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Diamond Member
The Senate minority leader's more aggressive posture in this shutdown fight isn’t inoculating him in the pending midterms. Chuck Schumer is losing support among a key constituency: The Democrats who want to join his caucus.
In Maine, four of the Democrats running to unseat the GOP’s most vulnerable senator have already pledged not to support Schumer as leader. Three other candidates refused to commit.
In Illinois, the three leading Democrats vying to succeed Schumer’s retiring No. 2 say they’re keeping their options open.
And in ruby-red Iowa, where Democrats are eyeing a longer-shot flip, two of the party’s Senate candidates aren’t mincing words in their objections to Schumer’s leadership.
“Hell no,” Nathan Sage, one of the handful of Iowa Democrats vying to replace retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, told POLITICO when asked if he’d back Schumer for leader.
Schumer has proven himself to be a weak, go along to get along leader.
In Maine, four of the Democrats running to unseat the GOP’s most vulnerable senator have already pledged not to support Schumer as leader. Three other candidates refused to commit.
In Illinois, the three leading Democrats vying to succeed Schumer’s retiring No. 2 say they’re keeping their options open.
And in ruby-red Iowa, where Democrats are eyeing a longer-shot flip, two of the party’s Senate candidates aren’t mincing words in their objections to Schumer’s leadership.
“Hell no,” Nathan Sage, one of the handful of Iowa Democrats vying to replace retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, told POLITICO when asked if he’d back Schumer for leader.
Schumer has proven himself to be a weak, go along to get along leader.
