House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said he would keep working with the full ideological range of his caucus, even after Democratic socialists defeated Democratic incumbents he had endorsed.
He described the coming midterms as a contest against President Donald Trump rather than a fight within his own party.
Jeffries made the comments in a July 3 interview on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” weeks after progressive challengers ousted several sitting Democrats in June primaries.
When asked how he would work with members who beat the incumbents he backed, Jeffries said primary contests were routine and that his caucus had longstanding competing wings….
Jeffries Says He’ll Work With the Socialists Who Beat His Picks, Keep Focus on Trump
