Hakeem Jeffries doubles down on 'maximum warfare' rhetoric, tells critics 'I don't give a damn'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reaffirmed his 'maximum warfare' rhetoric against Republicans amid backlash following a report of an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. He defended his language by citing a 2025 White House staffer's use of the same phrase and criticized White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for hypocrisy on civility.