House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and his House Democrats are sitting pretty after more than two weeks of GOP disarray following the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and his House Democrats are sitting pretty amid Republicans' infighting over who will be the next speaker. The Democrats' messaging against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan's speaker candidacy and their consistent voting record behind Jeffries — as well as calls for a bipartisan path forward — position the Democrats well amid the House chaos.
Jeffries and the Democrats supported the motion to remove McCarthy by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida nearly three weeks ago. Since then, Jeffries and the Democrats have been politicking hard, playing up the situation in their favor before the political pendulum swings back toward the GOP. After Jordan's nomination to become House speaker, Jeffries and his party positioned themselves as united. Democrats consistently highlighted Jordan's record in Congress and his stance on the 2020 election results while pushing calls for a bipartisan deal to elect a speaker. However, Jeffries has not named any Republicans who the House Democrats would get behind for speaker.
Twenty-five Republicans voted against Jordan, giving him just 194 votes — far short of the approximately 217 he needed to win the speaker's race. Jeffries picked up 210 votes from House Democrats. Jordan was later voted out as the speaker designee by House Republicans in a closed-door conference. Fox News Digital's Liz Elkind and Adam Shaw contributed reporting.
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