{"id":2206143,"date":"2024-03-25T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T02:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-tenney-warns-that-house-gop-is-pushing-hakeem-jeffries-to-speakership-were-perilous\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T22:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T02:56:40","slug":"rep-tenney-warns-that-house-gop-is-pushing-hakeem-jeffries-to-speakership-were-perilous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-tenney-warns-that-house-gop-is-pushing-hakeem-jeffries-to-speakership-were-perilous\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Tenney cautions that House GOP is urging Hakeem Jeffries for speakership, stating, &#8220;We&#8217;re in a precarious situation."},"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\">36<\/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%2Frep-tenney-warns-that-house-gop-is-pushing-hakeem-jeffries-to-speakership-were-perilous%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=2206143&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>Rep. Claudia Tenney from New York is concerned about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pfizer-finds-counterfeit-covid-19-vaccine-shots-abroad\/\" title=\"Report: Pfizer Finds Counterfeit COVID-19 Vaccine Shots Abroad\">potential rise<\/a> of House Minority Leader\u200b Hakeem Jeffries to the House speakership before\u2063 November. This worry was shared during her appearance on Fox Business&#8217;\u200b Kudlow show,\u200c highlighting the\u2064 risk of Democrats leveraging \u2062Republican discord for a strategic advantage in House leadership elections. Rep. Claudia\u2062 Tenney from \u2064New York expressed concerns\u200c on \u200bFox Business&#8217; Kudlow show about House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries potentially becoming House\u200d Speaker before November. She highlighted the risk of Democrats capitalizing on Republican disunity for strategic advantage in House leadership elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Rep.\u00a0Claudia Tenney\u00a0(R-NY) is worried that House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hakeem Jeffries\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) could seize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/speaker-of-the-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hakeem Jeffries\">House speakership<\/a> before November.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on <em>Kudlow<\/em>\u00a0on Fox Business, Tenney expressed her fear that Democrats could take advantage of Republican infighting and get their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-five-eyes-partners-call-upon-international-criminal-police-organization-to-suspend-russia-from-interpol\/\" title=\"U.S. and Five Eyes Partners Call Upon International Criminal Police Organization to Suspend Russia From Interpol\">leader elected<\/a> as the House speaker. She shared the thought in response to a question about the early retirement of Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), which shrunk the Republican majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can get a special election. It\u2019s a very safe Republican seat,\u201d Tenney said, referring to Gallagher\u2019s district. \u201cWe\u2019ll add to our majority. We don\u2019t have the other special [election] to fill Kevin McCarthy\u2019s seat until April 30. And we\u2019re perilous. We could end up \u2026 having a Speaker Hakeem Jeffries in the interim here while we\u2019re waiting for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-republican-state-senators-propose-bills-to-end-no-excuse-mail-voting-automatic-registration\/\" title=\"Georgia Republican State Senators Propose Bills to End No-excuse Mail Voting, Automatic Registration\">special elections<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) calls for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>House Republicans are once again mired in dysfunction after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate the speakership because of objections to House Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s (R-LA) spending bill. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though other hard-right Republicans such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) aren\u2019t committing to removing Johnson, the move has stirred fears of another speakership battle, which crippled Republicans for weeks last fall.<\/p>\n<p>For Jeffries to obtain the speakership, he would only need the support of a few disaffected Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) fears Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) may become House Speaker pre-November. Speaking on Fox Business&#8217; Kudlow, Tenney voiced concerns about potential Democratic exploitation of Republican divisions leading to Jeffries&#8217; election. 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