New Yorker Hakeem Jeffries announced this Friday his candidacy to replace Nancy Pelosi in the leadership of the Democratic Party in the US House of Representatives, which will be dominated by a Republican majority after the midterm elections.
The possible election of Jeffries, third in the Democratic power scale in the Lower House of Congress, represents an important generational change within the leadership of the party, since both Pelosi and the other two previous leaders, Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn, are octogenarians.
Hakeem Jeffries, the “Barack Obama of Brooklyn”, is the favorite to succeed the “GOAT” Nancy Pelosi as leader of Congress
Jim Clyburn has already commented on the bid, noting the pace of the 52-year-old Jeffries, “Absolutely fantastic”, while Steny Hoyer considers that”it is always good that a party has blood, strength and new ideas????????
Clyburn went further and also showed his support for the other two Democratic candidates who would complete the trio headed by Jeffries: Katherine Clark as party discipline officer and Pete Aguilar to chair the Democratic Caucus (lead).
Just as Pelosi made history as the first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Jeffries, who represents the most conservative line within the partyhe could become the first African-American to hold that position, if he is elected and Democrats regain control of the House.
Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will not run for the Democratic leadership of the US Congress, after it was confirmed that the Republicans secured the leadership of the lower house in the midterm elections.
Nancy Pelosi leaves the Democratic leadership of the US Congress.
In a speech to a standing ovation from Democrats and Republicans alike, Pelosi, 82, announced she is resigning after leading the Democrats for nearly 20 years and after an intruder assaulted her husband, Paul Pelosi, last month. spent at home. .
Now we must move boldly into the future. It is time for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I respect so much. And I am grateful that so many are ready and willing to take on this incredible responsibility,” Pelosi said, in a speech in which she recalled her journey from “at-home mom to Speaker of the House of Representatives.”
Leader of the House of Representatives is the third most important figure in American politics after the President and Vice President. The leadership of the House of Representatives can be assumed, starting in January, by Republican Kevin McCarthy, who has already been nominated to lead his party in Congress.
McCarthy, who has so far led the Republican minority in Congress, has seen his party win a majority in the House of Representatives, allowing him to take Nancy Pelosi’s seat.
Source: Observadora
