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Hakeem Jeffries: “We don’t work for Donald Trump. We work for the American people. And the days of the House of Representatives…”

On the recordNovember 8, 2026
We don’t work for Donald Trump. We work for the American people. And the days of the House of Representatives functioning like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump administration are over.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
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dawn.com
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Jeffries on the Democratic majority's focus.

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