Opinion – Is this the end of Chuck Schumer?
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Democratshavegenerallybeenunabletoagreeonmuchoverthepastyear.Buttheynowseeminglyagreeononething:SenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumer(D-N.Y.)mustgo.
Indeed,itappearsthatSchumer’sleadershippositionisincreasinglyuntenableashecomesunderfirefrombothmoderatesandhisleftflank.
Democrats’commentaryonthefive-termsenatorandnine-termrepresentativeunderscoreshowprecariousSchumer’spositionis.
AftereightDemocratsbrokewiththeirpartytoreopenthegovernment,critiquesofSchumer’sleadershipweremany.Theyincludedthesimpledemand, “Hemustresign.” Hewasalsoaccusedoftryingto“screwover”theparty.Schumerwasalsoheldup as“anotherexampleofwhyweneednewleadership.”Andthat’sjustwhatDemocratsinCongresshadtosay.
Moreover, according totheWallStreetJournal,“atleast11HouseDemocrats,11progressivenonprofitsandsixDemocraticSenatecandidateshavecalledonMr.Schumertostepdownasminorityleader.”
Inotherwords,Schumerhasmanagedtoalienatevirtuallyeveryoneinhisparty.P
