{"id":1184041,"date":"2022-01-03T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184041"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:04:57","slug":"as-pelosis-retirement-looms-one-clear-favorite-emerges-as-a-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-pelosis-retirement-looms-one-clear-favorite-emerges-as-a-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"As Pelosi\u2019s Retirement Looms, One Clear Favorite Emerges As A Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-pelosis-retirement-looms-one-clear-favorite-emerges-as-a-replacement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has promised that the 117th Congress will be her last term at the top of the House Democratic Caucus, leaving New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as the front-runner to replace her.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a deal with a group of Democrats who opposed her return to the speakership in 2019, Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/12\/12\/nancy-pelosi-speaker-term-limits-house\/\">agreed<\/a> that she would serve a maximum of two more terms in the position. Although she has signaled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/12\/politics\/nancy-pelosi-house-democrats-leadership-2022\/index.html\">willingness<\/a> to renege on the agreement, many Democrats believe that they will have a new leader in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries is often mentioned as the next head of the caucus. The number <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/leadership\">five<\/a> Democrat in the House, Jeffries would make history as the first black leader of a party in the lower chamber. Majority Whip James Clyburn, who is also black, previously ruled out a run for the top position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is very important and would have no problem saying that, if I had a crystal ball, I would want the leadership to be reflective of this wonderful democracy in America we live in,\u201d Congressional Black Caucus chair and Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/democrats-pelosi-jeffries\/2022\/01\/01\/317f7792-5cfa-11ec-9c0e-a955f8a009c1_story.html\">told<\/a> The Washington Post. \u201cCertainly I would like to be able to say that I was part of the process that had the first Black American to be speaker of the U.S. Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7346218\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7346218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CLEVELAND, OHIO \u2013 JULY 31: Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) speaks during a Cuyahoga Councilwoman and Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown Get Out the Vote campaign event at Mt Zion Fellowship on July 31, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Councilwoman Brown and Congressional Candidate Nina Turner are the frontrunners ahead of 11 other Democratic candidates in the race. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A hard-charging partisan, Jeffries has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/20\/hakeem-jeffries-defends-maxine-waters-kevin-mccarthy-sit-this-one-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defended<\/a> members like Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters and Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/01\/29\/jeffries-democrats-anti-semitism-omar-tlaib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tlaib<\/a> after the two appeared to condone violence and anti-Semitism. He also described then-President Donald Trump as the \u201cGrand Wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries would likely have an easier time securing the votes needed to lead House Democrats if they are in the minority. While the Speaker of the House is elected by the whole House, requiring a 218-vote majority, the majority and minority leaders only need the support of a majority of their party\u2019s members.<\/p>\n<p>The math is important due to Jeffries\u2019 at times frosty relationship with left-wing members of the House. Although he is a <a href=\"https:\/\/progressives.house.gov\/caucus-members\">member<\/a> of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Jeffries has been criticized for his support from banks and charter schools. Justice Democrats, a group aligned with fellow New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/12\/18\/ocasio-cortez-hakeem-jeffries-2020-primary-1067107\">considered<\/a> fielding a primary challenge against him in 2020, although the threat never came to fruition. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/07\/12\/congressional-black-caucus-justice-democrats-unseat-black-lawmakers\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Congressional Black Caucus Accuses Justice Democrats Of Trying To Unseat Black Lawmakers)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after a series of high-profile <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/03\/nina-turner-shontel-brown-ohio-congress-special-election\/\">losses<\/a> for left-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/terry-mcauliffe-glenn-youngkin-virginia\/\">candidates<\/a>, punctuated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/06\/eric-adams-kathryn-garcia-new-york-city-mayoral-race-absentee-ballots\/\">victory<\/a> of Eric Adams in a crowded Democratic primary for Mayor of New York, Jeffries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/04\/us\/politics\/biden-democrats.html\">blasted<\/a> \u201cextreme left [a]s obsessed with talking trash about mainstream Democrats on Twitter,\u201d calling their lines of attack \u201clame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries\u2019 comments could work against him. CPC chair and Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal is also considering a run, and will \u201clook at any opportunities that are there,\u201d she told The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to stop blaming progressives in the Squad for all of the problems of the Democratic Party, because that is not true,\u201d New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of \u201cThe Squad,\u201d added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has promised that the 117th Congress will be her last term at the top of the House Democratic Caucus, leaving New York Rep. 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