Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said that conversations among some donors With regard to Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer His “thinking” of the moment that former President Biden was “brought down” before the 2024 presidential election.
Schumer is confronted with recoil from his own party after his vote in support of the Republican proposed continuous resolution to avert a government closure earlier this month. Some reports have ‘squadron’ member and vocal critic rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., suggested, can decide to primary Schumer For his senate seat as a result of his voice.
Crockett stopped calling Schumer to resign himself, but said that there are growing calls from behind the scenes comparable to those who convinced Biden to resign.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett responded to a question whether Senate should resign minority leader Chuck Schumer. (CBS -creenshot)
“I spoke with some donors trying to become very creative, but I think it is a bit reminiscent of what we saw happening when Joe Biden was removed,” said Crockett on CBS News Texas on Friday. “There were many chosen members of the congress who decided that they wanted to play in that conversation. So it will be interesting to see how many senators decide that they want to start that conversation.”
This probably referred to accusations that rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. A “key figure” In the attempts to push Biden out of the presidential race, despite his insistence that he could beat the then candidate Donald Trump. He eventually withdrew from the race in July.
Although Crockett was critical about Schumer’s mood, she said it was in the end for the Senate and not for the house -members like they decide to decide whether he should stay as a leader of the Democratic caucus. She added that the most important problem would be a replacement.
“I don’t even know who wants that job,” said Crockett. “It’s a tough job to have now.”
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Schumer has said that he is not going to resign despite attacks from the Democratic Party. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
Schumer has repeatedly defended his choice to support the continuous resolution and rejected For him to resign or resign as a minority leader.
“Look, I’m not resigning,” said Schumer in a pre -recorded interview that was broadcast on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “I knew that when I cast my vote against the government closure that there would be a lot of controversy.”
He argued that while voting for a spending account supported by the Republicans, a government closure would have been worse.
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