Al Sharpton hosted Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on his show PoliticsNation Saturday evening, just days after Jeffries’s historic 8 hour and 44 minute waste of time on the House floor arguing against the Big Beautiful Bill. One might think giving a man capable of wasting that much time on air an interview would be a dangerous call, but for Sharpton, who led a softball interview without offering any pushback, Jeffries talking too much did not seem to be a concern.
After he spoke on his attempted filibuster, Sharpton guided Jeffries through a slew of topics, opening each one with a question designed to tee up Jeffries for a long winded response.
Sharpton’s first question tried to give Jeffries the chance to politicize the tragic flooding in Texas over the weekend:
Authorities are searching for more than two dozen people missing from a girls summer camp after flash floods that left at least 32 people dead. Authorities are being questioned over whether the camp had sufficient warning about the severe weather. The incident comes as the Trump administration is making deep cuts to weather forecasting services and openly discussing shifting more of the burden for disaster recovery from FEMA to state governments. How concerned are you in light of this?
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