House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he was blindsided after twoDemocratsdefected and joined the Republicans to force a vote on a resolution condemning Socialism.
In a 210-208 vote, Democrat Reps. Dan Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez joined the Republicans to advance the resolution.
Later Tuesday, the House adopted the resolution in a 220-192-2 vote.
The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution to denounce socialism “in all its forms” in a political messaging exercise ahead of the November elections.
The House adopted the resolution in a 220 to 192 to 2 vote, with eight Democrats voting with all Republicans in favor. Two Democrats voted present.
The Democrats who supported the resolution included Reps. Kathy Castor of Florida, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, Jared Golden of Maine, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, Darren Soto of Florida and Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico. Those who voted present were Reps. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire.
GOP leaders scheduled the vote after Democratic primary voters embraced a number of democratic socialist candidates. Republicans connected those wins to their own push to pass President Trump’s signature voting regulations bill, the SAVE America Act. The resolution also reaffirms their support for the legislation that has been stalled for months in the Senate, where it lacks even a simple majority support.
Jeffries flipped out and cracked down on Reps. Golden Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
“The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust. It necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order,” Jeffries said.
Dawn Light was arraigned in court on Wednesday for intimidating Lindsey Clancy jurors when they left deliberations on Tuesday.
Dawn Light from Sutton, Massachusetts, was taken into custody at approximately 3:40 p.m. outside the courthouse in Plymouth, just minutes after jurors were dismissed for the day without reaching a verdict.
Massachusetts State Police charged Light with one count of intimidation of a witness, juror, or person furnishing information in connection with criminal proceedings. She is expected to be arraigned on Wednesday.
According to the Boston Herald, Light allegedly attempted to photograph the jury as its members left the courthouse.
CBS Boston reporter Kristina Rex separately reported that jurors allegedly noticed they were being filmed.
Fox News reported that attorneys on either side could potentially request a mistrial over the incident.
On Wednesday morning, Dawn Light was arraigned in court for intimidating Lindsey Clancy jurors.
FOX News reported:
Reporter on the Scene: To protect the sanctity of the judicial system, these jurors, there was a court order by Judge Sullivan in which there was a supplemental order regarding protocol for media coverage of you. Essentially, according to Judge Sullivan and Rule 119, the court prohibits the filming or photographing of any juror at any time, including during court proceedings, court proceedings and court-conducted view. No person shall contact, follow, interview, or communicate in any way with the juror prior to the discharge of the jury or otherwise harass or tamper with a juror before, during, or after the view. Although she states that she was looking—
Bill Melugin: All right, so we apologize for that glitchy feed there, but that was our very first look at 56-year-old Dawn Light. And the state of Massachusetts, Dana, clearly not messing around here. She is facing one charge, felony charge of jury jury intimidation. You heard the prosecutor mentioning that not only was she taking pictures, she was videoing these jurors. She went into a restricted area. She entered a plea of not guilty, we are told. And just to show how serious this is, she’s facing potentially up to 20 years in prison because the Lindsay Clancy case involves a potential life sentence. That potentially increases the, the penalties in this case. So that woman is in a whole lot of legal hot water right now, Dan.
She entered a plea of “not guilty.” Good luck with that, Dawn.
News Nation reported that Light allegedly had videos of potential Clancy jurors in a deleted folder on her phone, according to prosecutors.
Minnesota AG Keith Ellison speaks at the “Many Over The Money” rally in Minneapolis on Monday. Credit: LiveNOW from Fox screenshot
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to statewide office in Minnesota and a convert from Catholicism, has quietly returned at least $12,500 in campaign cash from Somali figures tied to the massive Feeding Our Future welfare fraud after a secret recording surfaced of him huddling with the same crowd to fend off state investigators.
According to the Center of the American Experiment, the five refunded contributions included donations from Gandi Yusuf Mohamed and Liban Alishire, both of whom became defendants in the Feeding Our Future case.
In December, the 54-minute recording, obtained by the Center of the American Experiment and later entered as a trial exhibit, captured Ellison schmoozing with Somali-American operators who would later be charged or convicted in the Feeding Our Future scheme that looted more than $250 million in federal child-nutrition money meant for hungry kids.
The meeting participants complained that state regulators were acting in a “racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic manner” by asking questions about phantom meal sites.
“The only way we can protect what we have is by inserting ourselves into the political arena, putting our votes where it needs to be, but most importantly, putting our dollars in the right place,” Feeding Our Future consultant Abshir Omar said.
“But if you are secure in your donor base, and if you are secure in your power base, you can act the way you want to act,” Omar continued.
“Money is freedom,” Ellison replied with a laugh.
The group then promised “serious money” and “serious organizing” to support Ellison.
“I’m here to help,” Ellison told them. “Let’s fight these people … put a stop to it.”
Ellison also promised to summon Minnesota Department of Education officials to his office.
“I’ll call them in my office and demand some explanations,” he said.
Nine days after Ellison privately met with Gandi’s sister, Ikram Yusuf Mohamed, and other figures tied to Feeding Our Future, Gandi Mohamed contributed the maximum $2,500 to Ellison’s campaign on December 20, 2021.
Ellison’s campaign did not return Gandi Mohamed’s donation until May 2025, shortly after the explosive recording of the December 2021 meeting became public.
Three additional $2,500 contributions accepted on December 20, 2021, were reportedly returned on December 31, 2025, the final day of the campaign-finance reporting period.
Those three donors were associated with people or organizations connected to Feeding Our Future, although they have not been charged with wrongdoing.
Ellison previously returned another $2,500 donation from Feeding Our Future defendant Liban Alishire in September 2022, shortly after Alishire was indicted.
That brings the total returned fraud-linked campaign cash to at least $12,500.
In March 2026, Ikram Mohamed pleaded guilty to wire fraud for helping steal and launder $14.6 million in taxpayer money intended to feed hungry children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gandi Mohamed pleaded guilty the following month for his role in the scheme.
Senator Josh Hawley confronted Ellison during a fiery Senate hearing and accused him of helping Feeding Our Future figures get investigators “off their backs.”
“You took $10,000 from them nine days after the meeting!” Hawley shouted.
“You helped fraudsters defraud the state, and you got a fat campaign contribution out of it! You ought to be indicted!”
Ellison repeatedly denied Hawley’s allegations and called them lies.
The Feeding Our Future operation stole approximately $250 million from a federal child-nutrition program by falsely claiming to have served millions of meals to needy children. The money was instead spent on luxury vehicles, real estate, jewelry, and other personal expenses.
