House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries denied on CBS that suggesting the midterm elections could be rigged undermined elections. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images)
"No, I’ve been using that term in the context of Donald Trump’s unprecedented effort to gerrymander congressional maps in a partisan fashion all across the country in order to rig the midterm elections and deny the ability of the American people to actually decide who should be in the majority as it relates to the House of Representatives," Jeffries said.
"You know Democrats are also going through gerrymandering and redistricting," Brennan interrupted.
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"No. No. No. Well, Democrats are going to push back aggressively to make sure that we have fair maps across the country, not partisan gerrymandering, which Republicans have initiated in state after state after state," Jeffries insisted.
The interview concluded shortly after that exchange.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., defended recent efforts to redistrict blue states like New York. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
Jeffries was previously pressed about his support for redistricting in blue states, including his own, while attacking red state redistricting during an August interview with CNN's Dana Bash.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries claimed President Donald Trump is planning on "rigging" the midterm elections through red state redistricting. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
