House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on election night. He said the new Congress will not work for the president, the vice president or the Supreme Court but for "all of you, the American people." Then came "We made it Brooklyn" and his claim that House Democrats have taken back control of the United States Congress.
The receipt
- Who
- Hakeem Jeffries
- Where
- rally - election night, Washington, DC
- Original footage
- C-SPAN · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 48 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
You will have a Congress that recognizes we don't work for the president. We don't work for the vice president. We don't work for the Supreme Court. We work for all of you, the American people. And that is what House Democrats will deliver. And so let me just simply say to the communities that raised me back at home. We made it Brooklyn. We made it. House Democrats have taken back control of the United States Congress.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.