Hakeem Jeffries doubles down on ‘maximum warfare’ rhetoric, tells critics ‘I don’t give a damn’

Hakeem Jeffries doubles down on 'maximum warfare' rhetoric, tells critics 'I don't give a damn'

Jeffries called Karoline Leavitt a 'disgrace' and 'stone cold liar' while defending his 'maximum warfare' language

Police and National Guard stand in front of the Washington Hilton after the White House Correspondents Association Dinner was postponed April 25, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attends a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026, after President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner following a security incident. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

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