WATCH: Leader Jeffries on MS NOW’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki
House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries had the chance to speak for the country after two National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C. by a 29-year-old Afghan national.
The attack happened the day before Thanksgiving.
These Guardsmen were hundreds of miles away from their homes in West Virginia, following orders and serving their country.
In moments like this, Americans expect clarity, seriousness, and unity.
Instead, Jeffries delivered the same partisan script he always reaches for: blame Trump, attack Republicans, and avoid acknowledging the policies that allowed this to happen in the first place.
Before the interview was even a minute old, Jeffries pivoted away from the facts of the shooting and immediately started questioning President Trump’s decision to add 500 additional National Guard troops to the capital.
This happened just hours after a foreign national targeted American service members.
Most leaders would call for securing the city, finding answers, and preventing another attack.
Jeffries chose to attack the very President trying to protect D.C. He demanded that the Trump Administration “justify” why troops were being deployed, as if protecting the capital after a targeted shooting requires a political explanation.
That attitude reveals everything wrong with today’s Democrat Party: they oppose Trump so reflexively that they cannot even support basic security measures when American troops are lying in a hospital bed.
The most striking part of Jeffries’ interview is what he refused to say.
He never mentioned immigration. He never acknowledged the reality that an Afghan national—someone who should never have been able to roam freely through the capital—shot two servicemembers in broad daylight.
Democrats opened the door to this crisis by embracing open borders, endless refugee admissions, and a security philosophy built around appeasement, not protection.
Jeffries had the opportunity to admit that allowing unknown individuals from unstable regions into American communities carries real consequences.
He avoided it entirely, because acknowledging it would mean admitting Trump was right about the border, right about vetting, and right about national security.
Instead of focusing on the attack, Jeffries launched into a long speech blaming Republicans for health-care prices.
In the middle of a terror investigation, he complained about Medicaid, tax credits, and billionaire donors.
This is the Democrat priority list in full view: political messaging first, national security last.
He accused Republicans of creating a “health care crisis,” yet never explained why a foreign national was able to carry out an attack on American troops in the capital.
That silence says more than any talking point he offered.
Jeffries even used this tragedy to celebrate what he called a “GOP civil war.”
With one National Guard soldier dead and another fighting for his life, he mocked Republicans for internal disagreements and bragged that Democrats could retake the House before the midterms if enough Republicans resigned.
That is not the language of a unifying national leader. That is a politician obsessed with power at any cost, even on a day when Americans needed unity and strength.
At one point, Jeffries declared that Democrats need control of Congress to “end this national nightmare.”
On a day when a foreign national targeted the National Guard, his “nightmare” was not the attack, not terrorism, not rising dangers facing military personnel.
His nightmare was President Trump. The contrast could not be more apparent.
Republicans talked about securing the capital, supporting law enforcement, and protecting service members. Democrats talked about discharge petitions, tax credits, and political strategy.
The country deserves leaders who put American lives before political ambition. President Trump responded to the attack by increasing security and supporting law enforcement.
Democrats responded by attacking Trump, ignoring immigration, and using a terror investigation as another platform for partisan talking points.
Jeffries showed once again that the modern Democrat Party is incapable of taking national security seriously.
In moments that call for strength and clarity, they offer only politics. America deserves better than that.
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