Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he emphasized that Rubber Stamp Republicans are leaving Donald Trump’s extremism unchecked as he crashes our economy and raises the cost of living.

LEADER JEFFRIES: Trump’s first 100 days have been a complete and total disaster and House Republicans own all of it. Instead of functioning as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch, which was the intention of the framers of the Constitution, including James Madison who said that Congress at its best should be a rival to the executive branch, House Republicans have functioned as a Rubber Stamp for Donald Trump’s extreme agenda. Period. Full stop.

That extreme agenda has done nothing to lower the high cost of living in the United States of America, notwithstanding all of the big, bold promises that Donald Trump and Republicans made on the campaign trail that they were going to make life more affordable for the American people. What has happened is that life is getting more expensive for the American people. Donald Trump and House Republicans are crashing the economy in real time and they are driving us toward a painful Republican recession. The whole thing is a complete and total disgrace, and the American people are paying attention. They see it. They know it. And House Republicans are going to be held accountable for it.

Full press conference can be watched here.

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