Reporter Presses Hakeem Jeffries On VP Kamala Harris’ Potential Impact On Down Ballot Races

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During a press conference on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about Vice President Kamala Harris’ potential impact on down-ballot races.

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00:00Yeah.

00:01Barbara.

00:03Thank you, Mr. Leader.

00:05So my question is about Vice President Kamala Harris

00:08becoming the likely nominee.

00:10Some of your frontliners say that they're not

00:12sure how she might perform in some of these swing districts.

00:15She has a short amount of time to introduce herself.

00:18Are you having any conversations with any of your frontliners?

00:21And what's your response to them being

00:23a little bit hesitant on maybe how she'll impact down ballot?

00:27What we've seen over the last few days

00:30is that the American people all across the land

00:36have been excited, enthusiastic, and energized by the candidacy

00:41of Vice President Harris.

00:44Vice President Harris has a vision

00:47that is designed to lower costs for everyday Americans,

00:50grow the middle class, end price gouging, defend democracy,

00:56and protect reproductive freedom.

00:58Those are issues that are going to excite Democrats,

01:07but also, in my view, help move independents and swing voters

01:13in our direction as compared to the chaos, the dysfunction,

01:18and the extremism that we see on the other side of the aisle.

01:23Extreme-magnet Republicans are running away from their agenda

01:27because it's so deeply unpopular to the American people.

01:33The American people want no part of Trump's Project 2025,

01:39which is about total control over the lives

01:46of the American people by extreme-magnet Republicans.

01:49That's what Trump's Project 2025 is about,

01:53total control over your life.

01:57We're all about freedom.

02:01Extreme-magnet Republicans want a nationwide abortion ban.

02:06Vice President Harris and Democrats

02:09believe in a woman's freedom to make

02:11her own reproductive health care decisions.

02:15Donald Trump and extreme-magnet Republicans

02:17want to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it.

02:22Vice President Harris and Democrats

02:26in the House and the Senate want to protect and strengthen

02:28Social Security.

02:31These are the issues that are going to be important

02:33in our congressional districts all across the country,

02:36in the Senate, races, and the issues that

02:43will be before the American people in November.

02:46I am confident that Vice President Harris

02:51is on the right side of each and every one of those issues.

02:56Back row.

Reporter Presses Hakeem Jeffries On VP Kamala Harris’ Potential Impact On Down Ballot Races

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