Anti-Squad Hakeem Jeffries tipped to take Dem House leadership – amid rumors she will step down from Congress and hand seat to daughter
- Pelosi, 82, announced she’ll ‘address her future plans’ with speculation already having begun as to whether she’ll remain the leader of the Democrats
- She has served in Congress since 1987 and on two occasions as speaker, is currently helping her husband recover from a home invasion and attack
- President Joe Biden has asked Pelosi, a fellow Democrat, to remain in Congress and to continue holding a Democratic leadership role
- The speaker has long been under pressure from some pockets of her rank-and-file to step down and make way for a new generation of Democratic leadership
- If she were to resign, many think New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the chair of the House Democratic caucus would be in line to take up Democrat leadership
- While a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Jeffries has often clashed with the so-called ‘Squad’ leftists and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
