☣️ Senator Chuck Schumer’s Leadership Is Toxic — and Democrats Are Finally Saying It Out Loud
Of 18 Democratic Senate candidates surveyed, not a single one endorsed Schumer as Senate Leader. His silence on Gaza and weakness against Trump must end.
Family,
Chuck Schumer has been in power for decades. And what do we have to show for it? Silence in the face of genocide. Weakness in the face of Trump. And now, open rebellion from his own party.
Politico just reported something staggering: of 18 Democratic Senate candidates they surveyed, not one endorsed Schumer for leader. Not one. Ten flat-out said no. The rest dodged. From Maine to Illinois, Iowa to Michigan, New Hampshire to Texas — candidates are saying what grassroots activists have been saying for years: Chuck Schumer’s leadership is toxic.
This isn’t just about personality. This is about survival. Schumer has been a steadfast defender of Israel while Palestinians are starved and slaughtered in Gaza. He has bent and caved to Trump repeatedly. Even when he plays “hardball,” as Politico framed his shutdown stance, it’s too little, too late.
“People want new Senate leadership more than they want a new senator,” one candidate said.
That’s how deep the frustration runs.
If you are 74 years old, have been in the Senate for 40+ years, and your party is facing an authoritarian regime back in the White House — you don’t get to keep your seat as leader if you can’t command the trust of your own team.
Family, here’s the truth: Chuck Schumer has done nothing to protect democracy from Trump’s return and everything to protect Israel from accountability for genocide. That combination is not leadership. It’s complicity.
And the candidates rising across the country know it.
If Democrats want to win back trust, want to stop Trump, want to stand on the right side of history, then it begins here: replace Chuck Schumer.
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Love and appreciate each of you.
Your friend and brother,
Shaun
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He has to go. Bottom line. It's almost completely useless.
Schumer and Jeffries need to go. We need strong leadership now. They are weak.