Calls to Replace Schumer and Jeffries Grow After Democrats Win Both Chambers
Photo: Fox NewsCalls for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to give up their leadership posts grew after Democrats won back both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections. Senator-elect Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota said on election night that it was time for new Senate leadership. Senators-elect James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed also voiced doubts about Schumer. El-Sayed had earlier introduced Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland as the next majority leader. Van Hollen said Wednesday that no one should commit to a next leader without a conversation about a bold agenda. A Change.org petition to replace Jeffries and hold an open speaker election has passed 500,000 signatures. House Democrats vote internally on a speaker candidate before the full House confirms in January. Critics cite lack of vision, reluctance to confront Trump, corporate PAC money and deference to Israel's government. At a Wednesday press conference, Schumer said he will be re-elected majority leader, but he declined to say whether he would abolish the filibuster.
The right-leaning New York Post and Fox News take different routes. The Post's piece, written in a scornful tone, calls the challengers pipsqueaks and ankle-biters. It says Schumer sent about $30 million to help El-Sayed win in Michigan, and it names Maine's Troy Jackson and Reps.-elect Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez as opponents. Fox News leads on Schumer and Jeffries not answering its questions on ending the filibuster and on a probe of Elon Musk. It links the filibuster issue to Trump's push for the SAVE America Act and does not cover the leadership revolt in its opening. The left-leaning New Republic leads with the growing calls, the petition and the critics' reasons. The Atlantic instead presents Schumer as the architect of a historic landslide. Both sides name Flanagan, Talarico and El-Sayed. Truthout's coverage resembles the New Republic's, centering El-Sayed's backing of Van Hollen.
How the sides differ Right sources stress the incoming Democratic Congress's dissent and Schumer's unanswered filibuster questions; left sources split between the leadership challenge and Schumer's role in the win; alternative sources back Van Hollen.
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The New Republic leads with growing calls to replace Jeffries and Schumer, citing senators-elect, Van Hollen and a petition. The Atlantic instead casts Schumer as the architect of a historic landslide.
Truthout focuses on El-Sayed backing Van Hollen for Senate leader as calls to replace Schumer grow, noting Van Hollen's earlier criticism of Schumer's leadership in Trump's second term.
The New York Post mocks the incoming critics as ungrateful, citing Schumer's $30 million for El-Sayed. Fox News stresses Schumer and Jeffries dodging questions on the filibuster and a Musk probe.