<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) pushed back on Sunday against members of his party who are claiming that former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is a &#8220;Russian asset.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jeffries made the remarks during an interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with Kristen Welker when asked about Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/16/us-news/wasserman-schultz-sparks-backlash-for-claiming-tulsi-gabbard-is-a-russian-asset/">saying</a> last week that Gabbard was &#8220;by most assessments, a Russian asset.&#8221;</p>
<p>President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gabbard, who is now a Republican, to be the director of national intelligence.</p>
<p>&#8220;Here&#8217;s what I have to say about several of the nominations that have been made by the incoming president, including the one that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was referring to,&#8221; Jeffries said. &#8220;The incoming president, throughout the campaign, promised the American people that we would have the best economy, the best border security, and the best administration possible.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The question that has to be asked: Is this the best that we can do in the context of some of these nominations?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Is this the very best that America has to offer for a moment like this, with so many challenges that we confront?&#8221;</p>
<p>He said Gabbard and others were &#8220;not&#8221; the best picks for the roles and said that &#8220;America deserves better.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;Hopefully, we&#8217;ll see the Senate Republicans do their job, scrutinize these picks, certainly confirm those that meet the basic level of qualifications, and reject others,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>When asked again if he would characterize Gabbard as a &#8220;Russian asset,&#8221; Jeffries responded: &#8220;No, that&#8217;s not how I would characterize her at this particular juncture.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But I&#8217;m open to scrutinizing whatever information is presented to all of us,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But this is going to fall on Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) when asked if he agrees with Democrats calling Tulsi Gabbard a &#8220;Russian asset&#8221;:</p>
<p>&#8220;No, that&#8217;s not how I would characterize her&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/hqD1RazfF4">pic.twitter.com/hqD1RazfF4</a></p>
<p>— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1858570611276030395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote>

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