Jeffries Kicks Off Midterm Sprint with Economic Pitch

“Representative Hakeem Jeffries stood inside a union hall in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley on Sunday, under a banner that read ‘AFFORDABLE’ in oversize red letters,” the New York Times reports.

“In case the message was not clear enough, the lectern the New York Democrat stood behind blared the same slogan — ‘Fighting for an Affordable America’ — with the word ‘affordable’ several sizes larger than the others.”

“Then Mr. Jeffries, who was here in one of the nation’s most competitive congressional districts to mark the final 100 days of a campaign he hopes will win his party the House majority and him the speakership, made sure nobody missed the pitch.”