Clark Nominates Jeffries, Stresses Democratic Unity

Rep. Katherine Clark (D., Mass.), the No. 2 House Democrat, nominated Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) on behalf of Democrats. In her pitch she focused on the fact that Democrats had been united each time in voting for Jeffries. She criticized Republicans and said Democrats were looking for bipartisanship.

“Every day the Republicans choose to engage in a Republican civil war that is threatening their own members, instead of engaging with us in the work of the American people is a day that weakens this institution and the standing of our country,” she said. Of course, it is highly unlikely that Republicans ever support Jeffries for speaker but it is possible that a bipartisan coalition backs a Republican who Democrats are OK with.