U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) and his brother, Ohio State University associate professor Hasan Jeffries, reviewed the state of American democracy and planned for the future at a public forum to promote Hakeem Jeffries’ new book in the OSU Ohio Union Sunday.
The book, which was released on Nov. 12, is titled “The ABCs of Democracy.” It is an all-ages illustrated book based on a speech Hakeem Jeffries gave in Jan. 2023. Hasan Jeffries is also a published author, having written several books on the Civil Rights movement.
Jeffries’ OSU appearance comes less than three weeks after the 2024 general election which saw his party lose the presidency and the U.S. Senate while remaining in the minority in the U.S. House.
Hasan Jeffries said he felt “hopefulness” going into the Nov. 5 elections. He hoped America could put some of its hatred behind it by electing Vice President Kamala Harris.
But when the results came in, Jeffries saw a country that, for now, had rejected his brother’s party.