众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯(Hakeem Jeffries)指责唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统没有解决美国人的经济需求。
“嗯，本周，我们将有一个生活成本行动周，我们必须继续与美国人民谈论我们的计划，”杰弗里斯周日告诉美国广播公司新闻的“本周”联合主播乔纳森·卡尔。“我们认识到住房成本太高，食品杂货成本太高，公用事业成本太高，儿童保育成本太高，保险成本太高。美国太贵了。现在，唐纳德·特朗普是总统。就他对经济的认可而言，这是他在1月20日最大的优势。现在，这是他最大的弱点。”
杰弗里斯还驳斥了最近的盖洛普民意调查结果，该调查发现，美国人对民主党领导人解决经济问题的信任度远低于共和党领导人。
杰弗里斯说:“现在有各种不同的民意调查，包括最近的一次上午咨询民意调查，显示在经济问题上，国会民主党人实际上四年来首次比国会共和党人更受信任。”“我们将继续在经济上坚持我们的主张，继续在保护和加强社会保障上坚持我们的主张，这是我们承诺要做的。正如我们所知，共和党人正试图引爆社会保障。当然，我们将保护美国人民的医疗保健。”
Jeffries: Trump's economic policy is 'his greatest weakness'
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called out President Donald Trump for not addressing Americans’ economic needs.
“Well, this week, we'll be having a cost of living week of action, and we have to continue to talk to the American people about our plans," Jeffries told ABC News' “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday. "We recognize that housing costs are too high, grocery costs are too high, utility costs are too high, child care costs are too high, insurance costs are too high. America is too expensive. Now, Donald Trump is the president. And in terms of his approval as it relates to the economy, it was his biggest strength on January 20th. Now, it's his greatest weakness."
Jeffries also refuted recent Gallup poll findings that found Americans’ trust in Democratic leadership to fix economic issues is much lower than that of GOP leaders.
“There are a variety of different polls that are out there, including most recently a Morning Consult poll, that showed that congressional Democrats were actually trusted more than congressional Republicans on the economy for the first time in four years," Jeffries said. "We're going to continue to press our case on the economy, continue to press our case on protecting and strengthening Social Security, which is what we are committed to do. Republicans are trying to detonate Social Security as we know it. And certainly, we're going to protect the healthcare of the American people.”
