Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., the progressive trying to reclaim the House seat she lost in 2024, has not committed to voting for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., for speaker in 2027.

She told Axios on Friday that party leaders have not risen against the momentum of President Donald Trump's second term.

Her hesitation coincides with a left-wing revolt against Jeffries as it takes shape in his own backyard, complete with primary-night chants of "you're next" aimed at him.

"The leader conversation is not anywhere near anything I'm thinking on right now," Bush told Axios when asked whether she would back Jeffries.

She said her focus was on "making sure I get what's needed for my community on the ground because I have an incumbent who is not delivering for St. Louis," calling the speaker vote "not even something that I'm thinking about."

Her critique of Democratic Party leaders cut deeper.

"We have an administration that is causing destruction every single day on our communities, and we are not meeting the moment," Bush said. "The moment has not been met.

"They have not learned their lesson. The Trump administration has not learned, 'Don't touch our communities.' What they've learned is, 'You've got this.'"

Bush's comments come amid a broader challenge to Jeffries from the party's left.

Democratic Socialists of America-aligned challengers are reshaping the party's left flank, and on Tuesday night, supporters of New York primary winners Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez chanted, "You're next" at watch parties when Jeffries appeared on television, according to New York magazine.

Avila Chevalier defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y.

Meanwhile, former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander defeated Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y.

The National Republican Congressional Committee delivered flowers to Jeffries' office in mock condolence the next morning, the magazine reported.

Grace Mausser, co-chair of the DSA's New York City chapter, told the magazine the chant was unofficial but accurate: "I think it represents how people feel. They're angry. They're dissatisfied with the work that Hakeem is doing."

Jeffries dismissed the threat, telling reporters the new progressives are unlikely to "reshape who we are as House Democrats."

But Bradley Tusk, a political consultant and Jeffries ally, told the magazine the new left flank could complicate his speaker push because he will need backing from democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., "and they're gonna want stuff for that."

Bush voted for Jeffries on all 15 speaker ballots in January 2023 and on the four ballots that October, but told Axios she will now look to the DSA cohort "as they're making the decision about what happens next with that, just really seeing what they're saying."

Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., whom Bush is challenging in the Aug. 4 primary, pounced.

"Now she refuses to support Hakeem Jeffries, who is in line to be the first Black speaker of the House," campaign manager Jordan Blase said in a statement to Axios.

"Cori only cares about Cori. And she doesn't care who she throws under the bus if she thinks it will work for her own benefit," Blase said.