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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., criticized recent remarks by President Donald Trump as “unhinged” during a press conference on Tuesday, as the federal government lurches toward a potential shutdown at the end of this month.

Jeffries held a media availability in his Brooklyn, New York district after Trump canceled a planned meeting with congressional Democrat leaders on the issue of government funding.

Trump accused Democrats of making “unserious and ridiculous demands” in their push for a compromise deal to avert a shutdown.

“The statement that Donald Trump issued today was unhinged, and it related to issues that have nothing to do with the spending bill that is before the Congress, and the need to try to avoid a government shu

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