“这是他的责任”：民主党人期待哈基姆·杰弗里斯规划复兴之路

Hakeem Jeffries nearly became House speaker. Instead, he's steering the Democratic Party through an identity crisis and hoping to avoid an ugly intraparty civil war.

Jeffries was reelected as the leader of the House Democratic caucus on Tuesday and faced no challenge. He has said little about his role in the party's postelection rebuild. But his allies say he's aware of the part he's about to play. Many are making the case directly to him: multiple Democratic donors have personally urged him to “take the lead” until the party has a new official leader.

Jeffries is already playing referee in some of the biggest internal spats emerging from the election. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is privately sparring over how the party should handle Trump's promised mass deportations. Progressives are seething over corporate influence in internal meetings. He and his leadership team are already discussing how to avoid a repeat of 2016, when Democrats "chased Donald Trump every hour" while failing to deliver their own message. There are even some preliminary talks about sending Jeffries and leadership to battleground turf around the country to help diagnose their party's failings outside of Capitol Hill.

Back in Washington, even though Democrats will be in the minority, they have a significant role to play in a House with a narrow Republican majority where GOP infighting over the last two years led to one of the least productive sessions ever. Democrats will be weighing whether they want to continue to extend a lifeline, with many expressing their ideas to Jeffries directly.

Jeffries has been aggressively working behind the scenes to try to convince the Biden-Harris administration to sharpen its economic strategy. He believes he has a road map to flip the House in 2026 that looks a lot like the way he helped his party win back most of its New York seats this year. He's not in despair, according to multiple people familiar with his thinking. He believes he has a road map to flip the House in 2026 that looks a lot like the way he helped his party win back most of its New York seats this year.

Jeffries has telegraphed that he is open to working with Republicans, but he doesn't want to get caught responding to Trump's every move. He has pledged to work with Republicans when possible. He said, "The House Democratic Caucus will be a check and balance on this incoming administration."

When asked about Trump's string of controversial Cabinet picks, Jeffries didn't hesitate to draw a line and refused to respond. Jeffries' toughest task will be keeping Democrats unified on immigration despite the many intraparty divisions.

这段文字主要描述了Hakeem Jeffries在民主党内的作用和影响，以及他如何应对各种挑战和内部分歧，包括处理内部纷争、保持民主党团结、与共和党合作、以及应对特朗普的挑衅等。同时，他也表达了对未来民主党在国会中的角色和影响的看法。