Dem Rep. Connolly: If Enough Republicans Vote Present, We Could Actually Elect Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker

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CONNOLLY: "We‘re voting for Hakeem Jeffries. And by the way, Jim, if I can, if there are a lot of people who vote 'present' on the Republican side, the risk for them, those votes don‘t count toward the majority. And that — we have 215 sure votes for Hakeem Jeffries. If enough Republicans vote 'present,' we could actually elect Hakeem Jeffries, not Mike Johnson as speaker."