At a press briefing, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a leak of a group chat of top Trump Administration officials about war plans.
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00:00House of Representatives next year.
00:03Thank you, Mr.
00:04Lear, just changing topics, obviously, I'm sure you've heard the story by now.
00:07The editor in chief of The Atlantic says he was caught on this text change
00:11signal chat with top Trump administration officials as they were discussing
00:15these airstrikes in the end.
00:16And what is your reaction to that?
00:18And do you believe there should be a congressional investigation?
00:21It should absolutely be a congressional investigation
00:24so that we can understand what happened, why did it happen
00:28and how do we prevent this type of national security breach
00:33from ever happening again?
00:36This is reckless,
00:40irresponsible and dangerous.
00:43Who are some of these people
00:47that Donald Trump has put into the most sensitive
00:50national security positions in America?
00:53We were promised that Donald Trump was going to hire the very best
00:59it's all phony.
01:03The attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion, phony.
01:09So it's never about hiring the best people.
01:14As Democrats, we actually believe in merit.
01:19Merit that should be based
01:22on what you know, not who you know.
01:26And understand this whole Trump administration is filled with lackeys
01:32and incompetent cronies.
01:34I'm not talking about any particular individual, though I will know
01:39that the secretary of defense who was on
01:42that chain has got to be the most unqualified person
01:48ever to lead the Pentagon in American history.
01:53Think about that.
01:54You put these people in charge
01:58in a very dangerous world.
02:03And then you want to
02:05attack communities of color, attack women
02:09and attack others who are actually very qualified.
02:14CQ Brown, incredibly qualified,
02:19brilliant, serve this country
02:22serve this country.
02:24Well, all of these attacks
02:27from the Trump administration.
02:30On a diverse America, it's all phony.
02:34These people are incredibly unqualified.
02:40Irresponsible, and they're jeopardizing America's national security.
02:46Thanks.