Knives are out for Schumer.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was a guest on The View on Tuesday and was forced to field questions about calls to step down. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party has called for Schumer to step aside in the wake of his support for the CR funding bill.
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin went after Schumer saying, “Some of the progressive members of your caucus, the House caucus, are not with you. Jasmine Crockett questioned your leadership, Hakeem Jeffries dodged a question about your alignment over this and obviously voted the other direction. There seems to be a disconnect between the younger generation and some of the newly elected Democrats, and yours.”
“Do you believe that the party has confidence in you to continue to serve as its leader? And as somebody who was influential in helping Biden’s decision to step aside, do you think it might be time for you, too?” she asked.
“No,” Schumer said. “We have a lot of really strong talent in the Senate, in the House, in the governors, we have a great bench. But as for the Senate caucus, of which I’m the leader, I should be the leader.”
Schumer told the ladies of The View his strength is in winning Senate seats.
“I’m a strategist, in terms of recruiting candidates, helping the candidates run campaigns and win. Look, winning in 2026 in the House and Senate, which could stop Trump once and for all, is vitally important,” he said.
The senator compared himself to an orchestra leader.
“I’m sort of the orchestra leader and I have a lot of talent in that orchestra, so what I do is I show them off. We have some great spokespeople, people like Chris Murphy and Brian Schatz,” he said. “I’ll tell you one thing, we are totally united in one thing, many things, but one thing above all, we are united in going after Trump and showing the American people that he is making the middle-class pay for the tax cuts on the rich.”
Watch the clip below:
Meanwhile, last week, President Trump praised Schumer for agreeing to support the funding bill.
The following is from Trump’s TRUTH Social post:
Congratulations to Chuck Schumer for doing the right thing — Took “guts” and courage! The big Tax Cuts, L.A. fire fix, Debt Ceiling Bill, and so much more, is coming. We should all work together on that very dangerous situation. A non pass would be a Country destroyer, approval will lead us to new heights. Again, really good and smart move by Senator Schumer. This could lead to something big for the USA, a whole new direction and beginning! DJT
