Democratic leaders in Congress will soon face tactics and pressures from their left similar to what the Republican right used to bring down one speaker and make life hell for another, a former top GOP aide predicted.
“If Democrats take the House,” John Leganski said, of the midterm elections in November, “you see these socialist candidates rising. I saw a candidate in Colorado say, ‘I’m not voting for anyone for leadership that took corporate Pac money.’ I guarantee you, [minority leader] Hakeem Jeffries’ office is reading that comment and sweating, because that’s what we were doing in the lead up to the [2022 midterm] election as well. It’s just a tight margin, and every vote counts.”
