Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday bashed President Donald Trump as a “wannabe king” and his Republican followers as “rubber stamps.”
Jeffries’ criticism comes at a time when Trump’s large tax invoice, which will probably be detrimental to the working class, is up for a vote within the Senate and simply after an argument wherein the Division of Homeland Safety handcuffed a congressional staffer in Rep. Jerry Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) workplace.
“We don’t work for Donald Trump, we don’t work for the administration, we don’t work for Elon Musk, we work for the American folks. And we have now a accountability to function a verify and steadiness on an out-of-control government department,” Jeffries informed CNN’s Dana Bash. “It’s unlucky that our Republican colleagues proceed to be nothing greater than rubber stamps for Trump’s reckless and excessive agenda, and the American folks, I believe, will in the end reject that subsequent yr once we will take again management of the Home of Representatives.”
Bash requested Jeffries for his ideas about DHS handcuffing Nadler’s staffer as they had been detaining migrants in the identical constructing.
DHS stated officers quickly detained the staffer as a result of the particular person was “verbally confrontational and bodily blocked entry to the workplace,” however Nadler warned the arrest represents a “deeply troubling disregard for authorized boundaries.”
Jeffries argued it was an intimidation tactic.
“I believe the administration is clearly attempting to intimidate Democrats, in the identical approach that they’re attempting to intimidate the nation,” he informed Bash. “However Donald Trump has realized an necessary lesson: The American persons are not eager about bending the knee to a wannabe king.”
Jeffries additionally slammed Trump’s “large, stunning invoice,” which senators are set to vote on quickly after Home Republicans simply barely handed it final month.
Democrats have warned in regards to the hurt the invoice may impose on odd People.
“This invoice truly hurts on a regular basis People in an effort to reward billionaires. It could strip away well being care from roughly 14 million People. Premiums, copays and deductibles for tens of tens of millions extra will go up. Really, if it ever had been to be carried out into legislation, hospitals will shut, nursing properties will shut down and other people will actually die,” Jeffries stated.