House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Is Facing a Primary Challenge
“I honestly don’t think in this environment anyone is safe, and certainly not Congressman Hoyer.”
Rachel M. Cohen
Rachel Cohen is a contributing writer for The Intercept and a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Vice, among other outlets.
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