"Appearing earlier in the day on "Morning Joe" on the liberal MS Now network, the House minority leader called the result a repudiation of President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.

However, the Brooklyn Democrat said his party would focus not on retribution but on fulfilling its promise to lower the prices of groceries, gas, housing and health care.

"The American people don't want us to get even," said Jeffries, who succeeded Nancy Pelosi as House minority leader in 2023.

"They want us to get things done on their behalf. Because life is way too expensive. We ran on affordability. We won on affordability. And now it's our job to govern on affordability."

"It's important for the president, before we even cross over into the new Congress, to end this war in Iran," he said.

Amid numerous allegations of financial impropriety during Trump's presidency, from his cryptocurrency venture to insider trading, Jeffries warned: "There's a cost to corruption."

"When it comes to the accountability side of the equation, it's going to be our responsibility to follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the Constitution, let the chips fall where they may, and make sure that wrongdoers are being held accountable."

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