Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., faces a call for his replacement after President Donald Trump’s recent suspension spending bill to avoid government shutdowns, but not all Democrats are still giving him time to kick him out and prove themselves.
For some at the party, Schumer is arbitrary of the time he borrowed.
“There has to be something given,” former Democratic poller Adam Carlson told Fox News Digital. “And while I hope he wants to hold on his leadership, I think the full appeal and whispers from his colleagues to ensure he is replaced as a minority leader is authentic.”
“It’s not when, not when,” he insisted.
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Chuck Schumer’s future as a Democratic leader in the Senate is not certain after a significant vote that has led to backlash. (Reuters)
The impact he lost among his own caucus was “evident by dozens of Senate Dems, including those in Trump’s state, and by Schumer opposed the CR (a continuous solution) even after it came out in support of it,” Carlson said.
After Schumer’s vote this month and the subsequent verbal protests with Shellac, he said, “We’ll see you on Sunday,” and “Look, I’m not stepping in.”
Following his vote, protests appeared outside his home and offices in Washington and New York, and he began threatening his expulsion as a leader and the threat of major challenges in the future.
“You know, when you’re a leader, sometimes you have to do something to avoid the real danger that might go down the curve,” Schumer further told “Meet the Press.”
Democrats also pushed back the proposal that his situation was similar to that of former President Joe Biden, who was pressured to end the presidential election in the months leading up to last year’s election.
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But for a Democratic strategist who is looking at his situation, the similarities are clear.
Co-founder of Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) Adam Green told Fox News Digital: “I don’t think his recent cave is a June debate moment for Chuck Schumer, but it was a Viking moment, clearly comparing his disastrous presidential debate performance ahead of Biden’s bicycle accident and his disastrous presidential debate halt.
“And if he continues to stumble… instead of meeting at this moment, there will be ongoing questions about his future leadership,” he said.
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“I think it’s a tough fight for him,” Green explained.
The PCCC leader compared Schumer to Biden once more. The former president also had a prime, pointing out that “in the end that prime was over.”
Carlson said, “Schumer has been a ‘effective majority leader’ for many years, but being an opposition leader is a completely different skill set and may not have one that Democratic leaders have.
Some Democrat strategists speculate about potential alternatives to Senate minority leaders in regards to it, especially D-Minn. D-Conn. , D-Conn. , D-Hawaii, D-Minn. I proposed Amy Klobuchar.
“Chris Murphy has turned a lot of heads,” Green said.
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Representatives from Murphy, Schatz and Klobuchar did not provide comments in time for publication.
Other Democratic strategists don’t think Schumer should be replaced and are sure he is not.
Schumer “will survive this,” Democratic strategist Max Burns told Fox News Digital. He believed Trump’s “zonal habits” was Schumer’s ability to stick to.
Jim Kessler, Schumer’s former senior aide and Thirdway’s vice president of policy, told Fox News Digital he hopes he will “stay as the Senate Democratic leader.”
“Yes, a group of voices of House Democrats and activists are asking him to put aside as leader,” he said. But “Leah, no one in the Senate does that, and most Democrats in Washington simply keep their heads under control.”
“I spoke to one family Democrat who said he was alive 24 hours a day and was grateful after thinking about it for a few days,” Kessler said.
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Schumer said he would not resign. (AP Photo/j. Scott Apple White)
Harry Reid, a former Democratic Senate majority leader, and Jim Manley, a former senior communications advisor and spokesman for the Senate Democrat Caucus, agreed that Schumer would not have to step down.
“There’s a lot of responsibility to turn,” Manly said.
Another Democratic strategist who chose to remain anonymous said, “We are in this position where none of us stepped up to become Trump’s protagonist as our enemy.”
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The strategist also defeated Democrats too quickly to discipline leaders and party members who made mistakes or opposed, and Schumer called for them to step down as “premature.”
Schumer’s Office did not provide comment to Fox News Digital in time for publication.
Julia Johnson is a political writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business and is a major reporter in the US Senate. She was previously a political reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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