Chi Ossé, a member of the New York City Council, has filed paperwork to launch a primary challenge against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

The campaign filing, first reported by Axios and filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission, notes Ossé is running as a Democrat in New York's Brooklyn-based 8th District, which Jeffries has represented since 2013.

Ossé did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but he said in a statement to Axios, “The Democratic Party’s leadership is not only failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump, they have also failed to deliver a vision that we can all believe in."

Ossé also publicly hinted at a run on Monday afternoon by writing in an X post , “Seems like we’re in a dire situation,” responding to another post noting

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