Progressive group calls for Schumer to step down as Senate Democratic leader
A progressive grassroots group is calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to leave his leadership perch after he helped pass a GOP-crafted government funding bill.
Indivisible, a group formed during President Donald Trump's first administration, called the passage of the bill a "travesty," directing specific ire at Schumer, who the group said squandered a "point of leverage" and "wave[d] the white flag of surrender" by voting to pass the bill to avoid a shutdown.
Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, pointed to votes by the group's leaders in New York, Schumer's home state, and around the country that show overwhelming disapproval of his vote, adding that new leadership of the Senate Democrats is necessary.
"In a vote, the two groups gave us clear direction: 82% of group leaders in New York and 91% of Indivisible group leaders nationwide voted to call for Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader. Accordingly, Indivisible is calling for Chuck Schumer to step down from Senate Democratic leadership. We thank him for his service, but we need new leadership in this moment and we understand to get there we need a chorus of support for change," Levin wrote in a press release.
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