At his "sit-in" on Capitol Hill with Cory Booker, Leader Jeffries suggested those supporting the budget from Trump and Republicans are traitors to America. The post Hakeem Jeffries Invokes Civil War Era at Capitol ‘Sit-In’ Against Trump Budget: ‘There Are But Two Parties in America Right Now: Patriots and Traitors’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Sen. Cory Booker and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries launched a live-streamed appeal from the steps of the U.S. Capital on April 27, demonstrating against Republican-backed budget plans.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) are staging a sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to protest the GOP's budget plan ahead of Congress' return from recess this upcoming week.