"Asked Sunday on ABC News's This Week if she had any doubts over whether Democratic New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries would hold the speaker's gavel after the elections midway through Trump's second presidency, Pelosi said: None. Hakeem Jeffries is ready, the 20-term California congresswoman remarked in an interview with This Week co-anchor Jonathan Karl. He's eloquent, he's respected by the members, he is a unifier."
"Furthermore, Pelosi told Karl that when Democrats win the House back, they need to reclaim powers of Congress that she maintained have mostly been handed over to Trump by the Republican-led legislative branch. Right now, Republicans in the Congress have abolished the Congress, said Pelosi, who was US House speaker from 2007 to 2011 and 2019 to 2023. Generally, Pelosi added: They just do what the president insists that they do. That will be over. That ends as soon as we have the gavel."
"Beside the president's evident unpopularity, there's substantial history showing the party that holds the White House usually endures losses in midterm elections. Several Republicans senators amid all that have announced they are not running for re-election in the midterms, including Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, North Carolina's Thom Tillis, Iowa's Joni Ernst and Alabama's Tommy Tuberville."
Democrats are predicted to retake the US House majority in the 2026 midterm elections and to reclaim congressional powers that have been ceded to President Donald Trump. Nancy Pelosi expressed confidence in Hakeem Jeffries's readiness to serve as House speaker, describing him as eloquent, respected by members and a unifier. The Republican-led Congress is portrayed as yielding to presidential demands. Low approval for Trump (36% approve, 60% disapprove in a November Gallup poll) and historical midterm losses for the president's party are cited as factors. Several Republican senators and more than two dozen House Republicans have announced they will not seek re-election.
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