Pelosi: Hakeem Jeffries Is Ready To Be Speaker, “He’s Eloquent”
“This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl sits down with House Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi for a conversation about her nearly four-decade career in Washington as she prepares to leave office.
JONATHAN KARL, ABC NEWS HOST: So if the Democrats win the House back — REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA): Yeah. No, no. When — when the Democrats win the House back, then they will. KARL: So how does the next Democratic speaker of the house deal with Donald Trump? What would be your advice? You’ve been there yourself. PELOSI: Be yourself. Just do your own thing. Just be yourself. Hakeem Jeffries is ready. He’s eloquent. He’s respected by the members. He’s a unifier, and he will have — KARL: You have no doubt that it will be Hakeem Jeffries. PELOSI: None. KARL: And, and, I mean, do, do they go into investigations? Do you have more impeachment, another impeachment round? Or do you try to deal with him and get some, you know, something done on all the other issues? PELOSI: Get something done with him on all the other issues? KARL: Yeah. PELOSI: Well, I think what you do is, it’s hard to get something that he will sign because of the, the problem that he has. But you can hold up some of the things that they may put forth. KARL: So you block him? PELOSI: Because they have the power of the purse.
