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At a press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about his confidence in Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to remain as Senate Minority Leader.

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00:00Last last question. Last two questions.
00:06Support leadership. There are some in your caucus who disagree sharply
00:11critical of him.
00:13To those voices,
00:15talking among them. Does that help democratic unity? Have you urged your
00:19caucus to align itself with Schumer? Yeah, we're all aligned on the fights
00:26that are in front of us on behalf of the people that we represent here in
00:30Brooklyn in New York City and across the country. And that's saving
00:34Medicaid, saving Social Security, saving Medicare, all of which
00:41Elon Musk and Donald Trump and Republicans. They want to take a
00:43chainsaw
00:46to Medicaid. They want to take a chainsaw to Social Security.
00:50They want to take a chainsaw to Medicare. But let me be clear. We're
00:55gonna take a chainsaw to Project 2025.
01:10Yes, thank you very much.

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