EXCERPT:
JEFFRIES: "Well, certainly the case that we understand the scale of the threat, that can’t be doubted. The CBC, which I’m a part of, definitively understands the scale of the threat. Our communities have been under siege, as you pointed out, since before the Civil War. I’m a direct descendant of those very communities, so we understand the struggle, the history, the strength of people like John Lewis, which we’re going to channel. That’s my experience. That’s my personal experience. That’s my family’s experience. And so we understand that. And as a caucus, it’s definitively the case that we understand that.“