Rep.-elect Don Leonard of Ohio said Tuesday that “senior members of the Democratic House” have threatened to make his life “a living hell” unless he backs, without conditions, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be the next Speaker of the House.
Rep.-elect Don Leonard of Ohio said Tuesday that “senior members of the Democratic House” have threatened to make his life “a living hell” unless he backs, without conditions, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to be the next Speaker of the House.
To be fair, she is interviewed in OP, she does give an out that “there needs to be a race” as a practical matter to get to an alternative. She’s only saying that she has no option today.
Doesn’t matter the choice is being made on the 18th and 19th and the new Congress that was elected will not be given a voice or vote who will be in leadership.