{"id":1757057,"date":"2022-11-30T13:03:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757057"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:49:53","slug":"breaking-dems-elect-hard-left-rep-hakeem-jeffries-to-succeed-pelosi-as-house-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-dems-elect-hard-left-rep-hakeem-jeffries-to-succeed-pelosi-as-house-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dems Elect Hard-Left Rep. Hakeem Jeffries To Succeed Pelosi As House Leader"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbreaking-dems-elect-hard-left-rep-hakeem-jeffries-to-succeed-pelosi-as-house-leader%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=1757057&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>House Democrats on Wednesday elected New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries \u2014 who has repeatedly painted his Republican colleagues and conservatives on the Supreme Court as racists \u2014 as their leader, making him the successor to Nancy Pelosi, who led the House Democrats for decades and served as speaker when her party was in the majority.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as party leader, first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DexG6TNH7B\">https:\/\/t.co\/DexG6TNH7B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1597991927215001605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as party leader, first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DexG6TNH7B\">https:\/\/t.co\/DexG6TNH7B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1597991927215001605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jeffries\u2019 leftist rhetoric over the years has included saying of Kyle Rittenhouse, \u201cLock up Kyle Rittenhouse and throw away the key,\u201d prompting Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) to fire back, \u201cIf this isn\u2019t proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I don\u2019t know what is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If this isn\u2019t proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I don\u2019t know what is. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WYsTAw3PeU\">https:\/\/t.co\/WYsTAw3PeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1458639042250223617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this isn\u2019t proof that the Democrat Party has largely departed from American principles of neutrally applied justice and the right of self-defense, then I don\u2019t know what is. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WYsTAw3PeU\">https:\/\/t.co\/WYsTAw3PeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1458639042250223617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In July 2021, Jeffries, who was named one of seven impeachment managers by Pelosi in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, ripped Republicans for their efforts to restore election integrity across the nation while branding them as racists, tweeting, \u201cThe Civil War ended in 1865 and the racists lost. Get over it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crenshaw fired back on Twitter with a blunt reminder of exactly which party had the history of racism, snapping, \u201cYou\u2019re right, the Democrats lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You\u2019re right, the Democrats lost. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fapklELoeh\">https:\/\/t.co\/fapklELoeh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1415105589882114055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re right, the Democrats lost. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fapklELoeh\">https:\/\/t.co\/fapklELoeh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1415105589882114055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Appearing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/inside-city-hall\/2021\/07\/14\/hakeem-jeffries-voting-rights-child-care-tax-credit-nyc-mayoral-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectrum News NY1<\/a>, Jeffries was asked if President Biden had exaggerated when he called measures such as voter ID and tighter control of mail-in ballots \u201cthe most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not exaggerating at all,\u201d Jeffries replied. \u201cThe Republican party has adopted voter suppression as an electoral strategy. Which is a shame because the modern history here in America post the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has largely been \u2014 this was a settled question. The right to vote was a sacred thing, an important part of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries implied that Republican efforts stemmed from racist reaction to the election of Barack Obama, calling the GOP efforts part of a \u201cvoter suppression epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In February 2022, Jeffries attacked the legitimacy of the conservative members of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupreme Court majority has zero legitimacy,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cGhosts of the confederacy are alive and well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Supreme Court majority has zero legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>Ghosts of the confederacy are alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/1490913530928795648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Supreme Court majority has zero legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>Ghosts of the confederacy are alive and well.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/1490913530928795648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In September, after Jeffries claimed that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and fellow Republican and Texas Governor Greg Abbott were \u201cbehaving like human traffickers\u201d after DeSantis sent 50 illegal immigrants to Martha\u2019s Vineyard.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, who served three terms in Congress before becoming the Sunshine State\u2019s governor, fired back at his former House colleague, noting that the Biden administration has been moving illegal immigrants around the country since coming to power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Biden is flying these people all over the fruited plain in the middle of the night, I didn\u2019t hear a peep out of those people,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-wrecks-top-democrat-for-human-trafficker-remark-i-didnt-hear-a-peep-out-of-those-people\/\">DeSantis Wrecks Top Democrat For \u2018Human Trafficker\u2019 Remark: \u2018I Didn\u2019t Hear A Peep Out Of Those People\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats on Wednesday elected New York Rep. 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