{"id":2367805,"date":"2024-11-12T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-puts-campaign-in-rear-view-as-house-control-gets-further-out-of-grasp-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T13:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T18:47:46","slug":"jeffries-puts-campaign-in-rear-view-as-house-control-gets-further-out-of-grasp-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-puts-campaign-in-rear-view-as-house-control-gets-further-out-of-grasp-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries puts campaign in rear view as House control gets further out of grasp &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fjeffries-puts-campaign-in-rear-view-as-house-control-gets-further-out-of-grasp-washington-examiner%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=2367805&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 Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has indicated that the Democratic Party is shifting\u2063 its \u200cfocus from campaigning to addressing the pressing \u2062concerns of voters. This comes \u2064after\u2064 significant election results where Republicans have secured control of the White House, Senate, and House, although the latter&#8217;s results are still pending confirmation from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/news-outlets-issue-major-corrections-after-botching-reports-on-december-phone-call-between-trump-ga-election-investigator\/\" title=\"News Outlets Issue Major Corrections After Botching Reports On December Phone Call Between Trump, GA Election Investigator\">major news outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Jeffries emphasized the need to tackle issues like immigration reform and \u200ceconomic growth to assist the middle class, declaring that the campaigning phase has \u200bconcluded. He highlighted the importance of collaboration to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-of-state-blinken-says-biden-wants-to-restore-failed-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Secy. of State Blinken says Biden wants to restore failed Iran Nuclear Deal\">solve problems<\/a> affecting everyday Americans rather than pointing fingers at his party\u2019s failures.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u200da report revealed that high inflation and border security were major concerns for many voters, influencing their decisions in the election. Jeffries underscored the necessity \u2063of focusing on these issues to strengthen the middle class, which remains a critical priority for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-at-cpac-highlights-future-of-republican-party-moving-forward-dont-ever-back-down\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis At CPAC Highlights Future Of Republican Party Moving Forward: \u2018Don\u2019t Ever Back Down\u2019\">party moving forward<\/a>.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jeffries puts campaign in rear view as House control gets further out of grasp<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1877296\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hakeem Jeffries <\/a>(D-NY) said that <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">his party<\/a> is focused on solving voters&rsquo; top concerns since the time to <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">campaign<\/a> &ldquo;has come to an end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A week after the Nov. 5 election, Republicans have gained control of the White House, the Senate, and the House, though the latter has yet to be called by the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. Despite the failure of the Democratic Party to deny the GOP a government trifecta, Jeffries largely avoided any criticisms of his party or its candidates during a Tuesday morning interview with CBS.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to make sure, of&nbsp;course, that we fix our broken&nbsp;immigration system and we secure&nbsp;the border.&nbsp;We have to make sure that we&nbsp;lower costs and grow the middle&nbsp;class.&nbsp;And we&rsquo;ve got to work together.&nbsp;There are times to campaign and&nbsp;engage in the political process. That time has come to an end,&rdquo; Jeffries said.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to figure out how we&nbsp;can solve problems on behalf of&nbsp;everyday Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2691426&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=9138df4ffb5c529003922f38d89efc91\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3224858\/democratic-pollster-three-problems-kamal-harris-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report from Blueprint<\/a>&nbsp;found that a quarter of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">voters ranked high inflation<\/a> as the top reason they did not vote for Harris. The border was the top reason for another 23% of respondents. Both were in the top three concerns voters had overall in choosing Trump over Harris, including Harris&rsquo;s priority of transgender issues over the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to make sure that we continue to build the greatest middle class ever seen in the history of the world, and clearly, one of the focuses that we need to spend our attention on together, collectively, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans, is making sure that we can drive down the cost of living,&rdquo; Jeffries said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s too high for far too many Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeffries&rsquo;s comments echoed the takeaways from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who said that the Democratic Party &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3222722\/white-house-dnc-balk-sanders-criticism-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"abandoned the working class\">abandoned the working class<\/a>.&rdquo; This accusation has largely been mocked by Democratic leaders in the House, the Democratic National Committee, and the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats had a slightly better showing in the House than in the Senate. Even though they didn&rsquo;t retake the majority, they did cut down their margin with the Republicans by securing wins in tough races, such as those in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3220663\/new-york-house-republicans-have-mixed-bag-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">several New York districts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1877296\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1877296\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries shifts focus from campaigning to addressing voter issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2367806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hakeem-Jeffries-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4087,39455,13376,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2367805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign","tag-house-control","tag-jeffries","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Hakeem-Jeffries-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367809,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367805\/revisions\/2367809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}