“The Speaker should represent the Democratic voters, not just the Democratic establishment,” reads the petition.

An online petition that demanding that Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) not be the next Democratic Speaker of the House has hit one million signatories on Saturday as the clamor for a leadership change within the party explodes after historic midterm wins driven by populist demands. As of this writing, the Change.org petition — titled “House Democrats: CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER” — has 1,007,831…

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