Hakeem Jeffries on what happened to Democrats in the election, how they move forward

One week after Election Day, key House races remain undecided as CBS News projects Congress leaning Republican. If confirmed, Republicans would control the House, Senate and White House for the first time since 2017. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries shares his bipartisan goals with the incoming Trump administration.

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[rlford]

One more thought / comment: Ever notice how politicians such as Representative Hakeem Jeffries FAIL to EVER give a direct answer to a direct question??? As an American, I find this a despicable trait shared by too many politicians on both sides of the aisle!!

[eriche]

the guy basically said nothing, just a career politician.

[FKotun]

It's not that they didn't hear it. They did not give a damn.

[Kenneth-nx]

Mr Jeffries is unable to answer questions directly 😂😂😂😂😂

[Wildcat]

What happened is American rejected all the Demorats policies..

[frinoffrobis]

why didn't they have this hard questioning a few weeks ago

[McCJA]

They have the house, the senate, & the presidency. Your strong disagreements will mean absolutely nothing.

[rlpologear]

What happened was, black people who voted democrat for 40yrs got sick & tired of the benign neglect from the democratic establishment. No tangibles, no vote.

[cchan]

He is the house minority leader and he has no clue why Democrats lost.

[UoAUoA]

This guy is worse than Kamala, can’t provide a direct answer to a single question.

[Golgispot]

I thought this man was supposed to be straightforward. His answers in this interview were BS.

[iceman]

Why bother ask questions when he just evades answering them.
Ironic how he mentions that the cost of living is high for too long. He has forgotten that the Democrats was in charge for 12 of the last 16 years. As for jobs going abroad. I am sure it was the Democrats that pushed through NAFTA

[mrsimon]

Democrats have to stop with all the lgbtq mess too..enough is enough.

[AlwaysIrishINC]

He didn’t answer any questions . Stepped around them all . This is why they lost. And he still doesn’t get it . I don’t understand why anyone connected w this campaign or the dnc is still employed

[Coral-reef.]

MAYBE YALL DIDN'T CALL TRUMP HITLER ENOUGH TIMES ? 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♀️

[sandevieira]

They keep rephrasing the question thinking he doesn't understand what they are asking.

And every time he spouts the same bunch of meaningless jargon like the corporate politician he is.

[NaturalHerbalBrands]

This guy is not going to answer anything. This is why they lost, word salad.

[bobbyk]

This interview was a waste of time. Doing a Kamala and not answering a direct question. Geez, no wonder the Dems got swept. No care for the American voters that voted for your party and now switched.

[Patty-dkud]

STILL NOT LISTENING. STILL TRYING TO USE THE SAME OF WHAT THEY HAD. DON'T LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE

[josephlee]

Let's be realistic, that $3 slice of pizza that went up to $4/slice is not coming back down. But if we can lower gas and grocery prices, as well as paying lower taxes, it would help the everyday working class folks tremendously. Mitigating crime by securing the border is a no-brainer.