Hakeem Jeffries Goes Through Democratic ABCs in Minority Leader Speech

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was feeling musical on the House ground after being elected House Minority Leader for the Democratic Party … and he let his music be heard by all, from A to Z.

The New York congressman — who was the clear favourite amongst his friends for House Speaker as 15 rounds of voting have been held — delivered his speech early Saturday morning after Rep. Kevin McCarthy lastly received the gavel amongst a divided Republican social gathering.

We’ll get to him in a minute, however first … take heed to Jeffries’ ABCs of purple, white and blue. He went by means of the whole alphabet to match and distinction the core tenets of his caucus.

It begins with American Values over Autocracy, Benevolence over Bigotry, the Constitution over the Cult … and at last ends with Zealous Representation over Zero Sum Confrontation, protecting each letter in between. It’s bought good rhythm to it, very similar to the actual alphabet music!

Jeffries bought big applause all through, and what feels like a standing O on the finish.

You might argue there was simply as a lot enthusiasm throughout the GOP, when now-House Speaker McCarthy delivered his remarks to cap off the lengthy evening … when he promised to push a robust conservative agenda and to reign in a number of Pres. Biden‘s insurance policies.

McCarthy’s win got here after an excruciating 15 rounds of voting over 4 full days … throughout which he slowly began to flip sufficient Republican votes in his favor amongst holdouts.