Toppdemokrat rasar mot Leavitt: ”Iskall lögnare”
Demokraten och minoritetsledaren i representanthuset Hakeem Jeffries kallar Vita husets pressekreterare Karoline Leavitt för en ”iskall lögnare”, rapporterar The Hill.
Ilskan kommer efter att Leavitt under en pressbriefing anklagat Demokraterna för att ha uppmuntrat till mordförsöket på Donald Trump. Hon anklagade bland annat Trumps politiska motståndare för att använda ”hatisk och våldsam” retorik.
– Lägg av! Håll rent framför egen dörr innan du uttalar dig om språket vi använder, säger Jeffries under en pressträff.
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Hakeem Jeffries
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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries ( hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023. Currently in his seventh term, Jeffries has been the U.S. representative for New York's 8th congressional district since 2013 and served three terms as a member of the New York State Assembly from 2007 to 2012.
Jeffries was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and raised in the Crown Heights neighborhood. He attended law school at New York University, graduating with honors and becoming a corporate lawyer before running for elected office. Both his state assembly district and congressional district are anchored in Brooklyn.
In Congress, Jeffries chaired the House Democratic Caucus from 2019 to 2023. The members of the caucus unanimously elected him to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader in November 2022. This made him the first African American to lead a party in either chamber of the United States Congress.
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