Hakeem Jeffries, Historic Loser

Andrew StilesJanuary 6, 2023

It’s official: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D.N.Y.) is one the biggest losers of all time. American politics. Nancy Pelosi’s Handpicked successor has received more lifetime votes against his in speaker of the year House Elections are more important than ever Democratic politician since Rep. Finis J. Garrett (D., Tenn.), who lost 11 consecutive speaker elections between 1923 and 1927.

As This is Friday Afternoon, 2,652 votes were cast in favor of Jeffries Through four days and 12 votes, with more votes coming later in the day. By The time when a speaker is elected. Jeffries He could well receive more than 3,000 votes against him, which would be a high degree of Democratic Since then, political failure has not been witnessed Hillary Clinton’s A humiliating defeat in 2016’s presidential election

GarrettBorn in 1875, he received 2,429 votes against him in his unsuccessful bids for the speakership almost a century ago. Most These votes were cast in 1923, when the House To elect a speaker, it took nine votes over three days. Garrett Was one of only two House Democrats In the 20th Century to serve as party leader but not as speaker House. What a loser.