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.
The group concluded by saying all Senate Democrats should demand Schumer’s resignation and “begin making plans for new leadership immediately.”
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The calls for Schumer to step down from Senate leadership come as the Democratic Party was fractured over the bill, leading some to question Schumer’s ability to continue at the helm of his caucus.
Those criticizing Schumer included Susan Rice, a domestic policy adviser for former President Joe Biden. She had urged all Senate Democrats to vote against the bill in a post on social media, while telling Schumer to “please grow a spine. And quickly.”
