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Hakeem Jeffries

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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 8th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has been an influential figure in the House of Representatives, serving as the House Democratic Caucus Chair since 2019. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and economic equity.

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Jan 13, 2021

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

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Jan 13, 2021

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.

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Jan 13, 2021

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…

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Jan 13, 2021

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.

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Jan 12, 2021

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.

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Jan 12, 2021

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…

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Jan 12, 2021

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

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Jan 12, 2021

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

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Jan 8, 2021

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.

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Jan 8, 2021

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.

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Jan 8, 2021

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

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Jan 7, 2021

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

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Jan 7, 2021

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

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Jan 7, 2021

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

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Jan 4, 2021

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 9 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to…

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Jan 4, 2021

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.

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Dec 28, 2020

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

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Dec 28, 2020

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.

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Dec 28, 2020

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…

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Dec 28, 2020

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…

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Dec 28, 2020

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…

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Dec 17, 2020

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

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Dec 17, 2020

Well, the president's response has clearly been an unmitigated disaster to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dec 4, 2020

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas for yielding. The failed war on drugs first began almost 50 years ago, when Richard Nixon declared drug abuse public enemy number one. At the time there were less than 200,000 people…

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Dec 1, 2020

a prison sentence should not be a death sentence.

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