"Next question": Jeffries refuses to defend Schumer & answer question about whether it's time for new Senate leadership. [View all]

Source: Yahoo! News

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday repeatedly refused to defend Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or answer a question about whether it was time for new leadership in the Senate, after the Senate Democratic leader said he will not block Republicans’ government funding bill.

“Is it time for new leadership in the Senate?” a reporter asked Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, during an impromptu news conference in the afternoon.

“Next question,” Jeffries said.

Jeffries’ response — and the sudden news conference after House Democrats were supposed to be at a retreat — underscored tensions between House and Senate Democrats as a growing number of Democrats in the lower chamber have lambasted Schumer’s move.

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