Hakeem Jeffries Asked Point Blank About Polls Showing Biden Losing Black Voter Support

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At his press briefing yesterday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about President Biden losing Black voter support.

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00:00 [inaudible]

00:24 Well, it's going to be important for the Biden administration and Democrats in the

00:30 house and the Senate to continue to make the case to communities of color specifically,

00:36 but to all parts of America, certainly that the Biden track record has produced real

00:47 results that have made a difference in the lives of the American people, including,

00:51 but not limited to saving the economy from a once in a century pandemic,

00:55 fixing our crumbling infrastructure in a manner that has created millions of good

01:01 paying jobs, ensuring clean water in every community,

01:05 passing gun safety legislation for the first time in 30 years that will save

01:10 lives, including in the black and brown community,

01:17 making sure that we provide over a million veterans with access to health care

01:23 who are suffering from harmful exposure, toxic substances, burn pits, and agent arms,

01:31 bringing domestic manufacturing jobs back home to the United States of America,

01:35 supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education for our young

01:42 people. And of course, driving down the high price of life-saving prescription

01:46 drugs for millions of Americans, including capping the price of insulin at $35 per

01:55 month for those on Medicare who are disproportionately in terms of dealing

02:01 with diabetes, black and Latino historic investments in Latino serving

02:12 institutions, historic investments in black colleges and universities,

02:19 Latino unemployment, African American unemployment down, homeownership and job

02:27 creation in those communities, as is the case across all of America up. But we

02:33 also recognize that there's more that needs to be done.

02:35 And we're going to have to articulate a vision that's compelling over the next

02:41 four years as to how we will continue to put people over politics, get things done,

02:47 finish the job, lower costs, end price gouging, confront housing affordability,

02:54 keep our communities safe, fix our broken immigration system, including by

03:01 working on the issue of dreamers, farm workers and family reunification.

03:08 Excuse me, while at the same time addressing the challenges at the border.

03:14 We have a track record to make a compelling case and an important vision

03:21 for the future. And we're just gonna have to aggressively

03:25 lean in over the next several months.

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Hakeem Jeffries Asked Point Blank About Polls Showing Biden Losing Black Voter Support

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