In one moment, embattled Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was touting polls that reflected poorly on President Donald Trump. In another, he was dismissing a survey that showed a grim approval rating for himself.
The inconsistent commentary on the significance of bad poll numbers, first <a href="https://x.com/frankthorp/status/1917304878327816344" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> on X by NBC&#8217;s Frank Thorp V, happened Tuesday as Schumer and other Senate Democrats held a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bVrqfslqI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> to highlight &#8220;100 days of chaos&#8221; during Trump&#8217;s second term.
In his introductory remarks, Schumer said, &#8220;The polls this week show Trump has the lowest 100-day approval rating since they started polling 80 years ago. The lowest! Even worse, 72% of Americans think it&#8217;s likely that Trump&#8217;s handling of the economy will walk us directly into a recession.&#8221;
Less than 20 minutes later, during the same event, CNN&#8217;s Manu Raju <a href="https://x.com/mkraju/status/1917306463145415149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Schumer about his own dismal approval ratings.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a poll out today that has your approval ratings lower than any other congressional leader at 17%. Are you concerned that you may be a liability for your party?&#8221; Raju asked.
&#8220;Polls come and go,&#8221; Schumer replied. &#8220;Our party is united. We&#8217;re on our front foot. We&#8217;re stepping forward, going after Trump and having real success.&#8221;
Schumer has faced a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/embattled-schumer-crowns-himself-the-best-leader-for-the-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crisis</a> of confidence in his leadership among some Democrats ever since he refused to vote in favor of blocking a GOP stopgap bill to avert a partial government shutdown earlier this year.
The New York Democrat <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh6DQMjKuDk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN over the weekend that he was &#8220;staying put&#8221; after Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), the second-ranked Democrat in the Senate, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-2-senate-democrat-dick-durbin-to-retire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last week, &#8220;In my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch,&#8221; revealing that he would not seek re-election in 2026.
“I’m fighting the fight every day, as is our caucus, in a united and successful way, as you have seen by your poll and other polls,” Schumer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-wont-rule-out-prioritizing-another-trump-impeachment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We’re showing America how bad Trump is, and showing that Republicans who embrace Trump do so at their peril.”
Just before he reached the 100-day milestone of his second term, Trump also disregarded the polls in a post to his social media platform on Monday.
&#8220;The Polls from the Fake News are, like the News itself, FAKE! We are doing GREAT, better than ever before,&#8221; he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114419185611217033" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Truth Social.

Minority Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Schumer’s Poll Dance: Pounces On Trump’s Low Numbers, Ignores His Own Dismal Ratings

Chuck Schumer

Congress

Democrats

Donald Trump

Politics

Polls

U.S. Senate

Speaking on MSNBC over the weekend, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) railed against President Donald Trump and his administration, saying they were “trying to intimidate judges.”
Schumer spoke as the two discussed the case of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, whom the Trump administration charged with two felonies for obstructing immigration agents. In mid-April, when immigration, DEA. and FBI agents came to apprehend Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal in Dugan’s courtroom to face domestic violence charges — and Dugan had been notified that there was an administrative warrant for the Flores-Ruiz’s arrest — “Judge Dugan then escorted Flores-Ruiz and his counsel out of the courtroom through the ‘jury door,’ which leads to a nonpublic area of the courthouse,” the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/fbi-arrest-judge.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> criminal complaint</a> stated.
“Trump wants to be king,” Schumer whined to MSNBC host Al Sharpton. “A king doesn’t have a Constitution. A king just does whatever he wants. And [Attorney General Pam] Biondi (sic) just goes along with him. They’re trying to intimidate judges. This is not the first time or the second. They’ve said they want to impeach judges. They said they’re going to go after judges who don’t agree with them. That is so against the Constitution. The Constitution believes and has been written with the wisdom of the founding fathers, that we should have separation of powers.”
“There should be an independent judiciary,” he continued. “When you go before a judge, you think that you hope and believe that that judge is impartial. What Trump, Biondi (sic), and the whole Justice Department are trying to do is push that judge, threaten that judge, so the judge is no longer impartial. &#8230; I don’t believe ICE or anything they say, because they’ve made up things so many times in the past. This is a constitutional crisis. You cannot have a — you cannot have a democracy without an independent judiciary. And they’re trying to clip the wings of that independence.”
Schumer’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. In March 2020, he threatened conservative members of the Supreme Court for considering abortion rights cases, shouting at an abortion rights rally:
<blockquote>Inside the walls of this court, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments, as you know, for the first major abortion rights cases since Justice Kavanaugh and Justice Gorsuch came to the bench. &#8230; I want to tell you Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.</blockquote>
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), who was critically injured when shot by a Bernie Sanders supporter, called Schumer&#8217;s comments “unhinged,&#8221; adding, &#8220;This rhetoric has dangerous consequences.”
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🚨 UNHINGED → Schumer threatened conservative justices Kavanaugh &amp; Gorsuch on the steps of the Supreme Court:
&quot;You have released the whirlwind &amp; you will pay the price. You won&#39;t know what hit you.&quot;
Enough. This rhetoric has dangerous consequences. Where&#39;s the media outrage? <a href="https://t.co/SiGNHxG0iX">pic.twitter.com/SiGNHxG0iX</a>
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2025: Chuck Schumer says Trump wants to intimidate and threaten judges.
2020: Chuck Schumer tries to intimidate and threaten Justices of the Supreme Court. <a href="https://t.co/FdisnZKk0I">pic.twitter.com/FdisnZKk0I</a>
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

Hypocrite: Schumer Wails Trump ‘Trying To Intimidate Judges.’ He Threatened SCOTUS In 2020.

Immigration

Judges

Supreme Court

On Sunday, embattled Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) would not rule out prioritizing another impeachment effort against President Donald Trump if Democrats take back power in Congress after the 2026 midterm elections.
CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Schumer on the question during an interview on &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; noting how Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said he &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/jon-ossoff-trump-impeachment/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strongly</a>&#8221; agreed that Trump needs to be impeached.
&#8220;Your colleague from Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff told voters at a town hall that he &#8216;strongly&#8217; agrees that President Trump should be impeached. Do you agree with him? Would that be a priority if Democrats were to take back Congress?&#8221; Bash asked.
&#8220;Well, look, right now, President Trump is violating rule of law in every way,&#8221; Schumer claimed. &#8220;We&#8217;re fighting him every single day in every way. And our goal is to show the American people over and over again, whether it&#8217;s the economy, whether it&#8217;s tariffs, whether it&#8217;s Russia and overseas, and whether it&#8217;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&#8217;s having an effect.&#8221;
Bash cut in as Schumer started talking about polls, &#8220;But you&#8217;re not ruling out &#8230; You&#8217;re not saying no?&#8221;
Schumer would not take a stance either way. &#8220;Look, it&#8217;s too far away to even judge,&#8221; he said.
Trump was impeached twice during his first term by the House, which was then controlled by the Democrats. One effort dealt with Ukraine, and the other with January 6. Both bids ended in acquittal by a GOP-led Senate.
Schumer, who is facing a crisis of confidence in his leadership after he refused to obstruct a GOP stopgap bill to avert a partial government shutdown earlier this year, insisted that he is staying put and sent a warning to Republicans.
&#8220;I&#8217;m fighting the fight every day, as is our caucus, in a united and successful way, as you have seen by your poll and other polls,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;We&#8217;re showing America how bad Trump is, and showing that Republicans who embrace Trump do so at their peril.&#8221;

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y

Schumer Won’t Rule Out Prioritizing Another Trump Impeachment

Impeachment

U.S.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten painted a dismal picture for Democrats — in particular for Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill — suggesting during a Thursday appearance that the bottom has effectively dropped out for the minority party.
Enten joined anchor John Berman on &#8220;CNN News Central,&#8221; where he highlighted a dramatic drop-off in the overall approval ratings of top Democrats — especially when it came to their handling of the economy in the months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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🚨NEW: CNN&#39;s Harry Enten says he thinks there&#39;s &quot;REVOLT&quot; occurring within Dem Party🚨
&quot;Democrats on Dem leaders in Congress — the belief that they will do the right thing when it comes to the economy — last year at this time, 80% believed that the Democratic leaders in Congress… <a href="https://t.co/BdKJ6FYKqN">pic.twitter.com/BdKJ6FYKqN</a>
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&#8220;This, I think, is a revolt, a revolt that is going on within the Democratic Party right now, Democrats and their leaders,&#8221; Enten said, noting that the poor poll numbers were reflective of Democratic voters not having any confidence in the leadership of their own party.
&#8220;I mean, take a look nationally. Democrats on Dem leaders in Congress — the belief that they will do the right thing when it comes to the economy — last year at this time, 80% believed that the Democratic leaders in Congress would do the right thing when it comes to the economy,&#8221; Enten said reiterating again the fact that these numbers were reflective of what Democrats thought of their own party&#8217;s leadership.
&#8220;Look at where we are now. That number has been slashed in half — to just 39%. Holy Toledo,&#8221; Enten exclaimed. &#8220;That is the lowest number by far in Gallup polling. The lowest previous was just 60%, which is 21 points higher than this.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats hate, hate, hate, hate what their congressional leaders in Washington are doing right now on the key issue of the day, the economy. And their confidence has fallen through the floor,&#8221; he concluded.
Enten also pointed to recent polling that could spell disaster for Senate Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-data-guru-its-time-for-chuck-schumer-to-panic-sirens-should-be-going-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a>, noting that the longtime party leader was struggling to keep the approval of even half of Democrats in his home state. Schumer recently broke with his House counterpart — Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) — on a bipartisan spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, prompting backlash from within the party.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is also in disarray since newly-elected Vice Chair <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-dnc-leader-david-hogg-says-hell-push-primaries-against-some-in-his-own-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Hogg</a> announced his plan to use Leaders We Deserve — an organization he founded — to funnel $20 million into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dnc-chief-warns-david-hogg-if-you-challenge-dem-incumbents-leave-dnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">primary challenges</a> for &#8220;out of touch&#8221; Democrats. Jeffries pushed back during a Sunday interview, saying he planned to support every incumbent Democrat, and longtime Democratic strategist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-honeymoon-is-over-longtime-dem-strategist-trashes-contemptible-little-twerp-david-hogg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Carville</a> suggested that the DNC could sue Hogg for working against the party&#8217;s interests.
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Whip <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-2-senate-democrat-dick-durbin-to-retire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dick Durbin</a> (D-IL) may have seen the writing on the wall — he announced on Wednesday that he did not plan to seek reelection.

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‘Holy Toledo’: The Bottom Has Dropped Out For Democrat Leadership, CNN Pollster Says

'Holy Toledo': CNN Pollster Says The Bottom Has Dropped Out For Democrat Leadership

Hakeem Jeffries

Media

CNN&#8217;s resident pollster Harry Enten raised the big red flags as he broke down the latest numbers for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — who has held one of New York&#8217;s two Senate seats since 1999 — noting that the Democratic leader&#8217;s future looks far from secure.
Enten, whose official job title is chief data analyst, joined anchor John Berman on Thursday&#8217;s broadcast of CNN News Central — and he laid out the details of a Siena College poll, explaining why those numbers should be setting off alarm bells for Schumer and his team.
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🚨NEW: CNN&#39;s Harry Enten warns Chuck Schumer it&#39;s officially time to PANIC about his political future🚨
&quot;Should Schumer stay as Senate leader? According to New York Democrats, just 50% say yes &#8230; 48% say no. This screams — sirens should be going off. Primary challenge. Primary… <a href="https://t.co/q1synv0V6y">pic.twitter.com/q1synv0V6y</a>
&mdash; Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1915445411956801841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;New York Democrats on Chuck Schumer — view him favorably in December of 2024. That was just a few months ago — it was 73%. Look at where that number has fallen to in just a few months. It is now down to just 52%,&#8221; Enten explained, adding, &#8220;That is the lowest I could ever find in Siena College on how Democrats in Chuck Schumer’s home state view him.&#8221;
&#8220;And keep in mind, if you’re thinking about a primary challenge, it would be a few years away — but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s favorable rating among Democrats is considerably higher, in the 60s. So he is doing quite poorly in his own home state of New York,&#8221; Enten continued. &#8220;I never thought I’d see the day in which just 52% of New York Democrats view Chuck Schumer favorably. It’s almost unfathomable.&#8221;
Enten went on to note that other poll questions had given equally bad news for the New York Democrat — who has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader for the last four years.
&#8220;They simply don’t like the job he’s doing as Senate leader. I mean, look at this — should Schumer stay as Senate leader? Again, according to New York Democrats, just 50% say yes. Look at this number — 48% say no,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This screams — sirens should be going off. Primary challenge. Primary challenge. Primary challenge. When you’re a Democrat in New York and these are your ratings — this is a big wake-up call if you’re Chuck Schumer.&#8221;

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer

CNN Data Guru: It’s Time For Chuck Schumer To Panic, ‘Sirens Should Be Going Off’

CNN Data Guru: It's Time For Chuck Schumer To Panic, 'Sirens Should Be Going Off'

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Elections

New York

On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump circumvented an effort by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-intervenes-block-trumps-us-attorney-nominees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">block</a> one of his nominees for a key federal prosecutor role in New York.
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114349929882626042" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Truth Social that he was appointing Jay Clayton to become interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, sidestepping the Senate confirmation process that Schumer sought to jam, at least for now.
&#8220;I am pleased to announce that Jay Clayton will serve as the Interim United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. During my First Term, Jay served with great distinction as the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and earned the respect of everyone,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump noted that he first announced his intent to nominate Clayton for the Southern District of New York in mid-November and contended that his pick had received &#8220;wide, Bipartisan support.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;Now, after five months and, even though Jay was previously confirmed by the Senate on a Bipartisan basis, and has complied with ALL requests of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Schumer has announced that he is blocking all New York U.S. Attorney Nominees.&#8221;
Schumer said earlier on Wednesday that he intended to stop Clayton as well as Joseph Nocella Jr., a Long Island judge chosen for U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, using the &#8220;blue slip&#8221; tradition in which home-state senators can effectively block a nominee if they do not support the individual.
&#8220;Donald Trump has made clear he has no fidelity to the law and intends to use the Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney offices and law enforcement as weapons to go after his perceived enemies,&#8221; Schumer said in a <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-uses-blue-slip-to-block-trump-us-attorney-nominees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
He added, &#8220;Such blatant and depraved political motivations are deeply corrosive to the rule of law and leaves me deeply skeptical of the [sic] Donald Trump’s intentions for these important positions. For that reason, I will not return the blue slip for the U.S. Attorney nominees for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.&#8221;
The Republican majority Senate Judiciary Committee has the power to disregard Schumer and proceed with the nominees in spite of his protest. However, Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/schumer-trump-new-york-prosecutors.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> to The New York Times that his panel would not break the &#8220;blue slip&#8221; tradition.
In his Wednesday post, Trump stated that his administration remains committed to securing full Senate confirmation for Clayton, advancing past his temporary U.S. attorney role, as with Ed Martin and Alina Habba, interim top federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., and New Jersey, respectively.
&#8220;The Southern District leads the Department of Justice’s oversight over our Financial Markets, and fights for the safety of Millions of New Yorkers and the over 60 Million people who visit New York annually,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The Southern District needs strong leadership NOW, and I thank Jay for taking on this role while we continue to pursue his Senate confirmation.&#8221;

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Trump Outmaneuvers Schumer On Pick For Top Federal Prosecutor

Presidential nomination

U.S. attorneys

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Wednesday that he intended to stop two of President Donald Trump&#8217;s nominees for U.S. attorney positions in New York.
The move hinges on the &#8220;blue slip&#8221; tradition in which home-state senators can effectively block a nominee if they do not support the individual.
&#8220;Donald Trump has made clear he has no fidelity to the law and intends to use the Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney offices and law enforcement as weapons to go after his perceived enemies,&#8221; Schumer said in a <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-uses-blue-slip-to-block-trump-us-attorney-nominees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
He added, &#8220;Such blatant and depraved political motivations are deeply corrosive to the rule of law and leaves me deeply skeptical of the [sic] Donald Trump’s intentions for these important positions. For that reason, I will not return the blue slip for the U.S. Attorney nominees for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.&#8221;
The affected nominees are former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, picked to become U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph Nocella Jr., a Long Island judge chosen for U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
If Republicans on the Judiciary Committee choose to disregard Schumer, they could advance the nominees. However, Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) appears unwilling to depart from the norm.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/schumer-trump-new-york-prosecutors.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Grassley affirming, &#8220;The answer is yes,&#8221; when asked about adhering to the blue slip tradition. &#8220;If they are from the state the nomination comes from.&#8221;
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the judiciary panel, told the news outlet that the blue slip tradition &#8220;serves a useful purpose even when in Democratic hands.&#8221; He added, &#8220;Obviously we value the ability to, appropriately, stop some nominees.&#8221;
Democrats have employed another tactic to stymie a different U.S. attorney nominee.
Earlier this month, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) <a href="https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/statement-sen-schiff-announces-hold-on-d-c-u-s-attorney-nominee-ed-martin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> that he would place a hold on the nomination of Ed Martin to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a role he currently serves in an interim capacity.
A hold requires Senate majority leadership to schedule a floor vote for a nominee, bypassing the faster unanimous consent process.
Trump allies have sounded the alarm.
Responding to a post on X about Senate Democrats obstructing Trump&#8217;s picks for top prosecutor roles, his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., <a href="https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1912490445818511451" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;We can&#8217;t let the swamp block my father&#8217;s picks for US Attorney!!!&#8221;

Schumer Intervenes To Block Two Of Trump’s U.S. Attorney Nominees

Chuck Grassley

John Cornyn

Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) warned Democrats during a recent speech against &#8220;demonizing&#8221; people simply because they have built businesses and earned some measure of success — but he gave them a free pass to go ahead and &#8220;demonize&#8221; billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Walz, who spent time during the 2024 presidential campaign criticizing current Vice President JD Vance&#8217;s humble upbringing, made the comments during a town hall in Youngstown, Ohio.
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🚨TIM WALZ: We should &quot;DEMONIZE&quot; people like Elon Musk!
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&#8220;I think Democrats, supporting families, supporting the working class, supporting unions — but I think we have to separate and have a message here: It’s okay in America to be successful, we should celebrate that when people are successful,&#8221; Walz said. &#8220;My beef is — what my beef is, once you get successful, don’t be a greedy bastard and not pay your taxes, don&#8217;t do that.&#8221;
&#8220;Let those young men who see this — now, I would argue this: we&#8217;re creating a false narrative from them that everybody is super-rich and has Lamborghinis and life is easy, but that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to have to figure out in our society about social media and all those things,&#8221; he continued.
&#8220;But I don&#8217;t think that we should be the party that demonizes someone because they&#8217;re able to afford something or they&#8217;re able to work hard and got something,&#8221; Walz added. &#8220;What we should demonize is people like Elon Musk and those people that do that &#8230; that&#8217;s different. That&#8217;s different.&#8221;
Walz&#8217;s comments come amid weeks of physical and sometimes violent attacks — both on individually owned Teslas and on Tesla dealerships — aimed at Musk over his involvement with President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
And Walz, who lost his own bid for the vice-presidency last November, is not the only high-ranking Democrat who refused to denounce the recent violence. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, when confronted over the attacks on Teslas, would not condemn them.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t talk about Tesla, but Elon Musk is a disaster for America,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1909812151973192082" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

Gov. Tim Walz

Tim Walz: Democrats Shouldn’t ‘Demonize’ Successful People — Unless They’re Elon Musk

Tim Walz: Democrats Shouldn't 'Demonize' Successful People — Unless They're Elon Musk

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

DOGE

Elon Musk

JD Vance

Tim Walz

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) attempted to lay a trap for one of the witnesses at a hearing earlier this week and nabbed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) by mistake.
During the Senate Judiciary Committee&#8217;s hearing titled, &#8220;Rule by District Judges II: Exploring Legislative Solutions to the Bipartisan Problem of Universal Injunctions,&#8221; Klobuchar raised the question of publicly attacking judges on social media because they issue an unfavorable ruling.
Clearly jabbing at Trump and his administration — as well as Republican lawmakers who have moved to impeach the judges issuing blanket nationwide injunctions from their perches in district courts — Klobuchar directed the question to attorney Jesse Panuccio, who previously served as the Acting Associate Attorney General of the United States.
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&#8220;Not in a partisan way, just normal, as a partner in a law firm, would you ever — have you ever taken to social media to personally attack a judge who ruled against you? That&#8217;s all my question is,&#8221; Klobuchar said.
&#8220;Senator, thanks for the question,&#8221; Panuccio replied. &#8220;I think that attacking judges personally, and not their reasoning, well, let me just give you a quote: &#8216;I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price —'&#8221;
Klobuchar attempted to interrupt and regain control of the situation as soon as she realized where he was going, but Panuccio kept going: &#8220;&#8216;— you won&#8217;t know what hit you if you go forward with those awful decisions.&#8217; That was something that Senator Schumer said, and I thought it was awful, and it unleashed a wave of violent threats against Supreme Court Justices. I do think that&#8217;s problematic, that kind of language.&#8221;
&#8220;Of course it is,&#8221; Klobuchar replied, shrugging off Panuccio&#8217;s statement. &#8220;I have no doubt the language is a problem on the left or right.&#8221;
During that same hearing, Panuccio advised the committee to find a way to stop judges from overreaching, or lawmakers on both sides of the aisle could continue the pattern of judge-shopping in favorable districts to tie the hands of the executive branch.
&#8220;I think the incentive for forum shopping is that you think you can get a judge who can be a ruler for the whole nation. So, fix the problem of judges overreaching,&#8221; he explained.
Panuccio also raised the topic in mid-March in an X post, saying: &#8220;Rule by district judges repeatedly overreaching to impose relief beyond parties to a case is not &#8216;rule of law.&#8217; Congress should eliminate the nonparty injunction &amp; make SCOTUS jurisdiction *mandatory* for any injunction certified as an emergency by DOJ.&#8221;
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Rule by district judges repeatedly overreaching to impose relief beyond parties to a case is not “rule of law.” Congress should eliminate the nonparty injunction &amp; make SCOTUS jurisdiction *mandatory* for any injunction certified as an emergency by DOJ.
&mdash; Jesse Panuccio (@JessePanuccioFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/JessePanuccioFL/status/1902402828812927088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Senate Judiciary Confirmation Hearing For Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett

Amy Klobuchar Lays A Trap For Witness On ‘Attacking’ Judges, Nabs Chuck Schumer By Mistake

Amy Klobuchar Lays A Trap For Witness On 'Attacking' Judges, Nabs Chuck Schumer By Mistake

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) faces growing scrutiny as Democrats and their allies debate whether he should step down. The controversy stems from his decision earlier this month not to obstruct the Republicans&#8217; stopgap bill, which aimed to prevent a partial government shutdown — a move that has unsettled the Democratic Party&#8217;s base.
On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) nearly walked out of an interview when asked by co-anchor Jonathan Karl whether he would like to see Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) join him in the Senate. This followed CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-democratic-shutdown-plan/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> that Ocasio-Cortez was being urged to consider a primary against Schumer. Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez just appeared together for a rally in Denver.
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🚨Angry Bernie gets up and threatens to walk out of interview after ABC’s Karl asks him about AOC joining him in the Senate:
“You wanna do nonsense, do nonsense!” <a href="https://t.co/lfTjgXMyAX">pic.twitter.com/lfTjgXMyAX</a>
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&#8220;No, you want to do nonsense. Do nonsense,&#8221; hissed Sanders, who had gotten up out of his chair and out of the camera&#8217;s view. After Karl responded in the negative, the senator added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to talk about inside-the-Beltway stuff.&#8221; Karl eventually got Sanders to return when he promised his next question would not be about Ocasio-Cortez.
Schumer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-fires-back-at-democrats-pushing-his-ouster-im-not-stepping-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> himself during an appearance on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press.&#8221; Host Kristen Welker noted that &#8220;outside groups&#8221; and even some members of his own party have called on Schumer to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-lawmakers-begin-calling-schumer-step-aside" target="_blank" rel="noopener">step aside</a>. She then asked Schumer if he is &#8220;feeling pressure&#8221; to leave the role.
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&#8220;Look, I’m not stepping down,” Schumer declared. He said the GOP-backed continuing resolution was &#8220;certainly bad,&#8221; but argued that allowing a shutdown would be &#8220;15 to 20 times worse&#8221; because it would give the Trump administration&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk more room to cut programs.
When pressed over whether he was &#8220;making the same mistake that President Biden did,&#8221; a reference to the intra-party fight during the 2024 election season, Schumer insisted: “No, absolutely not. I did this out of conviction. And, look, in my caucus, we have a disagreement as to some people voted one way, some people voted the other. But we’ve all agreed to respect each other because each side saw why the other side felt so strongly about it. And our caucus is united in fighting Donald Trump every step of the way.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez, who has <a href="https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1900344680878887394" target="_blank" rel="noopener">avoided</a> saying whether she would challenge Schumer, first became a national figure in 2018 when she <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/nyregion/joseph-crowley-ocasio-cortez-democratic-primary.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> the No. 4 House Democrat, Joseph Crowley, in a primary upset. That kind of record could be attractive to those looking for a major shakeup, particularly as the Democratic Party faces <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yuge-poll-numbers-for-trump-president-cracks-right-direction-threshold-not-seen-since-2004" target="_blank" rel="noopener">low approval</a> ratings.
Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) was asked during an <a href="https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/1903824605170778416" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; was asked whether Ocasio-Cortez should challenge Schumer for his seat. Though Khanna did not bite, he did say &#8220;there would be a lot of support&#8221; for her. He also said: &#8220;The American people are fed up with the old guard. There needs to be a renewal.&#8221;
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Joining &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; on CBS, Rep. Jim Hines (D-CT) addressed how House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) broke with Schumer.
&#8220;It was not a good look for the two congressional Democratic leaders to be on opposite sides of the continuing resolution,&#8221; Himes said. &#8220;That created a great deal of agita out there, and legitimately so. So I am quite certain that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have learned from this experience and are going to, at a minimum, be unified going forward here.&#8221;
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&quot;It was not a good look for the two congressional Democratic leaders to be on opposite sides of the continuing resolution,&quot; says Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), telling <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a> it has fueled &quot;an immense amount of anger&quot; from constituents across the country.
&quot;I am quite certain that… <a href="https://t.co/AypBviDjrl">pic.twitter.com/AypBviDjrl</a>
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Also on &#8220;Meet The Press,&#8221; Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) delivered a retort to Schumer saying that he believes there is a constitutional crisis in response to how President Donald Trump is grappling with judges who are issuing injunctions that block aspects of his second-term agenda while legal challenges play out in the courts.
&#8220;Well, listen, it&#8217;s easy to throw out,&#8221; Curtis <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmB7I6eN8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;And by the way, when everything is a crisis, nothing is a crisis. President Trump has been very clear multiple times he will obey court orders. So I don&#8217;t see the crisis. And like I said, I see the civics lesson. Like, people need to be watching this and say, this is — this is actually what our founders intended. This tension, right? — between the three different branches. And Congress has our role in this, and you could fairly say we need to do more, and I&#8217;m with you, right? I think a lot of this opens up for the president when we don&#8217;t do our job.&#8221;
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Democrat Disarray: Schumer Gets Squeezed While AOC Leads

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggested over the weekend that the United States was in a constitutional crisis because President Donald Trump has spoken out strongly against a federal judge who has opposed the administration&#8217;s efforts to deport illegal aliens who are part of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan terrorist organization.
Schumer made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with Kristen Welker.
&#8220;This week, the president called to impeach a judge who ruled against him on deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members,&#8221; Welker said. &#8220;Supreme Court Justice John Roberts released a rare statement, rebuking the idea of using impeachment to settle judicial disagreements.&#8221;
&#8220;Some constitutional scholars and fellow Democrats, Leader Schumer, say this is a constitutional crisis,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Do you agree? Is the United States in a constitutional crisis?&#8221;
Schumer responded: &#8220;Yes, I do, Kristen. And democracy is at risk. Look, Donald Trump is a lawless, angry man.&#8221;
&#8220;He thinks he should be king,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;He thinks he should do whatever he wants, regardless of the law, and he thinks judges should just listen to him. Now we have to fight that back in every single way. And we actually have had over 100 cases in the courts where we&#8217;ve had a very good record of success. So Donald Trump, infuriated by that success, said judges should be impeached. Let me tell Donald Trump and the American people, Democrats in the Senate will not impeach judges. Full stop.&#8221;
Schumer said he does not believe Trump when the president says that he will not defy court orders.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t trust him. We have to watch him like a hawk,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Defying court orders is why our democracy is at risk and we&#8217;ll have to do everything to fight back in that regard.&#8221;
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Chuck Schumer says &quot;democracy is at risk&quot; because President Trump deported illegal immigrant members of the brutal Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador.
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Schumer Suggests U.S. In A Constitutional Crisis Because Trump ‘Said Judges Should Be Impeached’

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) bucked calls from members of his own party to step down after he voted to support a Republican spending bill to keep the government open.
Schumer made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with host Kristen Welker when he was asked if he was &#8220;feeling pressure to step down.&#8221;
&#8220;Look, I&#8217;m not stepping down,&#8221; Schumer fired back. &#8220;And let me just say this, Kristen. I knew when I cast my vote against the government shutdown that there would be a lot of controversy. And there was.&#8221;
&#8220;But let me tell you and your audience why I did it, why I felt it was so important,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The CR was certainly bad, you know, the continuing resolution. But a shutdown would be 15 or 20 times worse. Under a shutdown, the Executive Branch has sole power to determine what is &#8216;essential.&#8217; And they can determine without any court supervision. The courts have ruled it&#8217;s solely up to the executive what to shut down. With Musk, and DOGE, and Trump, and this guy Vought, they would eviscerate the federal government.&#8221;
Welker later pressed Schumer over whether he was &#8220;making the same mistake that President Biden did&#8221; when he decided to run for re-election and later had to bow out at the last moment because of a disastrous debate performance against President Donald Trump.
&#8220;No, absolutely not,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;I did this out of conviction. And, look, in my caucus, we have a disagreement as to some people voted one way, some people voted the other. But we&#8217;ve all agreed to respect each other because each side saw why the other side felt so strongly about it. And our caucus is united in fighting Donald Trump every step of the way.&#8221;
Schumer also addressed criticism from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who claimed that Schumer gave into Republican demands and did not secure anything in return.
&#8220;Well, what we got, at the end of the day, is avoiding the horror of a shutdown,&#8221; Schumer replied. &#8220;There was no leverage point that we could&#8217;ve asked for things, they just would&#8217;ve said no. And because they control — let&#8217;s not forget, they control the House and Senate — they could force a vote, yes or no on the CR, without any additions.&#8221;
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President Biden Meets With Congressional Leaders To Discuss Legislative Priorities For End Of Year

Schumer Fires Back At Democrats Pushing His Ouster: ‘I’m Not Stepping Down’

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