{"id":2406573,"date":"2025-02-25T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hakeem-jeffries-democrats-have-no-choice-but-to-succeed-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:56:44","slug":"hakeem-jeffries-democrats-have-no-choice-but-to-succeed-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hakeem-jeffries-democrats-have-no-choice-but-to-succeed-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hakeem Jeffries: Democrats &#8216;have no choice&#8217; but to succeed in 2026"},"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\">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%2Fhakeem-jeffries-democrats-have-no-choice-but-to-succeed-in-2026%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=2406573&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>In a recent podcast appearance,House \u2063Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) emphasized the \u2062necessity for the Democratic party to succeed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nrcc-chief-looks-to-expand-2026-majority-with-compelling-candidates-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"NRCC chief looks to expand 2026 majority with &#039;compelling&#039; candidates - Washington Examiner\">upcoming 2026 midterm elections<\/a>,stating they have &#8220;no choice&#8221; but \u200bto \u2064combat the \u200cRepublican \u2064agenda,which he associates with President\u200b Donald Trump. Jeffries attributed a loss of momentum in \u200cthe 2024 election to the influence of the &#8220;extreme left&#8221; on the party. He acknowledged \u2063the need \u2062for Democrats to\u200d unify and coordinate efforts against Republicans, especially given their control over the White\u200d House, Senate, and House of Representatives. Additionally, he\u200d recognized the challenge of distancing from past grievances related to Trump while still \u2063addressing issues that resonate with voters. However, ESPN host Stephen\u2064 A.Smith noted that Democrats appear \u200cdisorganized and suggested the party needs a clear figurehead to navigate the upcoming electoral landscape.  <\/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\">Hakeem Jeffries claims Democrats &lsquo;have no choice&rsquo; but to succeed in 2026 midterm elections<\/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_2019922\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2026 midterm elections<\/a> are when the Democratic Party will stop President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump&rsquo;s\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> agenda, as the party has &ldquo;no choice&rdquo; but to beat Republicans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jeffries made the comment during an appearance on ESPN host Stephen A. Smith&rsquo;s podcast and suggested that Democrats lost their momentum in the 2024 election because &ldquo;the extreme left&rdquo; held them back. When asked about pushing back against &ldquo;the far left&rdquo; ahead of the midterm elections, Jeffries said &ldquo;the extreme left&rdquo; protests him more so than Trump because he does not &ldquo;bend the knee&rdquo; to either.<\/p>\n<p>Smith then pressed Jeffries to find out &ldquo;what&rsquo;s the plan&rdquo; for the Democratic Party going forward, to which the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon &#039;Abuse of Power&#039;\">minority leader<\/a> responded<\/a> that the party needs to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-governors-of-blue-states-offer-a-glimpse-at-responsible-governance-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"GOP governors of blue states offer a glimpse at responsible governance - Washington Examiner\">stop bad things<\/a> from happening.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Listen, we&rsquo;re going to win in the midterms, and we have no choice but to be successful in the midterms,&rdquo; Jeffries said. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;ve got to get through the first 100 days, then the first year, and then, of course, get to the midterm elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qQ7UcTMW8ms?si=1wAwkZY8mEB7aUoi\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Jeffries added that it is &ldquo;all hands on deck&rdquo; for the Democrats because the Republican Party controls the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a>, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. He also said he and his allies need to be &ldquo;coordinated&rdquo; in opposing Republicans in future elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3329253\/jeffries-stresses-maximum-attendance-needed-if-democrats-hope-quash-gop-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JEFFRIES STRESSES &lsquo;MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE&rsquo; NEEDED IF DEMOCRATS HOPE TO QUASH GOP BUDGET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of his interview with the minority leader, Smith suggested that Democrats need to &ldquo;get folks to stop complaining&rdquo; about everything Trump has done in the past, arguing that most voters are ready to &ldquo;move on&rdquo; from constantly opposing the president. Jeffries said earlier in the interview that people &ldquo;can&rsquo;t forget&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, while also clarifying that Democrats cannot focus on that in winning over voters.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said after his interview that the Democratic Party &ldquo;looks a bit discombobulated&rdquo; and is still lacking a rudder ahead of the midterm elections. He concluded that Democrats &ldquo;better find somebody soon&rdquo; to be the face of the party.<\/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_2019922\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2019922\"}});<\/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>Hakeem Jeffries asserts Democrats must win the 2026 midterms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2406574,"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\/2025\/02\/Jeffries-Smith-show-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42974,3685,32854,35042,32504],"class_list":["post-2406573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2026-elections","tag-democrats","tag-hakeem-jeffries","tag-party-unity","tag-political-strategy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jeffries-Smith-show-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406573","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406581,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406573\/revisions\/2406581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}