Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, met privately in recent weeks, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

Jeffries and Kushner discussed an array of topics, including possible areas of common ground, the sources said. Although Kushner does not have an official role in the current administration, he has remained deeply involved, especially on issues related to foreign policy, and continues to serve as an outside adviser to the president.

The timing of the talks is striking. The midterms are less than 75 days away and Republicans are facing headwinds in recent polls. Democrats feel cautiously optimistic about their chances of taking the House and Jeffries would be in line to be the next speaker.

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    Jefferies want low Dem turnout to slightly increase his odds of pushing out Martin after midterms so they can get a neoliberal morning the presidential primary again. Even if that means two more years of Republicans having House and Senate.

    He’s gonna keep doing stupid shit, I’ve been calling it for months and it’s nowhere near as bad as it can get yet.

    If Dems take the House on a wave of progressives, there’s no way he gets Speaker now that the DNC can’t us the VF as a club to get him the votes.

    For him personally his career is over if all the progressives who won their primaries win their generals. He’s afraid he’s gonna get Paul Ryan’d.