‘I don’t work for you’: Jeffries CLAPS BACK at GOP rep. during testy exchange

Now, not only have you gone after Medicaid, not only have you gone after Medicare in this in this, you are to direct your comments to the chair. Mr. Speaker, you know what’s interesting is that every time I’ve come on this floor, I can use sharp language, he can use sharp language. You choose to admonish me. I don’t work for you, sir. I work for the American people. I understand. I understand.

Before the GOP budget bill passed the House, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for nearly 40 minutes on the House floor during debate, decrying the legislation.

In one testy exchange, Jeffries called out the Republican presiding over the process — Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark. — for admonishing him during his remarks.

Jeffries responded to Womack saying, “I don’t work for you, sir. I work for the American people.”

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45 comments

  6. Don't make this brother mad. He's right, if you are going to correct, be fair about it. The speaker doesn't realize that he works for the people too.

  9. Jeffries loves fraud, because he is one. And MSNBC loves covering frauds in a good light, because they are a fraudulent propagandist network. Pretty simple.

  27. Theatric grandstanding! No, Joe Biden is better cognitively than he has ever been. No, it isn't Hunter's laptop. Russia collusion. No, COVID developed from the wet market, not a Chinese research lab funded by the US. The list of lies that spew from the Democrat Party are just overwhelming. People are getting tired of the theatrics, dishonesty, virtue-signaling, race-baiting, class-baiting, racism, misandry, child mutilation, sexualization of children, and lying.

  34. Americans don't deserve anything except Donald Trump other than that suffer suffer suffer cuz you brought it on yourself hahaha mega mega mega mega mega mega mega b****

  35. We need to get to a time again where these elected representatives truly work for us…”we the people and only the people” Not billionaires donors, rich lobbyists or foreign leaders and their expensive donations. Bring those times back or this country is F-ked.

  36. Mr. Jeffries is armored in his defense for justic! On the subject matters of medicare and medcaid,when the ehite man speaks,he quickly ,put yo rest his meanish dtatement, dpoken like it's a command. Mr. Jeffries slam dunked his statement.i understand . The peakcock's feathers surrenders, yo yruth and dtsted "i understand" yo mr jeffries . Jeffries bring attenagion yo his "r- reaction toward him.and all who is watching and hesring his cold ss ice tone, in his interuotions of what mr. Jeffries is stateing, for the smerican people.

  38. Oh man.. I honestly start to feel sleepy, when he speaks.
    Perhaps he should take a speaker course, if there is such a thing. Learn from a concert hype man or something..
    Liven it up a bit and speak coherently, please

  41. The master of all! The u-tube is on a mighty mission, exposei g all injustic . For all the citizen! A company that is based on truth! Will be here tomorrow and for life yime running fown the road, ss a repuable media. "Only the facts "" no falseity in keepin the open door policey freedom of dpeech a nd justic. Keep the light on .

  45. With Medicaid and snap all they want is people to get off their butts. Lots of these people know they can work for a living but rather take the easy road. Times have changed

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