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House Minority Leader News Conference on Speaker Election
2023-10-17T21:35:44-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZjg0XC8wMDFcLzE2OTc1NzgzNjVfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a news conference following the first vote to elect a speaker to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was ousted from the post on October 3. Neither Leader Jeffries nor Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) received the 217 votes needed to become speaker. Leader Jeffries said that Rep. Jordan (R-OH) was a “poster child for MAGA extremism,” and called him “a clear and present danger to our democracy.” Also, when asked by a reporter about empowering Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) as acting speaker, Rep. Jeffries said Democrats' focus was not on any specific individual, but on resuming U.S. House business.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a news conference following the first vote to elect a speaker to replace former Speaker Ke… read more
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a news conference following the first vote to elect a speaker to replace former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was ousted from the post on October 3. Neither Leader Jeffries nor Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) received the 217 votes needed to become speaker. Leader Jeffries said that Rep. Jordan (R-OH) was a “poster child for MAGA extremism,” and called him “a clear and present danger to our democracy.” Also, when asked by a reporter about empowering Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) as acting speaker, Rep. Jeffries said Democrats' focus was not on any specific individual, but on resuming U.S. House business. close
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