On the Incoming US Speaker of the House….Hakeem Jeffries…

The NY Times does a piece on the New York House Member , Jeffries, that will become the Speaker of US House come January.. 1, 2027….

I KNOW that some Progressives want a HARD charging Lefty to challenge Trump & Co.

THAT is NOT what is going happen….

Jeffries,  like Schumer,  has been dealing with Republicans and Trump….

Both?

Will start things off in few months….

They have support from Democrats in their chambers….

 

“Speaker Hakeem Jeffries,” Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as speaker, crowed in a social media post as the victories piled up on Tuesday night and the scope of Democrats’ sweep — on track to be the biggest House majority in a generation — became clear.

But not all Democrats cheered Mr. Jeffries’s impending elevation.

Stop “killing the vibe,” some posters barked back at Ms. Pelosi.

A petition encouraging House Democrats to “choose a new speaker” began gaining traction online. (The call to action, which has drawn more than one million signatures, was started by a social media creator who gets paid to publish petitions, and can earn more based on how many people sign.)

Progressives fed up with the Democratic Party establishment see the leader, a reserved moderate and prodigious fund-raiser, as an avatar of the status quo who is beholden to corporate interests.

Many who want the United States to stop supporting Israel view Mr. Jeffries, a longtime backer of the Jewish state, as too closely aligned with AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. And several Democrats elected last week have said they do not support him….

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Despite the skepticism, Mr. Jeffries is expected to be nominated overwhelmingly by Democrats this month as their choice for speaker, a rarity in the House where party leaders often ascend through tumultuous challenges, and to be elected in January.

Mr. Jeffries has kept House Democrats largely united against Mr. Trump’s agenda through the first two years of his second term and emerged as a fund-raising power house, raking in a combined $826.8 million in the midterm election cycle, according to figures provided by his team that have not been previously reported. (By comparison, Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, raised $526 million over the same period.)

Still, his cautious and deliberative style has led some critics in his ranks to wonder privately whether he has the temperament to lead his party at a time when many voters, especially progressives, are eager for them to act loudly and boldly with their new power….

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“When you’re the speaker, you become the engine of the vote,” he said. “Hakeem is ready to do just that. In the minority, your role is not as commanding.”

But few who know him well expect his approach to change. Mr. Jeffries, whose public speeches often lean heavily on hip-hop references and alliterative flourishes, does not chase viral moments and is not interested in “excelling on the algorithms.”

In defending his style, he sometimes invokes civil rights leaders who talked about the difference between a moment and a movement.

“True freedom fighters involve themselves in the movement, and they’re not in it just for a moment,” he has told people….

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“It remains unclear whether we can work with the White House,” he added, “but the ball is in their court at this point.”

There is no indication they would want to play. On Friday, Mr. Trump announced he was appointing Stephen Miller, an ideological loyalist who was the architect of his immigration crackdown, to serve as chief of staff….

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