Jeffries to Lawler: 'Keep your mouth shut'

In a fiery Capitol Hill exchange captured on video, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Republican Rep. Mike Lawler to "keep your mouth shut" after Lawler confronted him over the government shutdown. Jeffries later called Lawler "not a serious person" as the two traded jabs about politics and election prospects.

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