Jim Hoft

November 10, 2026

The Democrat Party’s internal power struggle is getting uglier by the day.

Fresh off their victories in the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats are already turning on one another as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attempts to consolidate his grip on the speakership.

Now, a newly elected Democrat from Ohio is publicly accusing senior members of his own party of threatening political retaliation if he refuses to fall in line behind Jeffries.

Don Leonard, the progressive former Ohio State University professor who just flipped Ohio’s 15th Congressional District from Republican incumbent Mike Carey, posted a video saying senior House Democrats told him in no uncertain terms what happens if he refuses to support Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker.

According to Leonard, they warned it would mean “making my life a living hell for the next two years here in Washington as well as being sure to lose my election” in 2028. They expect him to “wear the team jersey” and “be a good team player.”

Leonard, a first-time candidate who branded himself a “Do Something Democrat,” defeated Carey in a district Trump carried by roughly 10 points in 2024. Unofficial results showed Leonard winning by about 6–7 points (roughly 52% to 45%).

He has conditioned any support for Jeffries on two demands: a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and ending “U.S. support for the war in Iran and the country Israel that led us into it.”

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Via https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/11/democrat-civil-war-explodes-newly-elected-ohio-democrat/