The U.S. government has reopened, and the biggest loser is - Schumer.
The progressive Democrats are very angry at their party's senators for giving up resistance. They have turned their criticism against Senate Democratic leader Schumer, questioning his leadership abilities and demanding that he step down.
After 85-year-old Pelosi announced her retirement, 74-year-old Schumer faces greater pressure to step down. Especially young people in California and New York are eager to replace the elderly. Moreover, although Pelosi is old, her ability to lead the party is evident; she can always get the party's troublemakers to act in unison, but Schumer clearly lacks this intimidation power.
Seven Democratic senators (and one independent senator) voted to reopen the government. Although Schumer voted against it, he obviously lost control of the party members or tacitly allowed them to vote. This has made many Democrats very angry, seeing it as a betrayal and directly criticizing Schumer as not a leader.
"Schumer is no longer useful and should be replaced," said Ro Khanna (Democrat), a U.S. House member from California, on X after Sunday night's vote. "If you cannot lead to stop the surge in Americans' health insurance premiums, what else will you fight for?"
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the Senate Democrats harshly on Monday, saying they "gave in" and weakened the momentum the party had accumulated after a series of victories last week.
"Either don't do it, or do it well," Newsom said. "Why did we start fighting in the first place? We could have reached an agreement in 20 minutes... Honestly, I don't know what happened to my party."
The progressive left has even openly called for Schumer to step down. Previously, Schumer refused to endorse Mendoza, and now the progressive faction hopes he would retire voluntarily, with AOC taking over Schumer's seat. (Uncle Cat in Silicon Valley)
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