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Congress Democrats are dismissing the white house demand of an apology after the leader of the representatives minority Hakeem Jeffries, Dn.Y.He urged people to “fight” the agenda of President Donald Trump “in the streets.”
“At this time, we will remain focused on the need to take into account everyday New York Stick New Yorkers and the US working class throughout the country with the bill, “said the Democrat during a press conference.
“That is not acceptable. We are going to fight against him legislatively. We are going to fight him on the courts. We will fight against him in the streets,” he continued.
The White House has demanded an apology from Jeffries. (Reuters)
A spokesman for Jeffries, Christie Stephenson, told Fox News Digital: “The notion that leader Jeffries supports violence is ridiculous. Republicans are the party that forgives the violent criminals that attacked police officers. Government peacefully” .
He also referred to comments as promoting “non -violent protest” in X.
“You should really get an appointment of one of the violent criminals that President Trump, Trump, has just left on the streets. Or the one who was immediately collected by child pornography charges,” a spokesman for the president of the democratic caucus of the Chamber of Representatives, Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., He told Fox News Digital.
Legislators were probably referring to Trump’s recent movement to forgive almost all defendants with charges related to the disturbances of the Capitol of January 6, 2021.
The senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., and the Dick Durbin minority whip, D-Bill. They did not immediately comment to Fox News Digital.
Aguilar is president of the Chamber Democrats. (Photo of Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Jeffries’s comment was quickly shared by the quick response team of Trump’s White House on Friday in X before the Republicans began to apologize.
TO White House Officer He told Fox News Digital: “Hakeem Jeffries must apologize for this shameful call to violence.”
The majority of the Whip Tommer house, R-minn., Also demanded an apology, writing about X, “house minority leader (Jeffries) should immediately apologize because of its use of inflammatory and extreme rhetoric.”
“President Trump and Republicans focus on joining the country; Jeffries needs to stop trying to divide it.”
Cotton called “upset” comments. (Tom Brenner/Getty images)
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The president of the Senate Republican Conference, Tom Cotton, Republican of R-AK., He told Fox News Digital in a statement: “The comments of the Democratic leader are upset, but not unexpected. Illegal foreigners, identity policy and deranged attacks against President Trump. “
In social networks, democratic classification legislators remained silent about Jeffries’s comment.
