem Jeffries talks Virginia redistricting and midterms : NPR
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., ran unopposed for the position of House Democratic leader. He replaces Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced she would not run for the top leadership post after Democrats lost control of the House in the midterms. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., ran unopposed for the position of House Democratic leader. He replaces Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced she would not run for the top leadership post after Democrats lost control of the House in the midterms. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Virginia voted to allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map to create more seats for Democrats ahead of this year’s midterm elections. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says President Trump’s effort to “rig” the midterms has been “thwarted.” “We were asking the voters of Virginia to respond in a temporary way to a national crisis that was started by Donald Trump in an environment where two-thirds of the people of Virginia had decided just a few years ago to go in …
Hakeem Jeffries Gives Trump Reality Check Over Venezuela
“Donald Trump claims that he’s gonna run Venezuela. He’s done a terrible job running the United States of America,” Jeffries said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday. “Life hasn’t gotten better for the American people over the last year; life has gotten worse. He promised to lower the high cost of living. Costs haven’t gone down. They’ve gone up. The health care system is broken. Donald Trump refuses to do anything about it.” “So, the notion that he’s going to run Venezuela and make life better for the Venezuelan people, of course, is belied by the facts as to what he’s done as president here in the United States of America,” Jeffries added. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who appeared on Meet the Press earlier Sunday, said Congress was not notified about the US strike on Venezuela until after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were abducted due to concerns about leaks. However, Jeffries argued that the administration had provided no evidence as to why the US even attacked Venezuela. “Well, there’s …