Hakeem Jeffries Is Poised to Make History

“If Democrats retake the House in November, Hakeem Jeffries is all but certain to become speaker in January — the first Black American to hold the post,” the Washington Post reports.

“Yet the question facing the 56-year-old New York lawmaker is not whether he can make history, but how he would lead — specifically, whether the consensus-building style that helped him rise through the ranks to minority leader can hold together what is expected to be an increasingly restive and ideologically diverse Democratic caucus.”

“Jeffries is a highly focused strategist and approachable leader who seeks to persuade through discussion… Colleagues also say he can be cautious and deliberative — to a fault, at times.”