Van Hollen has previously criticized Schumer for his weak leadership during Trump’s second term.

Incoming freshman senator Abdul El-Sayed says that he would support progressive Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) as Democratic leader in the Senate, advocating for a rejection of Schumer’s stalwart centrist mode of operation after Democrats’ massive blue wave. “I’ve been very clear. I think he’d be an amazing Senate majority leader. Of course, that’…

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  • discocactus@lemmy.world
    14·
    4 hours ago

    Idk how anyone can honestly say Schumer is the guy to fix (gestures wildly at all this). He’s had plenty of chances and has made it abundantly clear he wants a more authoritarian corporate surveillance state world police type of USA which none of us plebs want. Fuck him.

  • EtruDUR@thelemmy.club
    14·
    5 hours ago

    These are exactly the sort of debates and discussions we should be having in the political realm.

    Not who can kiss dear leader’s ass the most or who can bullshit their constituencies on Fox News while giving every handout possible to their corporate benefactors.

    As a GenX-er I am both disheartened that my generation seems to have gotten skipped over, but also massively uplifted to see so many millennials get into office.

    We want representation by people that will live to see the consequences of their actions, not greedily hang on to their power and prestige with every power of their being.

        • dou9m@lemmy.ca
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Speaking on statistics, don’t take it personally lol. The lead destroyed your generation more than asbestos destroyed the boomers, probably because y’all had asbestos, lead, and microplastics to be sipping on in actuality.