Jeffries Asked To Respond To GOP Claim That Dems Are Responsible For Increase In Attacks On Officers

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At his weekly press briefing on Thursday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about assaults on officers.

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00:00 Thank you. Thank you. Go second row. So new data from the FBI shows assaults on

00:05 officers hit a 10 year high last year. Republicans are attributing that to

00:10 democratic policies. What's your response to that? And what needs to be

00:14 done to actually drive those numbers down?

00:16 All assaults on law enforcement officers are unacceptable. And I think

00:22 it's irresponsible, of course, to attribute, uh, any increase. And I have

00:27 not seen that FBI data to policies connected to one party or the other or

00:34 one administration or the other. I think we all

00:39 stand shoulder to shoulder with the men and women of the law enforcement

00:44 community to make sure that they are able to do their jobs safely and

00:48 securely and free of assaults or violence. At the same period of time, it

00:55 continues to be irresponsible for extreme mega Republicans to always want

01:01 to engage in political stunts as opposed to try trying to find policy

01:07 solutions to solving real problems on behalf of the American people.

01:11 On the memorial, Republicans indicated what the holdup is. Is that ultimately

01:18 speaker Johnson's decision? It is ultimately a decision of the speaker

01:24 and the House Republican majority, and there's no indication as to why it has

01:32 taken so long when the law requires

01:36 memorial recognition. And it clearly is the right thing to do for the law

01:43 enforcement community and for our nation.

01:45 The plaque is done. It's my understanding that it is physically

01:53 on the Capitol complex, and it simply awaits a decision by the Republican

02:00 majority to have an appropriate ceremony of recognition and have it

02:05 placed in a location of honor here in the United States Congress.

Jeffries Asked To Respond To GOP Claim That Dems Are Responsible For Increase In Attacks On Officers

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