The leader of House Democrats made his statement as most House lawmakers support passing a bill to aid Ukraine and Israel.
that the House could deliver on providing this aid, Jeffries argued that such a question would be for House Speaker Mike Johnson , who knows that the House of Representatives “has the votes to act on America’s national security interests.”
“The reason why it’s not happening is because there’s a pro-Putin faction in the Republican Party led by Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson, who are blocking this legislation, and that’s shameful,” Jeffries said during an appearance onJeffries also hinted at protecting Johnson from a motion to vacate him from the speaker’s role should he choose to bring the legislation to a House floor vote, a move that would contradict the position of members of his Republican Party.
The House minority leader was also asked if the Democratic Party would campaign on border security going into the 2024 elections, as doing so was possibly what helped Rep. Tom Suozzi win the special election for New York’s 3rd District in February. When asked about Suozzi describing the situation along the U.S. southern border as an “invasion,” Jeffries said he would not encourage his fellow Democrats to use this type of language.
“Invasion is not a word that I would ever use,” Jeffries said, admitting, “I’m not sure whether he used that word or not or in what context.”The issue of securing the southern border while providing financial aid to countries overseas has been a growing topic of contention within Congress over the past few months, with one group of lawmakersto pressure Republican leadership to bring a foreign aid and border security bill to the floor.
Last month, Jeffries participated in a meeting with Biden, Johnson, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer , and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for a meeting on the $95 billion foreign aid legislation. The meeting was described by Schumer as “one of the most intense I’ve ever encountered,” with Johnson calling it “frank and honest.”
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