众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯周一对记者表示，他对自己在1月当选众议院议长的前景“充满信心”，尽管他即将领导的党团内部分新当选议员拒绝立即表态支持这位将成为首位黑人议长的人选。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is “confident” in his chances of being elected Speaker of the House in January, he told reporters Monday, even as some of the soon-to-be members of his caucus declined to offer immediate support for the man who would be the first Black speaker.
杰弗里斯告诉记者，他预计在未来几天将与所有新当选议员交谈，介绍自己过去两年作为众议院民主党领袖的工作以及他在下届国会想要推进的议程。他说，党团将于下周三开会，就领袖人选作出决定。
Jeffries told reporters he expects in the coming days to speak with all the newly elected members about what he’s done as the top Democrat in the House over the last two years and about what he wants to do in the next Congress. He said the caucus would meet next Wednesday to make a decision on its leader.
“我们将竭尽全力争取达到218票，我们有信心能达到这个数字甚至更多，”杰弗里斯在国会山表示，指的是在全体众议院议员中获得多数所需的票数。
“We’re going to work as hard as we can to get to the 218 number, and we’re confident that we will get to that number and beyond,” Jeffries said on Capitol Hill, referring to the number needed to reach a majority of the full House of Representatives.
尽管如此，一些获得美国民主社会主义者组织背书的候选人在当天早些时候的新议员培训期间暗示，他们尚未准备好放弃议价筹码。
Still, some candidates who were backed by the Democratic Socialists of America suggested amid orientation sessions earlier in the day they weren’t ready to give up their bargaining power.
“我脑子里想的仍然是，如何确保我们为全国的劳动者而战，所以我要一个为工薪阶层而战的议长……全民医保，”纽约州当选众议员达里亚利扎·阿维拉·舍瓦利耶对《华盛顿太阳报》表示。
“My mind is still around, how do we make sure that we’re fighting for working people across this country, and so I want a speaker that’s going to fight for working-class people … Medicare for All,” Rep.-elect Darializa Avila Chevalier of New York told The Washington Sun.
同样，科罗拉多州新当选众议员梅拉特·基罗斯也支持全民医保，此前曾表示不会支持接受企业政治行动委员会资金的党魁候选人，她说她想了解党魁的优先事项是什么。
Similarly, incoming representative Melat Kiros of Colorado, who also backs Medicare for All and previously said she would not support a candidate for leader who accepts corporate PAC money, said she wants to know what the party leader’s priorities are.
“与这个人是谁无关，关键在于议程，”当《太阳报》询问对杰弗里斯的支持时，基罗斯说。“我寻找的是一个反映美国人民优先事项的议程。”民社支持的候选人已质疑杰弗里斯是否应继续领导众议院民主党人，国会外的进步派人士一直在传播一份要求杰弗里斯让位的请愿书，截至目前已获得超过100万个签名。
“It’s not about who the person is to me; it’s about the agenda,” Kiros said when asked by The Sun about support for Jeffries. “I’m looking for an agenda that reflects the American people’s priorities.”DSA-backed candidates have questioned whether Jeffries should continue to lead House Democrats, and progressives outside of Congress have been circulating a petition calling for Jeffries to step aside that’s so far gotten over 1 million signatures.
不仅是即将到来的新一届议员中最进步的成员拒绝表态。一些民主党人认为现在表态还为时过早。
It’s not only the most progressive members of the incoming class who declined to commit. Some Democrats thought it was just too early to say much at all.
“我甚至还没有机会与[杰弗里斯]交谈，”德克萨斯州当选众议员凯蒂·帕迪拉·斯托特告诉《太阳报》。“我想先和他谈谈……在直接给出答复前，先真正了解一下情况。”“我在倾听外面所有人的声音，”北卡罗来纳州的理查德·奥赫达说。
“I haven’t even had an opportunity to speak with [Jeffries],” Rep.-elect Katy Padilla Stout of Texas told The Sun. “I’d like to speak with him first … and get a real sense about everything before directly committing to an answer.”“I’m listening to all the people out there,” said North Carolina’s Richard Ojeda.
民主党有望控制至少254个席位，这给杰弗里斯提供了超出赢得议长职位所需218票的健康优势。许多新当选议员也表示强烈支持这位领袖。
Democrats are on track to control at least 254 seats, giving Jeffries a healthy margin beyond the 218 votes he needs to win. Many incoming members also indicated strong support for the leader.
“我认为[杰弗里斯]正在推动一场关于民主党优先事项和大胆议程的真正对话，这就是我认为他会成为一名优秀议长的原因，”另一位来自纽约的当选议员迈卡·拉舍告诉《太阳报》。
“I think [Jeffries] is fostering a real conversation about Democratic priorities and a bold agenda, and that’s why I think he’d be a good speaker,” another New Yorker, Micah Lasher, told The Sun.
2019年，佩洛西向持不同意见者做出让步——包括同意限制她的任期——但仍有15名成员倒戈。与杰弗里斯一样，佩洛西也必须协调一个由大批新当选议员组成的党团，其中既包括来自稳固蓝州选区的进步派，也包括在两年前压倒性支持特朗普的地方获胜的温和派。
In 2019, Nancy Pelosi made concessions to holdouts — including agreeing to limit her time in the role — and still had 15 members defect. Like Jeffries, Pelosi had to wrangle a caucus defined by a large incoming class made up of both progressives from solid blue districts and moderates who won in places that voted overwhelmingly for Trump just two years prior.
如果拒绝立即支持杰弗里斯的民主党人在寻找替代人选，到目前为止，他们运气不佳。
If Democrats who declined to offer immediate backing for Jeffries are looking for an alternative, so far, they’re out of luck.
“目前没有其他人提出竞选，这表明许多人信任杰弗里斯领袖及其经验，”北卡罗来纳州当选众议员西里尔·杰弗逊说。
“No one else has put their name forward, and that there is a sign that a lot of folks are trusting Leader Jeffries and his experience,” said Rep.-elect Cyril Jefferson of North Carolina.