Hakeem Jeffries: ‘Reckless Republican Budget … Is a Betrayal of Working Class Americans’

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JEFFRIES: “The Democrats are holding together. We’re holding together, for instance, on this reckless Republican budget, which is a betrayal of working class Americans. And cuts to Medicaid, cuts to SNAP, cuts to veterans benefits — that’s not theoretical. That hurts real people that I represent and that every single member of the House Democratic Caucus represents. That’s not a theoretical fight. That’s a real fight. But here’s the thing. On any given issue, like the budget, we only need three, not all 218 Republicans. We only need three to do the right thing for their constituents. And so, the activity that we’ve seen over the last few days, over the last week or so, I think is going to let the Republicans know that no one is going to remove the spotlight from them. They shouldn’t be able to escape accountability. And as Democrats, we’re going to make sure that they don’t."