Hakeem Jeffries Calls for People to 'Fight' Trump's Agenda 'in the Streets'
"There will be a huge backlash" not just among the "entire House, you know, Democratic Caucus," especially progressives, but "in the streets"
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) appears to have no plans on lowering the temperature. A clip has circulated of the top Democrat speaking at a press conference on Friday morning and calling on people to "fight it in the streets," speaking of President Donald Trump's legislative agenda. The comments quickly became a trend over X.
"We are going to fight it," Jeffries stressed at one point. "We are going to fight it legislatively, we're going to fight it in the courts, and we're going to fight it in the streets." ---More...
????BREAKING: Hakeem Jeffries just called for violence against President Trump's agenda, pushing for "fighting" in the streets:
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson)January 31, 2025
"We're going to fight it legislatively. We're going to fight it in the courts. And we're going to fight it in the streets."
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