The Democratic leadership revolt has a glaring problem
🤺 Zoom in: No such fighter has emerged to challenge Democratic leaders from within their ranks, and Schumer said he is "confident I will be elected majority leader." The closest thing to a challenge is Sen.
Key points
- Senate Republicans demanded more time and deeper conversations about their leadership, but no one stepped forward to challenge John Thune, who won by acclamation.
- Democrats are demanding their own conversations about the party's future and the leadership of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.
- Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who's listening to calls to run for Democratic leader while also considering a presidential campaign.
"There is one candidate in this race, Hakeem Jeffries, and I think that everyone is far more concerned about what that leadership means, what is it promising?" Ocasio-Cortez told reporters on Tuesday.
Additional details
- Why it matters: All the talk about changing party leadership is empty if no one steps up to run.
- ‼️ The intrigue: Where there was a contested leadership fight, the challenger won.
- Rep.-elect Don Leonard (D-Ohio) said it "aches" his heart to potentially oppose the first Black speaker, "but Rome is burning." But other new members are on Jeffries' side, like Reps.-elect Marni von Wilpert (D-Calif.), Denise Powell (D-Neb.) and Cait Conley (D-N.Y.).
- Between the lines: Thune and Jordan don't have much of a relationship; Thune had left the House for the Senate two years before Jordan arrived.
- 🏛️ Over in the House, Jeffries is dismissive of the idea that anyone would challenge him after the midterms gave him a massive majority.
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