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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries declines to again Mayor Adams in Democratic major
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries declines to again Mayor Adams in Democratic major

Last updated: December 6, 2024 4:57 pm
Editorial Board Published December 6, 2024
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Friday declined to endorse Mayor Adams, or anybody else, within the upcoming 2025 Democratic major race for Metropolis Corridor.

The Home minority chief stated he would assist whoever wins the June Democratic major within the common election, however refused to say if he thinks Adams ought to get 4 extra years in Gracie Mansion.

“That’s in the hands of the people of the great city of New York,” Jeffries informed reporters at a Capitol Hill press convention.

“I’m going to work as hard as i can to make sure that the next mayor of the city of New York is a Democrat,” the highly effective Brooklyn Democrat added.

Jeffries’ non-endorsement stance is a shift from his place in 2021 when he backed Maya Wiley within the Democratic major. She completed third within the ranked-choice contest behind Adams, who edged out Kathryn Garcia to win the celebration’s nod.

Jeffries has sought to remain out of the controversy stirred by Hizzoner’s indictment on influence-peddling prices.

He declined to hitch calls from fellow Democrats for Adams to resign, saying he can nonetheless run the town successfully whereas defending himself in court docket.

Comptroller Brad Lander, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie, former comptroller Scott Stringer and State Sen. Jessica Ramos are among the many Democrats who’ve already introduced they are going to run towards Adams within the major.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who give up the governor’s mansion in shame over serial sexual harassment allegations, can also be rumored to be contemplating a comeback bid for mayor.

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Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries in Washington final month. (Getty)

Jeffries, who was just lately reelected to a second two-year time period as Home Democratic chief, additionally stated his celebration would stand able to work with president-elect Trump and his Republican allies in the event that they current common sense options to streamline authorities and enhance the lives of on a regular basis Individuals.

However he warned the slim GOP majority would power Home Speaker Mike Johnson to work with him to move any main laws as a result of the Republican caucus is riven by inner divisions.

“Democrats will of course have to be directly involved to the extent there is any (legislation),” Jeffries stated. “It’s clear that the incoming Republican majority will not be able to do much without us.”

The Bedford-Stuyvesant lawmaker has claimed a measure of victory within the 2024 elections as a result of Home Democrats held their very own within the face of Trump’s sweeping win.

Democrats picked up one seat general within the Home to arrange a 220-215 majority for Republicans, a far cry from the handfuls of pickups {that a} successful presidential candidate would hope to garner. The sting is more likely to shrink to only a two-seat margin when a complete of three GOP lawmakers step down by January.

Group Blue pulled off the overperforming by flipping again three seats every in deep-blue California and New York, the place Democrats had been rocked by heavy defeats within the 2022 midterms.

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