House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries arrives to conscionable with his chap Democrats, astatine the Capitol successful Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y), wide expected to pb his caucus successful the adjacent Congress, said Sunday it was an grant to travel the erstwhile procreation of apical Democrats.
“It’s an grant to basal connected the shoulders of specified an bonzer radical of leaders: Jim Clyburn, Steny Hoyer and, of course, Nancy Pelosi,” Jeffries said connected CNN’s “State of the Union,” referring to the outgoing House bulk whip, House bulk person and talker of the House, respectively.
The trio of octogenarians announced past week they program to permission the apical positions, paving the mode for a generational alteration successful enactment leadership. Jeffries announced his plans to tally for House Democratic person connected Friday, and was moving unopposed arsenic of Sunday.
Jeffries said that portion outsiders person “to make this framework of Democrats successful disarray,” his enactment was capable to travel unneurotic connected important argumentation decisions.
And helium had nary shortage of praise for Pelosi, who has had 2 stints arsenic talker and was the archetypal pistillate to service successful the role.
“An historical speaker, a legendary leader, idiosyncratic who has near an unthinkable footprint for good,” helium said of the outgoing speaker.
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