Hakeem Jeffries

I think what’s important to know is that you’re speaking both to the senators and to the American people.

It’s a serious and solemn and sober moment. ... we need to hold the president accountable for his out-of-control abuse of power in that instance, and, in this particular instance, inciting a violent attack, an insurrection on the Capitol.

There’s a lot of work to do because the Trump administration has done so much damage to the fabric of America, and we are ready to move forward.

I think from our perspective, you know, the COVID-19 pandemic is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem. It’s an American problem. And we need to deal with it with the fierce urgency of now.

I did not come to Congress to impeach Donald Trump, but the constitutional crimes by an out-of-control President inspired by his hatred and the big lie that he told cannot be ignored. Donald Trump is a living, breathing, impeachable…

I think we need a full-on complete investigation and I think every single member should be held accountable.

Well, it's unfortunate that most of the members of the House Republican conference remain part of team sedition as opposed to being part of team democracy.

It is certainly my hope that there's a real opportunity to convict this president for the incitement of a violent insurrection that he is responsible for, as Liz Cheney eloquently and courageously laid out.

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment prohibits any person who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States from holding any office under the United States in his conduct while president of the United States.

Donald Trump is a living, breathing impeachable offense on his own.

Every minute, every hour, every day that Donald Trump remains in office, he's an existential threat to our way of life.

We are moving with the fierce urgency of now bringing about one singular objective, which to make sure that Donald Trump is removed from office expeditiously because he is a clear and present danger to the health, safety and wellbeing of…

And his rhetoric and his behavior and his activity over the last several days have been the height of irresponsibility. He has no interest in doing anything other than continuing to lick the boots of Donald Trump.

Insurrection, sedition, treachery, incited by the President is the classic extraordinary circumstance that would justify it privilege resolution on impeachment.

The president needs to be removed immediately, because he presents a clear and present danger to the safety and security of the American people and the health of our democracy.

All options are on the table with respect to removing this president with the fierce urgency of now, in my view.

Donald Trump should be impeached, convicted and removed from office immediately.

The President is not above the law, and an insurrection and incitement and sedition is clearly a high crime and misdemeanor.

With respect to what has currently taken place, I have not viewed the transcript. We're not looking backward. We're looking forward to the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20th.

We defeated Donald Trump, but we still are going to have to deal with Trumpism moving forward. The best way for us to do that is unify, working together in the House Democratic majority that will be sworn in this January.

I look forward on January 3rd, to once again placing the name of Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi into nomination. She's been an extraordinary speaker, really a historic one, and has led us through a lot of trials and tribulations, and…

No, it wasn't a defeat. You got to recognize that we are dealing with a president who's been missing in action, and who throughout the duration of this pandemic has often engaged in depraved indifference to human life amidst all the pain…

I have great respect for senator Bernie Sanders. He's an authentic champion of working families and working-class Americans.

If Donald Trump could convince them to waste $2 trillion on behalf of the wealthy, the well off, and well connected, perhaps on his way out the door, he can convince Mitch McConnell to do the right thing by the American people and pass the…

It is not enough. We are trying to negotiate more.