In the midst that he resigned as the Senate minority leader, Senator Chuck Schumer said he would not and defended his decision to support the continuous resolution to finance the government.
“The CR was certainly bad, you know, the continuous resolution. But a closure would be 15 or 20 times worse,” Schumer told NBC “Meet The Press” on Sunday. “Under a closure, the executive branch has exclusive power to determine what,” essential. ” [Office of Management and Budget Director Russell] Vought, as head of OMB, would gut the federal government. “
The senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, leaves the democratic caucus lunch at the United States Capitol on March 13, 2025 in Washington.
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
In an interview with the co-presenter Jonathan Karl in “This Week” by ABC News, the independent senator Bernie Sanders said he has disappointed with the response of the Democrats to Trump’s second mandate. But he said the problem goes beyond Schumer.
“There have not been anyone more critical of Chuck Schumer than I have been, and not only in this thing. But the conclusion is not just Chuck Schumer, not only is Chuck Schumer. It is, it is what has a general Democratic Party that is dominated by multimillons, just as the Republican party is the leadership under the leadership of a buito He is very well paid with the 32,000. Denver at a stop on his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour on Saturday.
Democratic representative Rost Khanna would not say if he would encourage Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to challenge Schumer for re-election in three years, but said there are others in the party that have to encourage her to do so.
“Well, that is really her decision. I will say that there were many people in the Democratic retreat who had encouraged her,” Khanna said about the “state of the Union” of CNN. “But this is what I will say: the American people are fed up with the old guard. There must be a renewal. You know, in Silicon Valley, when a company is not working well, you do not keep the same team, and I think there will be a new generation in this country. They want to see a more convincing economic message.”
-ABC News’ Hannah Demissie
