House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joins Morning Joe to talk about what comes next after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the midterms. Jeffries calls the result a “stunning rebuke” of Trump and GOP policies, adding that Democrats now have to deliver on affordability—from groceries and gas to health care—while pursuing accountability by following the facts and the law.

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    Hakeem Jeffries doesn’t speak for us. That’s going to become very apparent to him in the coming years.

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    I want justice to be done. Characterizing that as “getting even” is a sign that Jeffries isn’t up to the job.

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    He’s fucking wrong. We want the rule of law applied and the bastards that I broke it to be held accountable. We want Democrats to not have to answer to their corporate interests like the Republicans have been.

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    I want BOTH. Multi-task, you fucking performative arts major. Dems need new leadership in both chambers.

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    Fuckin a right I don’t want to get even, I want to fucking dominate. I want them prosecuted for treason, and convicted.

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    The two aren’t mutually exclusive. “Getting things done” and “getting even” can both mean people go to fucking jail, so that future candidates will think twice about such crazed levels of corruption and weaponization of our government for political and financial gain.

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      Even if they were mutually exclusive, I doubt its the same people tasked with implementing whatever. Prosecutors won’t be tasked with implementing healthcare or rolling back citizens united, etc. Probably don’t even need them to end the illegal Iran War, whodathunkit.

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    It’s not “getting even” it’s protecting America from crimes against the nation! It’s the same reason the legal system is supposed to do something to stop the maniac breaking into houses and assaulting people! If you don’t stop him, he keeps doing it and other people also realize they can do it with impunity!

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    Wrong, assclown. We want jail time and impeachments and most of all we want JUSTICE. Release the trumpstein files!

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    Get this fucking boner out of there. The MAGA comedy act of Schmuck & Jeffries is 50% responsible for the rise and re-rise of MAGA, and neither has done anything to demonstrate that they deserve a THIRD chance. Replace them both, and get someone who understands what the mission is.

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    Part of getting things done is reigning in the massive amounts of destruction and corruption.