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HJ Hakeem Jeffries Hakeem Jeffries Hakeem Jeffries is the Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 8th District and House Minority Leader.

“What I'm willing to commit to is that we are going to fight hard to drive down the high cost of living. We believe that affordability is the core issue. What I'm saying our priority is, we're not ruling anything in and we're not ruling anything out.”

Bloomberg This Weekend · February 2026

“What I'm willing to commit to is that we are going to fight hard to drive down the high cost of living. We believe that affordability is the core issue. What I'm saying our priority is, we're not ruling anything in and we're not ruling anything out.” — Hakeem Jeffries, Bloomberg This Weekend

Context

Said on the Bloomberg This Weekend podcast in February 2026, when asked whether he would rule out impeaching President Trump if Democrats win the House majority and he becomes Speaker. The interviewers had just played a clip of Trump saying Democrats would impeach him if they win the midterms.

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Transcript

Bloomberg This Weekend Around 14:32 into the episode
Speaker 4

Over and over again.

Speaker 3

Are you willing to rule out or commit to not impeaching the president if you were to get the speaker's gabble.

Hakeem Jeffries

Yeah, What I'm willing to commit to is that we are going to fight hard to drive down the high cost of living. We believe that affordability is the core issue that the American people. What I'm saying our priority is we're not ruling anything in and we're not ruling anything out.

Speaker 4

It's all premature.

Hakeem Jeffries

What we're focused on is a commitment to making sure we make life more affordable for the American people and fix our broken healthcare system. Now, of course, there's got to be accountability. This is the most corrupt administration in American history, and right now we are focused on delivering…

Speaker 4

And she clearly has to go.

Speaker names come from our own diarization. The position is estimated from where the line sits in the episode.

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