Jeffries says Trump impeachment not a top priority if Dems win House majority

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Democrats will not focus on impeaching President Trump if they regain a majority in the lower chamber after midterm elections. 

When asked if impeachment was a top priority, Jeffries said “Of course not,” during an appearance on Fox News’s’ “Fox News Sunday.”

“I’ve made clear from the very beginning that our top priority is going to be to drive down the high cost of living,” the House minority leader added. 

“We believe in this country, you work hard, you play by the rules. You should be able to live an affordable life, a comfortable life, in fact, to live the good life, and that means a good paying job and good housing, good health care, good education for your children, and when it’s all said and done, a good retirement,” he added. 

Jeffries has hammered Trump multiple times on the issue of affordability and slammed the president for driving up gas costs amid the Iran war.

In January, the president told House Republicans he will be impeached if the party does not win the midterms. 

Earlier this year and months into the war, talk emerged of removing Trump, but efforts have largely been stalled. 

Democrats subdued their push after acknowledging they don’t have the votes to get it done. 

Rep. Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.) said “to do those things, you have to have the votes. And when I see that we have Republicans who won’t even have hearings in regard to oversight, so there’s no oversight by Republicans, and they control the House, they control the Senate, they have the presidency,” during a previous appearance on CNN. 

“So realistically, I don’t have the time, I’m worried about the country, the country’s economy, the American people, and that’s where my efforts are going to be moving forward,” he added in comments that align with Jeffries’s Sunday statements.

The House minority leader has lauded Democrats’ push for redistricting nationwide in an effort to pick up additional House seats and signaled that the party will advocate more for working-class Americans, after Democrats saw losses from the key demographic in the 2024 election. 

Jeffries said Americans should have access to health care, housing and equal opportunities for education. 

“That’s been the American Dream for decades, but for far too many people, that American Dream has slipped out of reach, and we should be focused on actually doing the type of things necessary to ensure that people in this country cannot simply survive, but they can thrive,” he told anchor Shannon Bream. 

“And that, of course, will be at the heart of all of these midterm campaigns,” Jeffries added. 

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