{"id":594133,"date":"2023-10-13T05:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T02:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jeffries-calls-for-traditional-republicans-to-break-with-the-extremists\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T05:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T02:26:43","slug":"jeffries-calls-for-traditional-republicans-to-break-with-the-extremists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeffries-calls-for-traditional-republicans-to-break-with-the-extremists\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jeffries calls for \u2018traditional Republicans to break with the extremists\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/jeffrieshakeem_092023gn01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called for Republicans to \u201cget their act together\u201d and elect the next speaker while slamming the \u201cextremists\u201d within their party.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/1712631598145818931?s=20\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/1712631598145818931?s=20\">joined PBS News Hour<\/a> inside the Capitol Thursday night after Speaker-designate Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) withdrew his name from consideration for the role.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Scalise was chosen as the Republican nominee in a secret ballot Wednesday but faced pushback from several members. It later became <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent that he would struggle to earn the 217 votes necessary on the House floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s so urgently necessary that the Republicans get their act together and elect the speaker from within their own ranks as it is the responsibility of the majority party to do so, or have traditional Republicans break with the extremists within the House Republican Conference and partner with Democrats on a bipartisan path forward,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries said Democrats are ready, willing and able to move forward on a bipartisan agreement on who would become the next speaker, they just await Republican support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there are traditional Republicans who are good women and men who want to see government function, but they are unable to do it within the ranks of their own conference, which is dominated by the extremist wing,\u201d Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>Several far-right members who helped initiate former Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s ousting have continued to oppose solutions offered by the party. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), for example, said she voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in the secret ballot, saying she likes Scalise but wants to see him focus on defeating cancer, which he announced as \u201cvery treatable\u201d in August.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries acknowledged the GOP division and said \u201cthat\u2019s why we continue to extend the hand of bipartisanship to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Democrats may nominate Jeffries as their pick for speaker, potentially placing him in a race to 217 votes against whoever the GOP ultimately decides to send to the House floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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Jeffries joined PBS News Hour inside the Capitol Thursday night after Speaker-designate Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) withdrew his name from consideration for the role. 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