Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Friday that the economy, not racism or misogyny, was the reason President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month.

“I think the most important lesson to be drawn from the election is that the American people want us to work on the high cost of living and make sure that there can be a real path forward for working-class Americans, middle-class Americans, everyone who aspires to be part of the middle class to enjoy, you know, those promises, that basic contract between everyday Americans and the country,” Jeffries told ABC News’s The View.