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On the recordAugust 22, 2022
While we as Democrats continue to try to make life better for every day Americans, lower costs, create safer communities, better paying jobs -- Donald Trump and the extreme Republican Party that associates with him continues to bend a knee towards him and do nothing but put their own personal ambitions over the American people.
Said by
Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York
Source
msnbc.com

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Jeffries contrasts the Democratic agenda with the actions of Trump and the Republican Party.

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