Hakeem Jeffries is not built for this moment … this was a historical ass beating because the people want AFFORDABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY … not some “kumbaya” moment. Yall tried that after the 2008 election and you got the Tea Party and Donald Trump
— Donté L. Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) November 4, 2026
Hakeem Jeffries is not "built for this moment", even if he were built for any moment. However, he will prevail, for a reason that has nothing to do with demonstrated effectiveness or merit.
Everyone has an agenda, whether it is a politician needing to be re-nominated in order to get re-elected; a pundit who cammpt afford tp be camcelled; or a social media influencer who does not want to lose his/her audience nor be subjected to vile, bile, and hatred. Alas, I get no money for this blog, will never be a candidate in any general election, and have no job to lose. So I'll point out what many- if not most- people realize but will not acknowledge.
It is clear that Jeffries, whom most progressives and many others realize has been a poor leader of his chamber's Democrats and is out-of-touch with Democratic voters, inevitably will be the next Speaker of the House. The following headlines from a search of Google jubilantly tell the woke story:
NPR; Hakeem Jeffries poised to be first Black Speaker of the House
MS Now: Inside Hakeem Jeffries' historic road to the speakership
AP News: Democrat Hakeem Jeffries poised to make history as the first Black speaker of the House
News From The States: Who is Hakeem Jeffries? Meet the likely first Black speaker of the House
CNN: Hakeem Jeffries, on track to make House Speaker history, sees "mandate for dramatic change"
If not deaf, dumb, and blind, you'll notice the pattern: history! There is not a snowball's chance in hell that anyone will make a serious challenge to deny Jeffries, and little more than a snowball's chance in hell that there will be even a token challenge to his election as Speaker of the House. His rise to the position is nearly as unlikely as Benjamin Netanyahu leaving Likud to join the Palestinian Authority- and arguably no more likely than Netanyahu joining Hamas
If there were any chance to block the Brooklyn, NY born and raised legislator, it ended once the narrative emerged that his election would be "historic". To paraphrase the late, crooked and not-great Louisiana Democratic governor Edwin Edwards: "The only way Hakeem Jeffries can lose this election is if he's caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy." And then it would be 50-50.
