We don't have to recalibrate our message. We've been opposed to Donald Trump's reckless and costly war of choice in the Middle East from the very beginning.
Hakeem Jeffries
The Public Record
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.
Too many people are working hard – they’re playing by the rules, but they can’t thrive.
They have nothing to run on. We’re going to run on fighting for an affordable America.
It was Donald Trump … who said that he was elected not to start wars, endless wars in the Middle East, but to stop them – and then turned around and has gotten us involved in this reckless war of choice in Iran that has skyrocketed gas…
It was Donald Trump who promised to lower costs on day one. But we know that costs haven’t gone down in this country. Costs have gone up.
Republicans … have failed to actually deliver on making life more affordable for the American people.
Hakeem Jeffries has said Trump’s Republican party has “nothing to run on” for the congressional midterm elections, after the president broke promises to lower costs and avoid starting war overseas.
Unfortunately, what we have seen from Donald Trump is that, in this particular case, Republicans have adopted voter suppression as an electoral strategy because they have failed to actually deliver on making life more affordable for the…
I think that I continue to have confidence in state and local authorities in making sure that there’s going to be a free and fair election in November.
So we can’t — there’s nothing that he’s saying right now that any of us can take seriously, and that’s unfortunate because he’s gotten us involved in a war that has now cost the lives of 18 brave service members in Iran.
He’s always chasing attention. I mean, he disgraced himself after the World Cup final.
Republicans have literally ripped food from the mouths of hungry children, seniors and veterans to sustain the Trump war machine.
The House Republican continuing resolution gives the Trump administration even more power over the federal budget and fails to block funding for Donald Trump's violent mass deportation machine.
This continuing resolution is a premature and desperate attempt by Republicans to abdicate their responsibility to govern while there are still several months left to negotiate a bipartisan agreement.
Their my-way-or-the-highway approach has consistently failed to address the high cost of living or meet the needs of the American people.
The reckless and costly war of choice in Iran has been a disaster for the American people.
We will continue working to drive down the cost of childcare, healthcare and other household expenses.
We will fight to clean up corruption within President Donald Trump’s administration.
I laid out the position I believe we as House Democrats will take as we move forward, anchored in several different principles, including our support for Israel’s right to exist as the homeland for the Jewish people, and at the same time…
None of the things that Trump has said — or may say later on today — with respect to election interference have any merit.
The far-right Netanyahu government has isolated Israel from much of the world, severely damaged its standing in the U.S., jeopardized normalization efforts in the region and repeatedly undermined prospects for peace.
We will work to clean up corruption within President Donald Trump’s administration.





