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PolitiFact | Hakeem Jeffries 11%
7/16/2026, 2:11:06 PM
Topics: Fact Checking, Political Figures
BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Unattributed Quote as the most egregious example at 24.2% saturation with 90 hits. Analysis detected 550 faulty-reasoning hits from 372 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27.5% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,869 of 16,550 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.80% of the article peer group.
Hakeem Jeffries is a member of Congress representing parts of Queens and Brooklyn in New York City.
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Hakeem Jeffries
stated on October 24, 2025 in an X post:
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care.
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By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on September 29, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
"Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on July 8, 2025 in a House floor speech:
President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”
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By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on May 12, 2025 in a press conference:
“About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2025
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on May 22, 2023 in a tweet:
“(Donald) Trump ran up more debt than any other president in American history.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2023
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