Senate Minority Leader Schumer's Bowing to Donald Trump and Voting for the Republican-Backed Spending Bill Could Offer House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries The Opportunity To Lead. Behind the Scenes, Speaker that emerged Nancy Pelosi Has Urged Him to “Use Your Power,” Cnn Reported.
The Recent Disagreement Bethaeen Jeffries and Schumer Have Led to Tension Even in Public. When Asked At A Press Conference Last Friday Wheer Senate Democrats Should Choose a New Leader To Replace Schumer, Jeffries Replied, “Next Question.” But they are still working together, Last Weekend and Putting Out A to Joint Statement Promising Ayy would oppose Cuts to Medicaid in the Gop Budget Reconciliation Bill. Jeffries Later Said, When Asked If He Thinks Schumer Should Retain His Leadership Position, “Yes … yes i do.”
Schumer Has Thus Far Rejected Calls For His Resignation As Senate Minority Leader, Saying in An Interview That Aired Sunday, “I'm Not Stepping Down.”
“[Jeffries is] Have to lead skirt, or chuck leads. This is His Moment, So Step Up, “An Anonymous House Democrat Close To Jeffries Told Cnn.” He's Always Bowed to Schumer, and Think That's Gonna End. ”
Last Month, Under Jeffries 'Leadership, The House Democrats' Primary Campaign Arm Beat Republicans in Fundraising, with the Democratic Congressive Campaign Committee Raising $ 11.1 Million Compared to the National Republican Congressional Committee's $ 9.2 Million, for Reports Filed With The Federal Element Commission.
“We need to have a strategy, and it can't be surrender,” Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman Told Cnn in An Interview, adding that Jeffries “Understood the Moment.”
In a Private Call with the Democratic Caucus After Schumer and Nine Other Senate Democrats Voted for the Republic Spending Bill to Stop a Government Shutdown, Jeffries Said He and Schumer Had a “Frank and Honest Conversation” About How To Move Forward. Jeffries Said That He “Disagreeed” with Schomen Giving Up the Fight on the Funding Bill, but he insisted Democrats “Need to be united” in the face of Trump.
But Schumer's Unpopularity Could Mean A Political Opportunities for Jeffries.
“I Think The Best Thing That Happened to Jeffries is Schumer Bungling This So Much,” One Democratic Member Told Cnn. “Prior to this, There was a lot of unhappiness and rumblings in the caucus about Him.”