Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: People Are Tired Of Trump “Trying To Throw Biden Under The Bus”
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to respond to President Donald Trump’s White House address, calling it “an unhinged speech that was, of course, untethered from reality and truth.”
O’DONNELL: Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff said in her interviews that have now been published in Vanity Fair that Donald Trump knows nothing, absolutely nothing about policy and about what the agencies do. That’s her quote, that Donald Trump knows nothing and never will know anything. Did you hear anything tonight about any policy that indicated Donald Trump actually knew what he was talking about? JEFFRIES: No, not at all. And, you know, again, he’s running away from the fact that he promised to lower costs on day one. Now he wants to act like the affordability crisis is a Democratic hoax. But last year, all he did was talk about how he was going to drive down the high cost of living, how America was too expensive and out of control. And by the way, Lawrence, people are tired of him trying to throw President Joe Biden under the bus. What’s been clear in public opinion, survey after public opinion survey, the American people know this is Donald Trump’s economy. This is the Republicans’ economy. And it’s been a complete and total disaster. That dog doesn’t hunt anymore. And Donald Trump is struggling to find someone who can actually blame his failed policies on. But unfortunately for him, the American people aren’t buying it. O’DONNELL: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, thank you very much for starting off our coverage tonight.
