Stephanopoulos played tape of McConnell’s speech Sunday on This Week and asked Jeffries to respond to Republicans trying to equate his rhetoric with Trump’s denialism in the wake the of 2020 campaign.

“It’s unfortunate that Republicans have chosen to focus on me,” Jeffries answered. “House Democrats are going to focus on solving problems for the American people.

Yet the ABC host pressed, as Jeffries tried to duck the question.

“But you did say that ‘History will never accept [Trump] as a legitimate President,’” Stephanopoulos noted. “The Republicans are making quite a big issue out of that. What is your response?”