House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
In a post-speech interview, Jeffries accused Trump and his administration of "repeatedly" lying and making things about him and "never about the American people."
"It’s always about him and never about the American people. This is why the economy is crashing. Things haven’t gotten better. They’re getting worse," Jeffries said, adding that "the free world is falling apart because Donald Trump is playing footsie with Vladimir Putin."
In his criticism, Jefferies heavily focused on Trump assuring Americans that funding for social security, Medicaid and Medicare will not be cut unless fraud or abuse is detected, describing those promises made by the president and the Republican Party as lies.
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"They’re going to go after Social Security benefits. I think that was clear after this speech. And we know that they are proposing the largest Medicaid cut in American history that’s going to hurt children, hurt families, hurt people with disabilities, shut down hospitals and close nursing homes," Jeffries said, referencing proposed tax cuts.
Jason Hartley stands after President Donald Trump announced the high school senior has been admitted to the U.S. Military Academy West Point during Tuesday's address to a joint session of Congress. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jeffries did not publicly comment on anything specific besides his concerns about potential cuts to government programs in his post-speech interview, but he did criticize the "Republican agenda" as a whole multiple times.
"What’s going to move this country back in the right direction is for the American people to fully understand the implications of this very divisive and extreme agenda that is being unleashed on the American people," Jeffries said, in part.
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