Barack Obama of Brooklyn “Hakeem Jeffries” Tipped To Replace Nancy Pelosi
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Nancy Pelosi said in 2018 that she would step down as Speaker of the House in four years, and she repeated the commitment in 2020. Now that the time for her successor’s appointment is swiftly approaching. It looks that the Democrats will fight tooth and nail for her job.
The Democrats seem to be locked in a tight race to name her successor as the 2022 deadline draws nearer.
Democratic leaders fear they will lose control of the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections in 2022. Many expect them to lose control of the government.
One example of Democratic Party infighting is Pelosi’s battle to succeed her.
Vice President Kamala Harris seems to be on her way out for President Joe Biden.
‘The squad’ in the House is opposed to any kind of compromise with their colleagues. Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema in the Senate are also refusing to compromise.
Democratic poll numbers have suffered because of the infighting leading into the midterms, with the infighting hurting them to a great extent.
It is crucial to maintain a united backbone of the party if they want to retain power that Nancy Pelosi is replaced. Representative Pramila Jayapal supports a more decentralized leadership system instead of the existing system. It includes Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn.
Who is Hakeem Jeffries?
Hakeem Jeffries served as the 8th Congressional District Representative for the state of New York. Brooklyn native David Cooper graduated from New York University School of Law with a Juris Doctor.
Judge Harold Baer Jr of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York was Jeffries’ first employer before entering private practice.
Then he served six years in the New York State Assembly before moving to the US Capitol.
Jeffries rose quickly through the ranks of Congress after becoming chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. He became the fifth-ranked Democrat in the House of Representatives in as little as two years.
Additionally, he became the first African-American impeachment manager at the 2020 Senate trial of Donald Trump.
Is Jeffries the right candidate?
Democratic leaders agree that Pelosi’s successor should be “just as historic.” It implies that the position may be filled by someone from an ethnic minority group.
In an era when the United States chose its first female Vice President, he would become the first Black speaker at the ceremony. He seems to have some supporters.
Ankita Khanrah
Ankita Khanrah is a second-year student of the Master of Communication and Journalism (Integrated) programme at the School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
