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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[–] 35 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

From the article: "Roughly 40 Democrats would need to vote for someone else in order to prevent Jeffries from taking the gavel."

From another article: "Democrats have now flipped over 40 House seats."

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  • [+] -9 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

    Yeah but how many will hold their vote against Jeffries? You count AOC out, can't believe she even thinking of running for president. She has no spin and sadly not the squad she once was.

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  • [–] 9 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    From https://www.congresscountdown.com/info/speaker-election

    The Speaker of the House is elected by the full House on the first day of every new Congress

    If the new members couldn't vote, there would be no reason for them to be threatening Don Leonard. I had to look up how it works because there's a lot of confusing statements in different news articles. The process is different between the House (all members vote) and Senate (each party elects their own majority leader), but in both cases the newly elected members will also be voting, once the new session starts in January with the new Congress.

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