Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Was Asked An Off-Script Question On MSNBC Resulting In VERY 'Awkward Silence'

Posted • March 15, 2025: Anybody who has followed politics for any significant length of time knows there's a "go to" move a politician has in his or her back pocket just in case they get an uncomfortable question they don't want to answer. That move is to coincidentally lose audio/video with the interviewer. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had a textbook example of this last year after being asked about Hunter Biden: Biden campaign co-chair Gretchen Whitmer conveniently loses her connection just as she's being asked about Hunter Biden's criminal trial https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1799805087453220864/vid/avc1/1920x1080/sORS0Ox09aVL1J69.mp4 —— Another coincidental "lost connection" happened yesterday on MSNBC. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries got a question that it looked like he wasn't ready for and guess what happened next: Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was given an unscripted question from MSNBC and got caught out suddenly having absolutely nothing to say in response. Without their approved script, just total silence. (…)

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