With a Healthy Majority in the Making, House Democrats Look To Undo Trump’s First Two Years

Reveling in an overwhelming blue wave that could seat as many as 40 new House Democrats in the next congressional session, the next likely House speaker, Hakeem Jeffries, pledged Tuesday to put “everyday Americans first.”Appearing on camera after his party won a resounding victory nearly unimaginable a year ago, the House Democratic leader, Mr. Jeffries, said the “people have spoken and made clear they’ve had enough of the extremism, enough of the corruption. They want a Congress that is going to deliver to the American people and that is what House Democrats are going to do as soon as we get into office in January.”With millions of voters casting a ballot to flip their choice of representation in the House — an outpouring that began with overwhelming Democratic turnout in the weeks before Election Day, Decision Desk HQ’s tracker showed Democrats winning 13 Republican-held seats in the early hours after polls closed. The numbers kept tallying through the night with the election tabulating company predicting as many as 254 Democratic seats, a gain of 40, and the largest majority the party has seen in at least 20 years. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report had predicted late last month that Democrats could walk away with a 237-seat majority, which would be a larger majority for the party than when it flipped the chamber in 2006 or 2018. Acknowledging the party’s rapid change in fortune from a year ago, the Brooklyn-born Mr. Jeffries told supporters that he learned in his youth that “a setback was nothing more than a setup for a comeback. Today begins the great American comeback.”“This is a change election. And we understand, as House Democrats, that we need to deliver dramatic change,” he continued. “The wealthy, the well off, and the well-connected tried to buy this election. The American people have responded in a resounding way and made clear that America is not for sale.” The House Democratic leader vowed that his party will “fight hard to lower the high cost of housing and groceries and gas.” “We’re going to fight hard to … ensure that every single American can go see a doctor when they need one. We will fight for your hospitals. We will fight for your nursing homes. We will fight for your community-based health plans. And we’re going to fight to reverse these painful Medicaid cuts,” he said. Responding to the overwhelming dunking, Mr. Trump posted that had he been on the ballot, the night would have gone very differently. Some of his aides also signaled a defiant tone early in the night. CBS News’s Weijia Jiang reported that a White House official told the network, “President Trump was not on the ballot, and it’s proven that Trump voters show up when he is on the ballot.” The White House official also said that Mr. Trump plans to block Democrats’ agenda; however, the president later told the New York Times that he would not contest the results and is prepared to work with Democrats moving forward. Republicans who survived the bitter drubbing took a conciliatory tone as they started realizing the window is closing to complete items that had torn the GOP apart throughout most of the year.“With major issues still on the table before the end of the year, Congress has work to do. Passing the SAVE Act, delivering real healthcare reform, and getting our nation’s finances under control must remain priorities,” said Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri, who handily won his re-election.While the Democratic caucus will be represented by a spectrum of progressive and moderate members, Mr. Jeffries has previously said that Democrats would quickly end the war in Iran. On Tuesday, he also pledged to “bring accountability” to “those who have visited unprecedented corruption on this country.” A Democratic House majority would give the party the authority to launch a range of probes into Trump administration policies and bring the president’s legislative agenda to a screeching halt. A dose of revenge may be on the table. Mr. Jeffries said his party has not “ruled anything in and we haven’t ruled anything out” when it comes to trying to impeach Mr. Trump. The incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Robert Garcia, was less subtle in a statement put out by Oversight Democrats that referenced “the Trump Crime Family, corporate corruption, DHS and ICE abuses, and the cover-up of the Epstein files.”“Lawyer up,” Mr. Garcia said.

With a Healthy Majority in the Making, House Democrats Look To Undo Trump’s First Two Years

With a Healthy Majority in the Making, House Democrats Look To Undo Trump’s First Two Years

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