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Caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries says diminished Democratic majority won't stop Pelosi speakership

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., expressed confidence Tuesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would be reelected to lead the House despite the diminished Democratic majority.

Jeffries, the House Democratic Caucus chairman, famously nominated Pelosi to be speaker in January 2019 when Democrats took back the House, saying in an enthusiastic floor speech that "House Democrats are down with NDP -- Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi." Two years later, Democrats are poised to have the narrowest majority since the dawn of the new millennium when Republicans occupied barely 51% of seats in 2001.

No Democrat ran against Pelosi for the speakership, and Jeffries said the party will back her once again. "Nancy Pelosi will be the next speaker," Jeffries said Tuesday.

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