Hakeem Jeffries Is the Big Winner in the McCarthy Trials

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(The New Republic) The most powerful person currently residing in the House of Representatives is not even a member of the majority. With Kevin McCarthy removed from the speakership thanks to a small faction of his own Republican conference, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has hit something of a new stride. Having amassed support from Democratic members, he’s riding a fresh wave of goodwill and maintaining a firm grasp on an often fractious caucus.

The recent chaos on the Hill has illuminated Jeffries’s relative strength rather brightly. With only a four-seat majority, and eight Republicans voting to remove McCarthy from his position, the speaker needed support from Democrats to remain in power. However, Democrats—led by Jeffries—remained unified in their opposition to lending McCarthy a helping hand. Every single Democrat voted in favor of vacating the speakership, removing McCarthy from his post.

This unity is not only indicative of Democrats’ universal loathing for McCarthy but of their trust in their own leader: Jeffries’s handle on his caucus is as strong as McCarthy’s was shaky. Representative Don Beyer went so far as to call Jeffries the “de facto speaker,” given his support from a plurality of House representatives. ..............(more)

https://newrepublic.com/article/175935/hakeem-jeffries-consolidates-power-mccarthy

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1. K&R......

[justaprogressive]

2. After Kevvy blamed the Democrats

for the shutdown on Sunday show...

they shit-canned him

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3. The Vacate Resolution debate between the Tom Cole rightwing and the Matt Gaetz loons

spent the vast majority of the time trashing Democrats.

There wasn't even a need for our Caucus to see clips of the shit-talking that McCarthy did on the talk shows to understand that the GOP has ZERO intention to zip it and give the "It's the Democrats' fault that we are in disarray" claptrap a rest.