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Reps Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Lawler Hurl Insults in Heated Showdown
Reps Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Lawler
SHUT UP, NO YOU SHUT UP!!!
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After watching the intense, personal showdown between House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Mike Lawler, we can now answer the question Rodney King asked decades ago — “Can’t we all just get along.” The answer is NO.
Jeffries, a Democrat, was speaking to reporters when Lawler, a Republican, approached and confronted him … asking why he wouldn’t sign on to a bill that would reopen the federal government.
That triggered 4-minutes of personal attacks and insults. It’s not even so much what they said as how it was said. Each talks over the other — they both represent New York — and at one point Jeffries wags his finger right at Lawler’s chest.
Neither backed down, and nothing was accomplished. In other words, business as usual.