Jeffries: Democrats will deal with Hegseth if Trump doesn't
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- The Hill reports: “House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will run Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “out of town” if they take the majority in the November midterms. Jeffries told MS NOW that De…”
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