Dems dismiss calls for apology after Jeffries vows 'fight' against Trump agenda 'in the streets'

Congressional Democrats are dismissing the White House's request for an apology aft House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., urged radical to "fight" President Donald Trump's docket "in the streets."

"Right now, we're going to support absorption connected the request to look retired for mundane New Yorkers and mundane Americans who are nether battle by an utmost MAGA Republican docket that is trying to chopped taxes for billionaires, donors, and affluent corporations and past instrumentality New Yorkers and moving people Americans crossed the state with the bill," the Democrat said during a property conference. 

"That's not acceptable. We are going to combat it legislatively. We are going to combat it successful the courts. We're going to combat it successful the streets," helium continued. 

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The White House has demanded an apology from Jeffries. (Reuters)

A spokesperson for Jeffries, Christie Stephenson, told Fox News Digital, "The conception that Leader Jeffries supports unit is laughable. Republicans are the enactment that pardons convulsive felons who battle constabulary officers. Democrats are the enactment of John Lewis and the close to petition the authorities peacefully."

She besides referred to the comments arsenic promoting "nonviolent protest" connected X.

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"You should truly get a punctuation from 1 of the convulsive criminals President Trump conscionable fto connected the streets. Or the 1 who instantly got picked up connected kid pornography charges," a spokesperson for House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., told Fox News Digital.

The lawmakers were apt referencing Trump's caller determination to pardon astir each defendants with charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., did not instantly supply remark to Fox News Digital.

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Aguilar is seat of the House Democrats.  (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Jeffries' remark was rapidly shared by the Trump White House's accelerated effect squad Friday connected X earlier Republicans began calling for an apology. 

A senior White House official told Fox News Digital, "Hakeem Jeffries indispensable apologize for this disgraceful telephone to violence."

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., besides demanded an apology, penning connected X, "House Minority Leader [Jeffries] should promptly apologize for his usage of inflammatory and utmost rhetoric."

"President Trump and the Republicans are focused connected uniting the country; Jeffries needs to halt trying to disagreement it."

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Cotton called the comments "deranged." (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

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Senate Republican Conference Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told Fox News Digital successful a statement, "The Democratic Leader’s comments are deranged but not unexpected. Senate Republicans are warring to marque America safer and much prosperous portion the Democrats stay obsessed with protecting transgression amerciable aliens, individuality politics, and unhinged attacks connected President Trump."

On societal media, rank-and-file Democratic lawmakers remained soundless connected the remark from Jeffries.