The Maryland Democrat has been critical of Schumer, who has led the caucus for nearly a decade.

The Maryland Democrat has been critical of Schumer, who has led the caucus for nearly a decade.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced Thursday that he would challenge Chuck Schumer for the top Democratic leadership role in the Senate, arguing the party needs to take a more populist direction.

“In this election, the American people called for change. They called for a change from Donald Trump’s disastrous policies — but even bigger than that, a change from the status quo that isn’t working for working people,” Van Hollen, who represents Maryland, said in a statement obtained by The Washington Sun.

  • nforminvasion@lemmy.world
    91·
    3 hours ago

    Is Bernie also in that group? If Marx were alive today would he just be another old white guy who was out of touch?

    There are people everywhere who are not so different from you. But the powers that be are working hard to make sure we don’t recognize that.

    • Stormy@thelemmy.club
      18·
      2 hours ago

      Implying it’s just racism/sexism against white men without saying it directly? Lol. OK, I’ll block you.

      • Cricket [he/him]@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        1 hour ago

        Excuse me for not trusting a random old white man that’s been leading us into the absolute bullshit of a world we live in now.

        He can get fucked like the rest of them.

        Then:

        Implying it’s just racism/sexism against white men without saying it directly?

        But that looks to everyone reading your posts like it’s exactly what you’re basing your criticism on? You’re dismissing the guy purely for being an “old” white man, even though he has a demonstrably much more progressive voting record compared to Schumer, and also for not being a nationally recognized name (which senators are nationally recognized, in your opinion?)