Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., ran unopposed for the position of House Democratic leader. He replaces Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced she would not run for the top leadership post after Democrats lost control of the House in the midterms.Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., ran unopposed for the position of House Democratic leader. He replaces Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who announced she would not run for the top leadership post after Democrats lost control of the House in the midterms.
Pelosi praised the leadership team following the caucus election Wednesday saying the new leaders will"reinvigorate our Caucus with their new energy, ideas and perspective." "I think that it was pretty clear to everybody that Pelosi, [Rep. Steny] Hoyer and myself would be making an exit from the leadership very soon, either under our own, or somebody carried us out," Clyburn said.
Speaking the night before the leadership elections, Jeffries told reporters that after Democrats won back the majority in 2018 he, Clark, and Aguilar talked about joining the leadership table then and using the period to demonstrate they were up to the task to eventually move up the leadership ladder.Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., told NPR"one thing I've learned in leadership is that you don't get to choose your moment.
He acknowledged the caucus is"a big family, and an enthusiastic family and sometimes a noisy family." In a veiled reference to the House GOP conference and its allegiance to former President Donald Trump, Jeffries added"I'd much rather be a coalition than a cult."
So, does that make him a minority, minority leader?🤔
Pointing this out on Twitter just shows how racist NPR is.
Radical left loser.
just because is black
That's progress. 100 years ago the Democrats were using the KKK to intimidate and oppress black people, now they are willing to give them political power. Good job, and goodbye to Nancy. She was so destructive and dangerous to all Americans. Do better than her, Jefferies!
Your piece on Hakeem Jeffries focused on his “working class” background…described his early schooling - but said nothing about his undergraduate, graduate & law school education…probably unintentional but still problematic omission: Implied he may have had no higher education.
'The more we learn about 2016 election the more ILLEGITIMATE it becomes,” Jeffries tweeted back in February 2018. “America deserves to know whether we have a FAKE President in the Oval Office.”
Awesome!
For a month lol
I care more about his pro-corporate ideology than his skin color.
Congratulations!!
'Black person' I thought were not doing that anymore. Equality or equity needs no description. DefundNPR
is he straight or gay? That seems to be the focus of luciferian democrats today!
see my pinned tweet plz
Will you mention the fact that he’s an election denier
I'll sure take him over Pelosi and I don't give a damn about what color his skin is
Great choice!
We had a black president
Hey NPR: How come that huge story about the gay club shooting you guys were all over disappeared from your programming into thin air once it came out that the shooter was non-binary? It’s pledge time at my local nepublicmedia and I’d like to know before I get my checkbook out.
A election denier, a wall st bootlicker, and a warmonger who has done nothing for voters. Congrats.
Oh, the election denier.
Still a dream: 'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.' - MLK
Jefferies is a smart man and capable of leadership of the Dems. Pelosi must allow him to do his job now that she is Speaker Emeritas. SpeakerPelosi
He a racist though.
Huzzah!!
.........AMEN.............
Tough to push back on election denialism when your new party leader is a promoter of it.
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Worst possible person for the position. Once again centrists disrespect the left. Jeffries is the guy who blackballed progressive candidates and was the reason we recommend donating directly to the candidate of your choice.
Good luck
How’s he at trading stocks?
A simple and effortless way to distract from rampant corruption I suppose.
What a shame, another corporate shill.
Dems are becoming more radicalized. So much for the moderate Joe Biden...
LOL.. he's a cluckhead.
And he'll punch back at the bs Republicans throw his way!
Good goin', RepJeffries! 🎆
He’s a smart man and articulate. Good job and good luck
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