Hakeem Jeffries of New York on 'This Week' played down the chances of his caucus compromising with Republicans on the chamber's next speaker over Kevin McCarthy
When pressed by ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos on whether he would entertain an agreement with Republican centrists should McCarthy fail to clinch the speakership, given how narrow McCarthy's majority will be in the next Congress, Jeffries demurred.
McCarthy, who served as House minority leader for the past four years, is still working to corral the necessary support for his bid to be speaker. A closed-door vote last month saw him clinch the support necessary to be the GOP nominee, but a notable minority of his conference's members voted against him.
"The question on the other side of the aisle is: What will Republicans do? Are they gonna double and triple down on the extremism that we've seen from people like Marjorie Taylor Greene? That would be unfortunate," he said.
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