House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has resorted to lecturing members of Congress about their Christian faith on the House floor. “Got some folks in this town that go to Church and they pray on Sunday. P-R-A-Y. And then they come to Congress and prey P-R-E-Y on the https://t.co/3CNWQ5eMLd
Hakeem Jeffries is now trying to quote from the Bible to criticize Republican lawmakers: https://t.co/NUtpNsaWYE
🚨NEW LOW—Jeffries is now using religion to ATTACK Christian lawmakers, claiming they “pray” at church & “prey” at work. He’s quoting Scripture to smear Republicans—while leading a party that celebrates abortion, mocks religious liberty, & censors biblical values. Disgusting. https://t.co/Ci4zbikBbl
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries used a floor speech on Thursday to accuse unnamed Republican lawmakers of hypocrisy, saying some "go to church and pray on Sunday and then come to Congress and prey on the American people." Jeffries added, "I'm not down with that kind of faith—that's not the faith that comes out of the Gospel." Conservative media outlets quickly criticized the remarks, claiming Jeffries was attacking Christian legislators. Republican leaders had not formally responded as of mid-afternoon, and Jeffries did not single out specific members or tie his comments to a particular bill under debate.