Chuck Schumer Claims Dems Have 'Real Direction Now' — Days After Party Cracks Were Revealed
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The New York Times' “The Interview” podcast episode was released days after Schumer and several other Democrats bent the knee to Republicans by signing off on a GOP spending bill.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke about the state of the Democratic party after a contentious week during which he was criticized by many of his party members.
Schumer sat down for The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast with Lulu Garcia-Navarro on Monday and Saturday. The episode was released Sunday, days after Schumer and several other Democrats bent the knee to Republicans by signing off on a GOP spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. The move highlighted apparent division amongst party members.
Despite this, Schumer claimed that Democrats are authentic and have “real direction now.” He added that Democrats, known as the party for working people, did not publicly voice how they were fighting for the working class in recent years, to their detriment. According to Schumer, that’s no longer the case.
Schumer also dodged Garcia-Navarro’s question about whether he thinks it’s time for him to retire. Instead, he claimed that the party members are all united in their front against President Donald Trump.
“I think we have mutual respect in our caucus, and we are all united, no matter how people voted on this vote, to continue fighting Trump. We are a united and strong caucus fighting against Trump,” Schumer claimed. “We disagreed on this issue, but that doesn’t diminish in any way how we’re going to fight every step of the way against Trump. And I believe that we’re going to have some real successes.”
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