- Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) used the election of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as an ill-timed opportunity to attack Republicans prior to handing over the gavel.
- Jeffries went through the entire alphabet, A to Z, taunting Republicans with all the ways he claims the Democratic Party is superior.
- Rather than being gracious, Jeffries came across as petty in choosing that moment to attack the new Speaker and his party before turning over the gavel.