House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending the conduct of the “majority” of his fellow Democrats during President Trump’s defiant speech before Congress Tuesday night. But he declined to weigh in on the protests by a smaller group of Democrats during the marathon address,

The Brooklyn Democrat said Trump’s speech was all bluster and failed to include concrete proposals to improve the stuttering economy.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is cracking down on plans among his members to try to disrupt or draw attention away from President Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday evening. Why it matters: Many Democrats are facing a torrent of pressure from their grassroots base to stage more overt acts of resistance,