Jeffries congratulates Trump, says Democrats are not party of ‘election denial’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), a fierce critic of Donald Trump, congratulated the president-elect on Thursday, emphasizing that Democrats respect the will of the voters and won’t challenge the results. “The American people have spoken,” Jeffries said in a statement. “I congratulate President-elect Donald J. Trump.” The brief statement, issued two days after Trump...