Incoming Ohio Representative Don Leonard said in a video released to X that senior House Democrats threatened political retaliation if he continued to withhold support for Representative Hakeem Jeffries' bid for House Speaker unless the leadership agreed to his policy demands.
￭ Leonard says he wants two commitments from Jeffries: a vote in the House of Representatives on an amendment to repeal Citizens United, a Supreme Court ruling that allowed unlimited independent political spending, and an end to "US support for the war on Iran and the country, Israel, that led us to it." ".
￭ According to journalist Ryan Grimm, Leonard says Democratic leaders have threatened to "make his life hell" and undermine his chances of re-election if he keeps his terms. He described the threats as something "out of a movie." ".