Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) could become the heads of their respective sides of the House chamber. Just don’t expect them to be chummy about it.
It’s a new era of leadership in the House of Representatives, but the problems will be the same—maybe even worse.—to ascend to the role of speaker. On the left, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is virtually guaranteed to become the minority leader for House Democrats.
McCarthy didn’t even attend Pelosi’s highly anticipated floor speech when she ultimately announced she would not seek the leadership role again. Many other Republicans did show up, including Steve Scalise , No. 2 in the GOP House leaderhip. McCarthy complained that he had been busy and had no heads-up that her speech was going to be such an event.Jeffries and McCarthy don’t have the same bitter history.
“The level of disdain between McCarthy and any Democrat is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. They have to have a working relationship to some degree but it appears no Democrat wants to be in the same room as McCarthy, and McCarthy doesn’t want to be in the same room as any Democrat,” the aide said.Given the margins of the upcoming Congress, there will likely be some semblance of a working relationship required between McCarthy and Jeffries.
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