Leader Jeffries says Trump's address is a chance to apologize for breaking his promises

Описание: (24 Feb 2026)
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Washington - 24 February 2025
1. Wide cutaway U.S. House Minority Leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, walks to the microphone
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"The State of Our Union under the presidency of Donald Trump is a complete and total disaster. Costs have gone up, job creation has gone down, and ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is totally out of control."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"We believe immigration enforcement should be fair and just and humane, that's what the American people deserve, that's not what they're getting right now, and until that changes, the DHS (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) funding bill is not gonna move forward."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"Donald Trump should use this opportunity to apologize to the American people for breaking every single promise that he made. Particularly, his promise to lower the high cost of living on day one. We didn't set that standard; Donald Trump set that standard. And now he's running around the country claiming that the affordability crisis is a hoax. Nobody out there in America believes it's a hoax because far too many people are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, cannot thrive, and can barely survive."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"But Mike Johnson and House Republicans are not in a position to lecture anyone about decorum, not with this president, who's completely and totally out of control in every way possible, has broken every norm, is corrupting his office, and is running a Trump cartel. And unfortunately, House Republicans have decided that rather than be a separate and coequal branch of government, they just run around focusing their attention on being a reckless rubber stamp for Donald Trump's extreme agenda. So we definitely aren't gonna be lectured by any of our Republican colleagues about anything, anytime, anywhere."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"There hasn't been any real recent communication with the White House. Our position as Democrats, you know, continues to be, listen, we need dramatic, meaningful, bold, transformational reform with ICE. The American people know ICE is out of control. And they need to be reined in. Kristi Noem's got to go. But we don't just need a change in personnel. We need a change in policy. And it has to be dramatic. And until Republicans come to that conclusion, then the DHS funding bill is not going to be in a position to move forward."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"The American people understand that under no circumstances should the Trump administration get us into another failed foreign forever war when we know the outcome, particularly in the Middle East. It's gonna cost American lives, it's not going to lead to any decisive resolution, and it's going to waste taxpayer dollars that should be spent making life better for the American people."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
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STORYLINE:
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries says Donald Trump should apologize to Americans for the high cost of living during his State of the Union address.




















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