Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a 'Fight Club' of Senate Democrats
A group of influential liberal senators is directly challenging Senator Chuck Schumer’s approach to the midterm elections and President Trump, in another sign of growing frustration among Democrats toward the minority leader.
The coalition of at least half a dozen senators, who call themselves the “Fight Club,” is unhappy with how Mr. Schumer and his fellow senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, the head of Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, have chosen, recruited and, they argue, favored candidates aligned with the establishment.
The mutinous mood of the senators — who include Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Tina Smith of Minnesota, Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts — reflects the widespread doubts among the Democratic base that party leaders in Congress have a strong vision and a winning strategy for returning to power.
The effort also amounts to an extraordinary pre-emptive challenge to Mr. Schumer at the earliest stages of the 2026 midterm races. He has faced widespread Democratic criticism over his handling of battles against the White House this year and his refusal to endorse Zohran Mamdani as the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. Mr. Mamdani ultimately won.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/us/politics/schumer-democrats-senate-fight-club.html
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Chuck Schumer turned 75 last week. He’ll be 77 in two years.
It’s Elizabeth Warren who will be 78 in two years (actually 1.5 years)
Bernie Sanders turned 78 back in 2019. In two years he’ll be 86.
Sanders has already filed papers to run for senate again in 2030. In 2030 Sanders will be 89.
The Senate majority leader was being inundated with concerns from members of his caucus, people familiar with the situation tell POLITICO
Chuck Schumer was publicly repeating “I’m with Joe” until the end of Joe Biden’s reelection bid on Sunday.
But behind closed doors, the Senate majority leader was being inundated with concerns from members of his caucus, people familiar with the situation tell POLITICO. And he had a strategy to try and handle them.
Schumer wanted Democrats to present as a united front and handle their woes as a family discussion. And as Democrats face an intense run-up to the election, his actions in the past few weeks could show signs of how Schumer plans to guide his caucus going forward.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/07/21/joe-biden-drops-out-election/schumer-biden-harris-senate-democrats-dropped-out-00170183
Your source doesn't say that.
2. Bernie Sanders and AOC have been touring the country, including deep red districts, to massive applause.
We dinosaurs, who lived through the Civil Rights movement, want fighters, want winners.
One is an outlier; another is a semi-outlier. Both outliers are older than Schumer and both supported Fetterman in his primary.
Can you tell the rest apart? Do you think that the NYT scribe peddling a divisive narrative could?
breathless narrative, most likely sourced from staffers pushing an agenda. Fight Club? Really?
This isn't news; it's gossip, custom-spun to "raise concerns" and divide Democrats.
"A group of liberal senators is quietly challenging the minority leader..."
"A group of influential liberal senators is directly challenging Senator Chuck Schumer’s approach..."
Quietly challenging, directly challenging...which is it?
"The coalition of at least half a dozen senators, who call themselves the “Fight Club,” is unhappy..."
"The mutinous mood of the senators..."
"The effort also amounts to an extraordinary pre-emptive challenge..."
This says absolutely NOTHING. What's the freaking challenge?? 