When asked by reporters if Schumer should remain the minority leader, Ocasio-Cortez responded: "I think what is so important for folks to understand is that this problem is bigger than one person. And it actually is bigger than the minority leader in the Senate. You had eight Senate Democrats who coordinated…their own votes on this as well as you have two retiring members, many of them who are also up in several cycles from now, with the hope that people are going to forget this moment
The New York lawmaker added, “A leader is a reflection of the party, and Senate Democrats have selected their leadership to represent them. And so, the question needs to be bigger than just one person. We have several Senate primaries this cycle—I know I’m being asked about New York, that is years from now—I have to remind my own constituents because they think that this election is this year. We actually do have Senate elections this year, and my hope is that people across this country actually participate in their primary elections and selecting their leadership.”
Schumer’s leadership has come under fire following a pivotal Senate vote in which eight Democrats joined Republicans to end the government shutdown, defying his recommendations. Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, was among those openly stating, “Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced.”
As she often is, she is right.
schumer is very much not the root of the problem and anyone tho think it was just those eight who betrayed the American People… I got a bridge for sale, hit me up.
But this is now the second massive fuck up where a schumer led Democratic Senate worked for trump for no reason whatsoever.
schumer can stay in office, for now. But his ass needs to fall on his proverbial (or otherwise…) sword and give up speakership if only to acknowledge things. At best, he is horrifically incompetent and belongs in that cuck chair. More likely he was the evil bastard organizing the betrayal of every single Democrat.
She’s right, but also, cut the head off a snake and the rest will die. Schumer needs to be made an example of, by being removed from office, to incentivize the rest to fall in line behind progressives instead of corrupt corporate stooges.