Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is poised to succeed a history-making woman and make history of his own. If elected, the 52-year-old chairman of the House Democratic Caucus would become the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress.
aying, “I’m a Black progressive Democrat concerned with addressing racial and social and economic injustice with the fierce urgency of now.” He added, “There will never be a moment where I bend the knee to hard-left democratic socialism.
He invoked several of the rapper’s stage names in 2017, adding: “Biggie Smalls, Frank White, the king of New York. He died 20 years ago today in a tragedy that occurred in Los Angeles. But his words live on forever.”
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