Hakeem Jeffries on Rachel Maddow - Swing and Miss .

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13. Frankly, I wouldn't want him as Speaker at this point

should a miracle happen and Dems win all of the upcoming special House races. Probably a very good policy creator, Pelosi saw that I guess. But not especially inspiring and doesn't seem to have a sense of how dangerous the times are.

Miracle unlikely to happen though, and he isn't a very inspiring Minority Leader, especially paired with Schumer. Schumer needs to be paired with a Raskin, or a Goldman, or an AOC (dare I say?) to counter his pretty blah mien.

Or how about balancing Jefferies and his over calm demeanor and message of acceptance and patience, with someone like Whitehouse, or Warren, or Tammy Baldwin.

And come the midterms, should they be allowed to happen and should they be fair and peaceful, regaining the House is very possible. And I again say Jeffries is not the man to be speaker, given how nasty the lead up to 2028 is going to be.