The LA Times reports that Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is facing mounting pressure to step aside as leader of the Senate Democratic caucus after eight members voted against his wishes Sunday, joining Republicans in a bid to end the longest government shutdown in history.
The 74-year-old has been at this for eight years and the young Bolsheviks want to take over.
Elections last week revealed the emergence of a growing progressive movement in Schumer’s hometown, where the longtime senator declined to endorse Zohran Mamdani in his successful bid for New York City mayor.
National progressive organizations on Monday urged him to step down and have encouraged a popular but dense congresswoman in the state, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to run for his Senate seat in 2029. Polls show Schumer faces the lowest approval numbers of any national leader in Washington.
Far-left Ro Khanna wants Chuck U. Schumer gone:
“Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) wrote on X after the Sunday night vote. “If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?”
Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the top Democrat in the House, told reporters Monday that he strongly disapproved of the emerging deal in the Senate, where seven Democrats and one independent who caucuses with the party voted to proceed with government funding.
Schumer reiterated his disapproval of the spending deal in a speech from the floor Monday. He criticized the compromise as a “Republican bill” even though members of his party helped broker the deal.
“Republicans now own this healthcare crisis,” Schumer said. “They knew it was coming. We wanted to fix it and they said no, and now it is on them.”
There was no bill. There has never been a bill. Republicans only wanted a pause to negotiate.
As Schumer delivered his speech, Jeffries spoke to reporters at a news conference on the other side of the Capitol. Asked whether he thought Schumer remained an effective leader and should remain in his position, Jeffries replied, “yes and yes.”
Jeffries said “the overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer waged a valiant fight.” a“I am not going to explain what a handful of Senate Democrats have decided to do,” Jeffries said. “That’s their explanation to offer to the American people.”
They wanted these Democrats to get them out of this. Who are they kidding?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom offered harsh criticism of Senate Democrats on Monday, who he said had “rolled over.”
“You don’t start something unless you’re going to finish,” said Newsom, who next heads to the climate summit known as COP30 in Belém, Brazil. “Why the hell did we do this in the first place? We could have gotten this deal in 20 minutes. … Honestly, I don’t know what’s going on with my party.”
Land of Free Stuff
Democrats want funding to continue to people here illegally.
However, it is unsustainable:
The only thing the Schumer Shutdown accomplished was alerting Americans that 59% of Illegal-Headed Households receive American taxpayer funded welfare.
There’s no going back now.
Thanks Chuck! pic.twitter.com/W3fz38yzw1
— C3 (@C_3C_3) November 10, 2025
Earth to Ro Khanna (whatever that is): This is not about “skyrocketing healthcare for Americans”, it is about taxpayers’ disgust with paying for healthcare for illegal aliens, who are (of course) the Democrats’ most valued constituents….given they are about the only ones who for Democrats.