Story highlights Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat and Clinton supporter, talked about last night's debate

Bernie Sanders said that race relations would improve under his presidency

Washington (CNN) A Congressional Black Caucus leader said Friday that it is "a bit presumptuous" for Bernie Sanders to conclude he is the best candidate to improve race relations in America.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter, told CNN's "New Day" improving race relations is more complicated than the Vermont independent senator suggested.

"I thought that was a very simplistic answer to a very complicated problem," the whip of the Congressional Black Caucus told CNN's Alisyn Camerota. "Under the Obama Administration, we've had 71 consecutive months of private sector job creation. More than 14 million jobs have been created. He's done a tremendous job -- meaning President Barack Obama. But we still have some issues related to race relations that have to be tackled."

Jeffries added, "I think it seemed a bit presumptuous to me to conclude that Bernie Sanders in the twilight of his career was going to be able to be the great healer in race relations."

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