Incoming progressives revolt against Schumer and Jeffries after the blue tsunami

Even after Democrats' midterm sweep, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are facing leadership revolts from their own left flank, Fox News reports.

Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) has long warned he might not back Schumer for majority leader — "If you're Chuck Schumer, I'm dangerous," he said in June — and on CNN Thursday reiterated support for Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who has not announced a bid. Other newcomers are also withholding: Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-Kan.) said flatly he will not support Schumer; Sen.-elect Annie Andrews (D-S.C.) told Bret Baier both parties are "ready for a new generation of leadership"; and Sen.-elect Troy Jackson (D-Maine) said he already told Schumer he would "support somebody else."

Schumer brushed it off Wednesday: "I'll be re-elected as majority leader." He needs only about 29 of his caucus in a secret vote.

In the House, at least five Democratic Socialists of America members are pledging to withhold support for Jeffries as speaker — the first Black speaker in U.S. history if he wins — unless they secure agenda commitments. The speakership requires 218 votes of the full House on Jan. 3. With Democrats likely above 260 seats once races settle, Jeffries can absorb dozens of defections — but the revolt advertises the price the DSA intends to extract.