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Trump says he coined 'dumocrat' after watching Jeffries speak
President Donald Trump escalated his feud with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Friday during a visit to their mutual home turf of New York State.
Speaking at an event in Rockland County with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, Trump told the crowd how he came up with the mocking nickname of “dumocrat” for Democrats.
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“I was thinking about this character we have in the House, his name is Hakeem Jeffries, and he’s a low-IQ person, very low IQ,” Trump said. “I watched what he was saying, and what the horrible things he was saying, and I said he’s a dumb guy. I said, wait a minute, he’s a dumocrat, that’s how I got the name.”