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Kamala Harris campaigns for president at an event at West Allis Central High School. Kayla Wolf/AP

‘Been There, Done That’: Some CBC Members Don’t See Kamala Harris as Their Most Valuable Ally

Some CBC members think Hakeem Jeffries will be more important for winning legislative changes for Black Americans than Kamala Harris.

Kamala Harris campaigns for president at an event at West Allis Central High School. Kayla Wolf/AP

The prospect of another Black president has Congressional Black Caucus members predictably excited. But as the CBC prepares itself for a potential Kamala Harris administration, some members are also reckoning with the fact that Harris in the White House may not mean all that much for their organization.

“Been there, done that,” one source close to the CBC told NOTUS, referring to Barack Obama’s presidency.

Instead, this source said, it was a much bigger deal that Democrats could have Hakeem Jeffries leading the House.