The line — "And if you don't know, now you know" — was used by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in response to a question Trump attorney Jay Sekulow asked Jeffries.
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\u201cAnd if you don't know, now you know\u201d: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries quoted Biggie Smalls when closing out his argument during the impeachment trial https://t.co/dVoA9PMUQA\u201d
"Why are we here?" Sekulow asked Jeffries, to which he replied:
"We are here, sir, because President Trump corruptly abused his power and then he tried to cover it up. That is why we are here Mr. Sekulow. And if you don’t know, now you know."
The line is taken from the Biggie classic "Juicy." Jeffries was born in Brooklyn just like the late rap icon. Upon footage of the exchange between Sekulow and Jeffries surfacing online, a number of people have reacted to the Biggie reference.
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“As a mother, I’m extremely proud of his accomplishments. You know, I still see such a young man at a young age, and sadly, he’s not here to witness all this. But it’s an astute honor, and as a mother, I’m just elated for that.”
“Many of [his songs] speak truth. It might be gritty, and maybe the language is so out there, but he was honest,” she added. “This legacy was trusted to me, and I have to respect it, I couldn’t walk away from his legacy, so I have to care for it, I have to love it, and I have to respect it.”
