Incoming Democratic senators don’t want Chuck Schumer as majority leader
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New lawmakers from Annie Andrews and Adam Hamilton to Abdul El-Sayed indicate they will not support him
Incoming Democratic senators want someone other than Chuck Schumer to become the next majority leader in the US Senate, although Schumer likely still has enough votes in his caucus to remain the top Democrat.
Annie Andrews, the Democratic senator-elect from South Carolina, told Fox News’s Bret Baier on Thursday that the Democratic party needs new leadership. When asked whether she would support Schumer’s leadership bid, she replied: “I still very much believe it’s time for generational change on both sides of the aisle.”
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