Sanders: Schumer, Pelosi and Ellison are the leaders of the Democratic Party
By Daniel Strauss
11/17/16 11:16 AM EST
When asked who the leaders of the Democratic Party are now, Sen. Bernie Sanders offered three names: Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Keith Ellison.
Sanders, speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor on Thursday, was asked who the leaders of the Democratic Party are in light of President-elect Donald Trump defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential elections. The presidential election’s outcome and Democrats’ failure to retake control of the Senate has scrambled the party’s calculus and sparked widespread questioning of who actually is leading the Democrats once Trump takes office.
Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats and a favorite among liberals who challenged Clinton in the Democratic primary, didn’t mention himself. Instead he deferred to the top Democrats on Capitol Hill.
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