House Democrats "inundated" with calls telling them not to elect Jeffries speaker
Topics: Democratic Party
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- Axios reports: “Democratic House members and members-elect are being bombarded with phone calls and emails urging them not to elect Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as speaker, more than a dozen lawmakers …”
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