House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attacked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as "sick" and "demented" on Friday. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Jeffries had been asked about the swastika, which was reportedly embedded into a small American flag that was hanging on a cork board in the office of Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio. It was first reported by a local Ohio social media reporter who goes by the X handle "The Rooster."
Taylor said in a statement to Fox News that several offices were targeted with the flag, which he said was the work of an "unidentified group" in a coordinated opposition campaign.
SCREAMING MATCH ERUPTS BETWEEN HAKEEM JEFFRIES, MIKE LAWLER AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CHAOS CONTINUES
Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., tanked the GOP's funding bill ten times. (Reuters)
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In fact, it's expected to roll into its fourth week after Senate Democrats blocked the GOP's federal funding measure for a fourth time on Thursday before leaving Washington for the weekend.
Republicans put forward last month a seven-week extension of fiscal year (FY) 2025 funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), aimed at giving congressional negotiators more time to strike a long-term deal for FY2026.
But Democrats in the House and Senate were infuriated by being sidelined in those talks. The majority of Democrats are refusing to accept any deal that does not include serious healthcare concessions, at least extending COVID-19 pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year.
Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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