Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, on House floor, demands end to 'speakership of Donald J. Trump'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has taken to the chamber’s floor before the vote to end the government shutdown, saying he "wants to end the speakership of Donald J. Trump once and for all."

"That’s how this fight ends," Jeffries said, caricaturing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as a Trump puppet.

Jeffries said Trump has used the Johnson-led House to jam through his "extremist views" in the midst of a health care crisis, and in the middle of an affordability crisis. He noted he’s filed a measure that would force a House vote on extending expiring Obamacare premium subsidies, which will require 280 member signatures to trigger a vote.

"We’re going to continue to fight hard for the American people," Jeffries said.