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At a press convention on Thursday, Home Democratic Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) mentioned that voters are fleeing the Republican Get together in droves:
Persons are upset. Persons are involved, anxious, frightened, scared, and the entire above. And so that you see democratic members throughout the nation channeling these emotions in a wide range of alternative ways. However one factor is obvious electorally, Republicans are on the run. They’re on the run. We noticed it in Iowa in January.
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We noticed it in New York in February. We simply noticed it in Pennsylvania yesterday. In locations the place republicans shouldn’t merely be profitable, however profitable simply. And it is as a result of there’s an energized Democratic base. And swing voters, together with Independents, are abandoning Republicans in droves all throughout America.
By the best way, that is the rationale why Republicans are literally spending thousands and thousands of {dollars} in two districts in Florida, that Donald Trump received by north of 30 factors. You will not use that language. It is honest to say that Republicans are on the run all throughout the nation, and I am okay with that.
Jeffries referred to as out the media narrative when he was requested when folks will see the Democratic pushback:
