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Pramila Jayapal: “I think he will have a relatively short rope to show that kind of urgency and perhaps abandon some of the caution that…”

On the recordNovember 11, 2026
I think he will have a relatively short rope to show that kind of urgency and perhaps abandon some of the caution that everybody notes as one of his qualities.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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On the expectations for Hakeem Jeffries as House leader.

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