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House Speaker Mike Johnson is sounding the alarm on a Democratic civil war, citing primary upsets in New York where socialist-backed candidates—endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani—defeated establishment Democrats, including those from Jeffries’ own slate. Calling the party a “rudderless ship,” Johnson warns of “open Marxists” winning races with radical platforms like abolishing borders, prisons, and even the U.S. Senate, framing it as a strategy to seize control of Congress. While Jeffries’ office deflects with a recent “Meet the Press” interview, Johnson’s fiery rhetoric paints a picture of a fractured party teetering on ideological collapse—with serious implications for American governance.

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