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Democratic divisions intensified as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi sharply criticized Chuck Schumer for supporting a Republican-led funding bill to avoid a government shutdown.

AOC called Schumer's decision a "betrayal," urging Senate Democrats to reject the legislation backed by Trump and Elon Musk. Pelosi called the bill a "devastating assault" on working families.

Schumer defended his stance, arguing a shutdown would empower Trump and Musk further.

The controversy sparked suggestions among Democrats that AOC might challenge Schumer in a primary.

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[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 228 points 1 day ago

Challenge him. He's has no business being a party leader if he's as spineless as the Republicans who pushed this bill.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 71 points 1 day ago

She would have to be in the senate to take over senate leadership in the short term. For his seat itself, there's been house members - including moderates - starting to support the idea her primarying him when his term is up in 2028

Several members — including moderates — have begun voicing support for a primary challenge to Schumer, floating Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) as possible candidates, three House Democrats said.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown

[-] RainbowHedgehog@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago

I don’t want him out in 2028, I want him out now.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He can realistically be stripped of senate leadership in the short term. Call your senators and tell them to support removing him from leadership

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

The fact that people don’t even know she can’t be a senate leader because she’s in the house speaks volumes about the quality of solutions we see on lemmy. It’s ridiculous.

[-] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 15 hours ago

I think they're implying "Run for Senate, if she wins, replace the seat of power with her."

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

well that’s a pretty tough pitch given he’s not even going to be up for election for another four years.

[-] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Spinelessness is the chief defining quality of the entire Democratic Party. There are very few individual exceptions and those people need to start a new party. The US needs a real progressive party. The establishment Dems have made it very clear they won’t support a true progressive candidate, so what’s the point of bending the knee to these fuckers any longer?

[-] formulaBonk@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

And honestly now is the time to do it. I have absolutely zero faith we will have honest elections in the next couple decades so splitting the funding between neo lib corpocrats and an actual progressive party for the people will not affect the crooked elections under trump since they won’t win anyway. The time for progress is NOW

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Its hard to decide if they are spineless or complicit. Not that it amounts to much of a difference in the end.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

Sufficiently advanced cowardice is indistinguishable from complicity.

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