Clarence Page: Is Hakeem Jeffries the next Barack Obama? Don’t rush him
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Jan 12, 2023
2 minutes
No, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries does not want to be the next Barack Obama, although sometimes it seems as if everyone is asking.
A lot of people were asking after the stemwinder of a speech that Jeffries delivered in Congress as he was briefly handed the House speaker’s gavel, previously held by California Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
Having followed the speaker’s race through a staggering
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