Trump, Jeffries and Democrats

Democratic protests of Trump address defy Jeffries request for ‘dignified’ response
Democrats heckled Trump, held protest signs, and walked out mid-speech during Donald Trump's address to Congress.
House Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he plans to attend Trump's speech: 'dignified Democratic presence'
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he will attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
Rep. Jeffries slams lack of economic plans in Trump speech
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed President Trump on Wednesday for failing — in his speech to a joint session of Congress — to present a plan to lower costs for the American people. The Brooklyn Democrat said Trump’s speech Tuesday night was all bluster and failed to include concrete proposals to improve the stuttering economy.
"Don't become the story": Hakeem Jeffries cracks down on Trump speech disruptions
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is cracking down on plans among his members to try to disrupt or draw attention away from President Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday evening. Why it matters: Many Democrats are facing a torrent of pressure from their grassroots base to stage more overt acts of resistance,
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Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks after Democratic protests to Trump speech
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference Thursday morning, days after Democrats showed their disdain for President Trump’s executive actions in various
Jeffries defends conduct of ‘majority’ of Democrats during Trump speech
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending the conduct of the “majority” of his fellow Democrats during President Trump’s defiant speech before Congress Tuesday night. But he
House Minority Leader Jeffries describes Trump's address to Congress as 'most divisive' in American history
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries did not hold back when sharing his opinion of President Trump's joint address to ...
Jeffries says Trump trying to ‘disorient’ with talk of third term, being king
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said President Trump is trying to “disorient” by talking about a ...
Hakeem Jeffries: ‘Donald Trump is not a king’
House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that “we will never bend the knee, not now, not ever.” ...
"He's not standing up": Protesters want Hakeem Jeffries to lead an aggressive opposition to Trump
At a protest on Thursday, demonstrators said they were unhappy with Jeffries' leadership of Democrats in Congress ...
Jeffries pushes back on Trump ‘troublemakers’ post: ‘We don’t need paid protesters, bro’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday pushed back on President Trump’s claim that the outcry congressional Republicans have faced at recent town halls has come from paid ...
Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi can learn a thing or two from Al Green
Republicans are reportedly preparing a measure to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, after he interrupted Donald Trump's speech ...
'Partisan and divisive': House leadership disagrees on reception of Trump's joint address
As Washington sought on Wednesday to make sense of President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress, House Republicans saw ...
Democrat Elissa Slotkin Delivers ‘Starmaking’ Rebuttal to Trump
Elissa Slotkin rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in ...