Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., 52, is running unopposed to serve as House Minority Leader starting in January. He is 30 years younger than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and will become the first Black person to lead a major political party in Congress.
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.The House Democratic Caucus has elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. to lead their caucus.
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."
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