On Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffires (D-NY) made his routine shutdown propagandizing to disparage Republicans, this time with Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s The Situation Room. Blitzer teed up Jeffries to redirect partisan blame onto Republicans for violent rhetoric and hurting those directly impacted by the ongoing government shutdown.
The night prior on CNN’s The Source, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) joked, “We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists.” Perhaps it was a poor choice of words, but Blitzer pounced on the opportunity to coax Jeffries into condemning his political opponents:
BLITZER: You heard the Speaker suggest you guys, the Democrats, are acting like terrorists, holding the American people hostage right now in order to get what you want. You want to just quickly respond to that?
JEFFRIES: Well, that type of language is reckless, it's irresponsible, and it's gonna get someone killed. What do these folks not understand as it relates to the language that they continue to use?
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