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Jeffries: US 'in a crisis across the board, in every way possible'

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17.04.2025

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the country is facing a "crisis across the board," less than 100 days after President Trump returned to the White House.

"We are in a crisis across the board, in every way possible, including the assault on the democratic way of life," Jeffries told CNN's Dana Bash in a Thursday interview. "The president is assaulting the economy, assaulting Social Security, assaulting health care, assaulting the American way of life, and assaulting our democracy."

"None of this is normal," he added.

The White House didn't immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment on Jeffries's remarks. Trump was meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House.

Jeffries, who is leading the Democratic opposition to the GOP's razor-thin majority in the House, has been pushing against Trump as Republicans seek to advance the president's legislative agenda.

"It is all a crisis now, with respect to what we need........

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