Sen. Schumer takes heat from AOC, wins unlikely praise from Trump for agreeing to avert shutdown

As Sen. Chuck Schumer came under fire from progressives like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for backing a Republican stopgap spending plan, President Trump on Friday heaped unlikely praise on the Democratic leader for declaring he’d vote to avert a government shutdown.
Ocasio-Cortez led a chorus of outrage at Schumer, accusing him of betraying grassroots Democrats who want to see some spine from their leaders as Trump and billionaire buddy Elon Musk slash the federal government.
“There are members of Congress who … walked the plank and took innumerable risks in order to defend the American people, in order to defend Social Security and Medicaid and Medicare,” Ocasio-Cortez told CNN’s Jake Tapper Thursday night. “To see Senate Democrats even consider acquiescing to Elon Musk,” could result in “a wide sense of betrayal.”
Trump made the political calculus even trickier for Schumer Friday by commending his rival for agreeing to vote Friday in favor of the GOP plan.