A Hillary Clinton superdelegate tells The Hill his colleagues have been threatened with primaries if they don't switch allegiances for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"I think there are some people being threatened with primaries if they don’t switch [to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)] because the far left wing of our party is embracing Sen. Sanders," Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) says in an interview with The Hill's Molly K. Hooper.

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Cleaver says he hasn't personally felt that pressure, but others in his caucus have — a concern for the Kansas City Democrat.

"This is the first time in my career, and I've been in elected office since '79, that I have seen this in the Democratic Party," he says.

Watch the video above to hear Cleaver in his own words.