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Hakeem Jeffries didn’t mince his words when asked about Mehmet Oz’s comments on health-care enrolments.
The House Minority Leader dismissed Oz, declaring: “Nobody who’s serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously. No one.”
He accused the GOP of rubber-stamping poor choices he calls "Donald Trump's cruelty and extreme agenda."
The remark swiftly sparked debate, as Jeffries remarked: "I have no idea what Dr Oz is talking about, and neither do the American people."
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