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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (/ ˌ h ɑː ˈ k iː m / hah-KEEM; born August 4, 1970 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House minority leader and leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.
Hakeem Jeffries nearly became House speaker. Instead, he’s steering the Democratic Party through an identity crisis and hoping to avoid an ugly intraparty civil war.
Age was a hot topic in this most recent presidential election, especially after former President Joe Biden, 82, ... House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hands Speaker of the House Mike ...
As the incoming house democratic leader."Who is Hakeem Jeffries? The 52-year-old Brooklyn native began his career as a lawyerbefore being elected to the New York state legislatureIn office, he ...
It is currently represented by Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader. From 1993 to 2013, the district covered much of the west side of Manhattan, and western coastal sections of Brooklyn. However, after decennial redistricting, it was redrawn to take in much of the territory previously in the 10th district.
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Jeffries came of age during an uptick in police brutality cases in New York and elsewhere. He says his decision to attend law school, and dedicate himself to the fight for racial justice, was motivated by the 1992 acquittal of four white policemen in Los Angeles after they had been shown on video brutally beating an African American man, Rodney ...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is chafing under intense pressure from the grassroots to be an effective opposition leader. ... long past the point when it was clear his age was a major ...