Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is poised to become the next leader of House Democrats — and the first Black leader of either party in Congress — as lawmakers gather behind closed doors to vote Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
Jeffries is so far running unopposed to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who announced before Thanksgiving that she would step back from leadership after two decades as the chamber’s top Democrat.
Jeffries said growing up in Brooklyn taught him how to confront adversity. “But that adversity makes you stronger and prepared,” he said Jeffries says he has received no pushback on the prospect of a concentration of power in his native borough.Democrats lost their House majority in the midterm elections earlier this month, meaning Jeffries would become the House minority leader.
“House Democrats will strongly defend President Biden, his administration and his family against extreme out-of-control attacks from the other side of the aisle if that’s the road Republicans choose to travel,” he said.While a red wave did not materialize nationally in the midterm elections, Republicans did manage to flip four congressional seats held by Democrats in New York.
Looking to 2024, Jeffries said there are many districts in New York and across the country where Democrats can gain ground. He described them as seats “Republicans are renting, not owning.”
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