House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) threatened “maximum warfare” on Florida congressional Republicans if Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature move ahead with redrawing its congressional map during an expected special session next week.

“If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats, just as they did with Trump‘s dummymander in Texas,” Jeffries said in a statement. “We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast. We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win.”

“Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time,” Jeffries emphasized.

Notably, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee lists Florida Reps. Mills, Luna, Lee, and Salazar as “Districts in Play.”

Rep. Luna (R-FL) critcized Leader Jeffries in a fiery response.

.@RepJeffries voted to block the release of the congressional slush fund, killed the bipartisan stock trading ban, and never asked Swalwell to resign,” Luna wrote. DOESN’T take orders from swamp creatures in DC.”

The move, unsurprisingly, was applauded by Congressional Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

“Hell yes. This is the energy,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote.

Leader Jeffries’ political threat comes after the state of Virginia on Tuesday voted in favor of redrawing its congressional maps. The move, from an original 6-5 Democrat-to-Republican split, could turn to a 10-1 Democratic advantage until the end of the decade.

It could also mean Democrats flip the House in November, with Republicans holding just a few-seat advantage. The political hardball came after the Texas Legislature passed a new congressional map in August 2025, which California voters countered with Proposition 50 in November 2025.

Texas leans Republican, while California leans Democrat, hence the boxing match between the parties.

And it might continue.

Florida’s special session on congressional redistricting is set for April 28, 2026. Gov. DeSantis has not issued a proposed map ahead of the date.

“The war is not over. Next week, Ron DeSantis is hauling the Florida legislature back into a special session to redraw maps because Republicans know they are on the verge of an epic defeat in November,” Jeffries continued. “DeSantis is clearly more interested in illegal gerrymandering than lowering the high cost of living or fixing our broken healthcare system. Right now, nearly 5 million Floridians are facing higher premiums because Republicans failed to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.”