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Schumer isn’t new to facing unrest within Democratic ranks. Back in March, he caught heat for working with Republicans on a Trump-supported funding bill instead of triggering a government shutdown. That decision led Colorado Senator Michael Bennet to call for “future conversations” about whether Schumer should stay at the helm — a point Bennet reiterated just last week.
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Bennet also lashed out at Trump with an outrageous accusation, telling Semafor that Trump was “the first president to strip us of a fundamental civil right since Reconstruction,” though he failed to specify what right had supposedly been taken. Notably, Bennet ignored the fact that President Biden’s Department of Justice has relentlessly targeted Trump, a political opponent, in ways unseen in modern American history.
Despite the noise, Schumer remains dug in, defending his leadership style.
“Sometimes when you’re a leader, you have to do things to avoid a real danger that might come down the curve,” Schumer said last month. “And I did it out of pure conviction as to what a leader should do and what the right thing for America and my party was. People disagree.”
But Schumer isn’t just staying put — he’s also leaving the door wide open for Democrats to wage yet another impeachment crusade against Donald Trump if they regain control of Congress.
During his CNN interview, anchor Dana Bash pressed him on comments from Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, who had signaled strong support for impeaching Trump once more.
“Your colleague from Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff told voters at a town hall that he ‘strongly’ agrees that President Trump should be impeached. Do you agree with him? Would that be a priority if Democrats were to take back Congress?” Bash asked.
Schumer danced around giving a direct answer but made it clear that the attacks on Trump would not slow down.
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“Well, look, right now, President Trump is violating rule of law in every way,” Schumer said. “We’re fighting him every single day in every way. And our goal is to show the American people over and over again, whether it’s the economy, whether it’s tariffs, whether it’s Russia and overseas, and whether it’s rule of law, how bad he is.”
“And two years is too far away to predict. Our job is day to day to day to show who Trump is, what he is doing. And it’s having an effect,” he added — even though polling data shows Trump’s platform remains widely popular, while Democrats are scraping rock-bottom approval ratings, hovering in the embarrassing high-20s range.
Bash pressed once more: “But you’re not ruling out … You’re not saying no?”
Schumer refused to commit. “Look, it’s too far away to even judge,” he replied, leaving the possibility of another impeachment wide open.
It’s worth noting that Trump was impeached twice during his first term — once over a Ukraine phone call and once following the January 6 Capitol unrest. Both trials ended in Trump’s acquittal by a Republican-majority Senate, underscoring just how politically motivated those efforts were.
As Schumer clings to power and flirts with dragging the nation through another impeachment circus, it’s clear the Democratic Party’s internal war is far from over.
