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Hakeem Jeffries: “Exhorting people to observe 'decorum' and to 'honor the office of the presidency' is at best gaslighting Democrats, and…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2025
Exhorting people to observe 'decorum' and to 'honor the office of the presidency' is at best gaslighting Democrats, and at worst unconditional surrender to Trump and Musk.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries criticized the need for decorum in light of Trump's actions.

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