Hakeem Jeffries Slams Trump And The GOP's Economic Agenda: ‘They Are Crashing The Economy In Real Time’

During Tuesday's House Democratic leadership press briefing, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries discussed President Trump's economic policies.

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00:00To follow up on that GAO report, the more recent version has about $31 billion, if I recall,

00:04and about 80% of that is essentially documentation paperwork errors.

00:09That still leaves like $6 billion a year.

00:11They could be abusive or fraud.

00:14Is that the kind of thing Democrats are willing to look at,

00:16or is the reconciliation process too partisan and you can't even go there?

00:21Well, the reconciliation process is hyper-partisan,

00:23and it's all being done in service of enacting extreme right-wing policy proposals

00:31that they want to visit upon the American people,

00:34in many instances doing great damage to the American people in rural America

00:39or the heartland of America, small-town America, urban America,

00:43and suburban and exurban America as well.

00:46We have made clear from the very beginning that we're interested in trying to find

00:51any bipartisan common ground to solve problems on behalf of the American people,

00:56including making the federal government the most efficient that it can be.

01:01We also want to bring about an affordable economy

01:04that actually makes life better for everyday Americans.

01:07Nothing in this reconciliation process is designed to actually solve problems

01:13for everyday Americans, improve the economy, or lower costs.

01:17In fact, what we see from Donald Trump and Republicans

01:20is that they actually are crashing the economy in real time,

01:25raising costs through their reckless tariff scheme,

01:28and driving us toward a recession.

01:32And on top of all the damage that they're doing relative to the economy,

01:38they want to jam this extreme budget down the throats of the American people

01:41that will take away health care and nutritional assistance,

01:45which is why we're just urging a handful of Republicans

01:49to join us on behalf of the American people

01:53so that Congress gets the message,

01:57hands off Medicaid and SNAP.

02:01Thanks, guys.

02:02Thanks, guys.

02:03Thanks, guys.