{"id":519324,"date":"2022-12-01T02:16:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-history-making-new-house-leader-brooklyns-own-hakeem-jeffries\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T02:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:16:17","slug":"democrats-history-making-new-house-leader-brooklyns-own-hakeem-jeffries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-history-making-new-house-leader-brooklyns-own-hakeem-jeffries\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats&#8217; history-making new House leader: Brooklyn&#8217;s own Hakeem Jeffries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407f24d1930\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407f24d1930\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-history-making-new-house-leader-brooklyns-own-hakeem-jeffries\/#%E2%80%9CDemocrats_history-making_new_House_leader_Brooklyns_own_Hakeem_Jeffries%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Democrats&#8217; history-making new House leader: Brooklyn&#8217;s own Hakeem Jeffries&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDemocrats_history-making_new_House_leader_Brooklyns_own_Hakeem_Jeffries%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Democrats&#8217; history-making new House leader: Brooklyn&#8217;s own Hakeem Jeffries&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Congress_House_Democrats_Hakeem-Jeffries.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Congrats to Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on his historic election as Democratic leader in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries is the first black lawmaker to head a major political party in Congress, and his rise means Dems in <em>both <\/em>chambers will now be run by a Brooklynite: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer lives just about a mile away from him.<\/p>\n<p>At 52, Jeffries <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/house-democrats-set-to-pick-hakeem-jeffries-to-lead-party-11669806001\">is also ushering in<\/a> a new generation of Democratic leaders in the House: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (82), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (83) and Dem whip James Clyburn (82) are all stepping back.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, like Pelosi, he\u2019ll have to wrangle radical leftists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Bx-Queens) and liberals among his party. But he may deliver better results: Though a member of the Congressional Progressive Party, he\u2019s defended Israel and sensibly opposed defunding cops. \u201cThere will never be a moment where I bend the knee to hard-left democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ism,\u201d he vowed last year. Hear, hear. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And some Republicans salute him for his willingness to engage. \u201cNothing but good things to say about our ability to work together,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/house-democrats-set-to-pick-hakeem-jeffries-to-lead-party-11669806001\">cheers Rep.\u00a0Nancy Mace<\/a>\u00a0(R-SC). That could open the door for useful bipartisan legislation; with Republicans holding the House with just a few seats, that possibility seems especially promising.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s wishing the new Democratic leader good luck and hoping he takes advantage of the opportunity \u2014 for the benefit of all Americans.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Hakeem Jeffries on his historic election as Democratic leader in the House. Jeffries is the first black lawmaker to head a major political party in Congress, and his rise means Dems in both chambers will now be run by a Brooklynite: Senate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Congress_House_Democrats_Hakeem-Jeffries.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[136427,4997,87119,4950,71313,52214,10701,43,87077,54077,5000,70922],"class_list":["post-519324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-30-22","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-bipartisanship","tag-brooklyn","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-editorial","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-progressives","tag-us-house-of-representatives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}