Schumer dismisses possible AOC primary challenge, says he’s focused on bringing Trump’s numbers down

SenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumerdismissedthepossibilityofaprimarychallengefromprogressivelawmakerRep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,D-N.Y.,inaninterviewfollowinghiscontroversialsupportforaRepublicanspendingbill. “That’salongtimeaway,”SchumertoldTheNewYorkTimesinaninterviewwhenaskedaboutreportsthatDemocraticlawmakershaveprivatelyencouragedOcasio-CorteztorunagainsthimforNewYork’sU.S.Senateseatin2028. Ocasio-CortezhasemergedasoneoftheleadingvoicesintheDemocraticPartycriticalofSchumerforsupportingtheHouse-passedfundingmeasuretoavoidagovernmentshutdown. ‘BigWin’:TrumpToutsFederalFundingBillPassageInTheHouse SenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumerrejectedaprimarychallengefromprogressivelawmakerAlexandriaOcasio-CortezinaninterviewwithTheNewYorkTimes. “IamfocusedonbringingTrump’snumbersdown,hispopularitydown,exposingwhathehasdonetoAmericaandwhathewilldo,&#