Incoming Freshman Says Allies of Hakeem Jeffries Threatened to Make His Life a “Living Hell”
Incoming Rep. Don Leonard, a Democrat who flipped a deep-red Ohio district, says allies of Hakeem Jeffries threatened to make his life a "living hell" and warned he would never be re-elected unless he backed Jeffries for speaker without conditions; his stated conditions are a vote on ending "Citizens United" and cutting U.S. support for the wars in Iran and Israel. The article also covers the Senate majority leader contest, where advisers say Sen. Chris Van Hollen is weighing a challenge to Sen. Chuck Schumer, and progressives' push for a floor vote on the Block The Bombs Act, which would restrict some U.S. weapons sales to Israel.
