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.

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[–] 13 points 12 hours ago

The congressional black caucus and party leadership has spent more than a decade setting him up for the job, deliberately pulling strings to ensure he was in the room with the right people. He was picked as a freshman to be a future speaker, they aren’t going to go with an alternative due to the sunk cost fallacy.

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