Talk:Hakeem Jeffries/Archive 1

SUNY
Which SUNY campus did he get his B.A. from? His official web site is equally terse. --Nelson Ricardo 19:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Answer: SUNY-Binghampton —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.97.104.30 (talk) 19:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Copy Editing
The elections sections are too long in comparison with the tenure sections. More balancing of these is needed, --96.250.126.9 (talk) 16:06, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Progressive critics of Jeffries
Here's an article from Common Dreams summarizing views of the progressive critics of Jeffries.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/28/progressives-outraged-house-democrats-elect-big-money-centrist-hakeem-jeffries-over Progressives Outraged as House Democrats Elect 'Big Money' Centrist Hakeem Jeffries Over Barbara Lee for Caucus Chair "What is there to say anymore? The Democratic Party establishment needs to be primaried into oblivion." Jake Johnson Common Dreams November 28, 2018

--Nbauman (talk) 17:01, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Endorsements section
This seems like a list of trivia that was temporarily relevant, but no longer really is. I am inclined to simply cut it, and if anyone wants to add a few tidbits back in other chronological sections of the article, that could make sense. Thoughts? Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:58, 18 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Having looked at it a bit yesterday, I am sure it can be cut down. Maybe we keep his 2007 endorsement of Obama, but the others seem more run of the mill. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:10, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Is it right to call Jeffries Minority Leader?
The election for Speaker hasn't finished yet, and the Majority and Minority aren't officially chosen until after the election for Speaker. MacDoesWiki (talk) 04:54, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * The Democrats are in the minority regardless of the election for Speaker. The 2022 House elections decided that. Ved havet 🌊   ( talk ) 17:52, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Given that we don't know how this will play out, I think he's just the "Democratic leader". He could become speaker! Crazier things have happened. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:01, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Jeffries is, and, unless he become Speaker (an extremely remote possibility at best), will remain the House Minority Leader. Drdpw (talk) 18:27, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Do sources call him "minority leader"? CNN says he is "poised to become", but WP:CRYSTAL applies. – Muboshgu (talk) 18:36, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Some are. Drdpw (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Jeffries will most certainly lead the minority party once the prolonged speaker election concludes (unless he become Speaker, an extremely remote possibility at best). But he will not officially become the House Minority Leader until the House is organized. Right now he is only Minority Leader Designate. Drdpw (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * The Democrats elected Jeffries to be their leader in the House & since the Democrats are the minority party in 118th US Congress? That makes Jeffries the "House Minority Leader". If he (unlikely) gets elected Speaker? then his brief tenure as House Minority Leader will end. GoodDay (talk) 19:38, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Note - The House doesn't elect the party floor leaders, whips, etc. It's the parties among themselves that chose their own floor leaders, whips etc. GoodDay (talk) 19:54, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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Orphaned references in Hakeem Jeffries
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Hakeem Jeffries's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "generalresults": From Kelly Armstrong:  From 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York:  From Ryan Zinke:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT ⚡ 14:53, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Alphabet speech
I notice that Jeffries' "Alphabet speech" got a lot of coverage: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=speaker+of+the+house+alphabet+speech&atb=v329-1&t=chromentp&ia=web

Perhaps it's worth mentioning even though it's just one event. ~Anachronist (talk) 15:00, 2 July 2023 (UTC)


 * he also knows signing. Someone get him a laser pointer.  If you make him put his hands in his pockets can he talk? 2600:1004:B111:5631:23:E808:B376:8BA0 (talk) 00:07, 21 July 2023 (UTC)