Tran, who headlined the event that featured several local, state and congressional candidates running for posts to represent Southern California this year, said a Democrat-controlled House will rein in corruption at the White House and stop Republicans in their tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I am out in the district, this is what I\u2019m hearing from families out there. It comes down to three things: costs, care and corruption. Trump and his Republican cronies continue to lie, grift and betray the American people, while families across California are getting squeezed, at the gas pump, at the grocery store and on their rent,\u201d Tran said. \u201cEnough is freaking enough. The gravy train ends this November, and Democrats are going to make sure of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite being the minority party in Congress, Jeffries touted House Democrats\u2019 efforts over the past two years, citing how they \u201cran Pam Bondi out of town\u201d \u2013 referring to the former attorney general \u2013 and did the same to former Homeland Security director Kristi Noem.<\/p>\n
For Jeffries, Nov. 3 isn\u2019t Election Day; \u201cIt\u2019s judgment day\u201d for Trump and the Republicans in Congress, who have made life in the U.S. more unaffordable than ever, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost importantly, we know that the status quo is unacceptable, that we need, in this country, dramatic change. That\u2019s what Derek Tran is going to bring about, that\u2019s what House Democrats will fight hard to bring back,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m confident, together, that we can make it happen. Show the courage and the character, and the conviction, during this extraordinary time to get things turned around.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lead-up to this election has been dominated by affordability concerns<\/a> Americans across the country face, strong opposition to the ongoing war in Iran<\/a> and the subsequent gas price spikes because of it, as well as attempts to restrict mail-in voting by the Trump administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n This week, Trump has campaigned in Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Iowa, and has plans to campaign in several Republican states in the week leading up to the election. Jeffries, speaking to reporters after Thursday night\u2019s rally, says it\u2019s a sign that Trump and his Republican Party \u201care on the run.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBut we take nothing for granted. We\u2019re going to work hard to turn out every vote,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Jeffries, too, is going on something of a campaign tour. Last weekend, he campaigned in Ohio<\/a> for Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a heavily contested congressional district, the Associated Press reported. Jeffries also has plans to campaign in San Diego, Texas, Nebraska, Virginia and Long Island in the coming days, the New York Times reported<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the past two years, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says there\u2019s been a lingering question that\u2019s plagued…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[135024,1400,163,165,164,1311,7,100,611,13],"class_list":["post-506263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-2026-california-congressional-elections","tag-2026-elections","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-buena-park","tag-california","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792823411_220_OCR-L-JEFFRIES-1024-10.jpg\")
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Rep. Derek Tran, D-Orange, give a brief press conference after holding a \u201cTake Back the House\u201d rally on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia \/ Orange County Register, SCNG)<\/p>\n