Jeffries Bashes ‘Extreme MAGA Republicans,’ Calls Biden ‘Eloquent,’ Pelosi ‘The Greatest’

House Minority Leader uses weekly press conference to air Democrat views

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) holds a news conference after he was elected party leader of the 118th Congress by the House Democratic caucus at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington on Nov. 30, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) chastised “extreme MAGA Republicans,” called President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address “eloquent” and praised former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as “the greatest speaker of all time in the United States of America” during his weekly press conference on Feb. 9.

It was Jeffries’ first press conference since Biden’s State of the Union speech on Feb. 7, and the House Minority Leader echoed the president’s messaging.