‘Keep Your Mouth Shut’: Hakeem Jeffries Dukes It Out With House Republican Over Government Shutdown
1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026
Two New Yorkers came to verbal blows on Wednesday afternoon over Democrats’ refusals to reopen the government as the shutdown drags on with no end in sight. Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler confronted Democratic…
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