'I should be the leader': Schumer digs in as his own party rebels

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Looks like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn’t get the memo: Democratic voters (shockingly!) want their leaders to fight back against President Donald Trump instead of surrendering to his autocratic power grab and getting nothing in return.

But in a series of interviews on Tuesday, Schumer pushed back against critics asking him to step down or be replaced, arguing that he remains the “best leader for the Senate.”

“I should be the leader,” he said on “The View.” “I’m sort of the orchestra leader. And I have a lot of talent in that orchestra.”

In an interview with “CBS Mornings,” he added, “We have a lot of good people, but I am the best at winning Senate seats.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/18/2311053/-I-should-be-the-leader-Schumer-digs-in-as-his-own-party-rebels

[lame54]

1. Senate seats? That's a lifetime away...

We need fighters now

[Ars Longa]

17. How did that work out last time?

[lame54]

19. Try being more vague

[Irish_Dem]

2. "I have a lot of talent in that orchestra."

We are fighting for our lives and the survival of our country and democracy.

It is not a time to be flip, it is not a joke, and it is not about playing damn music.

[dem4decades]

5. Is that the orchestra on the Titanic Me. Schumer?

Yep, very talented, but nobody wanted to go down with the fucking ship.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Perfectly said dem4.

Singing a lullaby to keep us calm while the ship sinks.

[mr715]

11. Or playing the fiddle

while Rome burns

[dem4decades]

14. Chuck Schumer, "I have very fine fiddle players here"

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Jesus Christ Chuck, your very fine orchestra is being outplayed by the banjo playing kid from Deliverance.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

23. ...

[Phoenix61]

3. For the sake of argument let's say he was right.

A leader knows how to get his team behind him. Schumer doesn’t seem to think he needs to do that. That, in and of itself, disqualifies him.

[senseandsensibility]

15. Good point

Like many things related to the bind we find ourselves in, in boils down to communication. He's just not good at it.

[dem4decades]

4. How did Schumer become the Senate leader anyway? What makes him the best choice?

[tritsofme]

12. By winning the unanimous support of Democratic senators.

[dem4decades]

16. Yeah, that's a non answer.

[BlueKota]

6. Bullshit Chuck

You need to resign, and let someone, who has the courage you obviously lack to lead. He wasn't even brave enough to go on his own book tour because he admits he's scared of his own party members.

If he can't even face his own party members, why the hell should we believe he has it in him to stand up against Trump and the rest of the evil Magats?

[unblock]

7. If he's all about winning senate seats, let him chair the DSCC

Minority leader is a different office.

[dalton99a]

8. "I wrote the book on leadership"

[Think. Again.]

21. Well played.

[Deuxcents]

9. Seniority doesn't automatically make one a leader. In this case, Schumer may have the time but not the support

It’s not an automatic privilege. Lead or get out of the way.

[Scrivener7]

13. As another DUer pointed out, though now I can't

remember who said it, Stacy got those seats. Not Chuck.

[usonian]

18. So one silly bill passed. It's no big deal. (sarcasm)

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. You spelled "should've been" wrong.

Adios. You failed.

[Prairie_Seagull]

22. The role of the minority leader of the Senate needs to be redefined or highlighted

For the times we are in. Then Senator Schumer needs to get the updated memo the American people are sending

I thought Schumer was very good on the VIEW, further I believe he made a good case but he'd get his ass kicked when prosecution has it's turn.

[EdmondDantes_]

24. Repeating the message that didn't really work from his Daily interview is a choice

Doesn't seem to be a good choice. In the previous interview it sounded a lot like he was saying he personally made the choice of who would be in the race for senator in other states which seems to be overstating things.

I think at the very best he's not capable of effectively arguing in favor of his vote. At worst he's trying to cover for not being able to hold his caucus together. I would hope that he's just bad at communicating why he voted as he did. But the redirection isn't a good look.

[usaf-vet]

25. Bullshit!

[Dan]

26. Our dear leaders, leading from the rear. We are not disagreeing with a political party, we are fighting a cult.

[Basso8vb]

27. The problem is that it's a death metal band now.

[617Blue]

28. Everything he's said to defend himself has made it more obvious

That he needs to go.

[harumph]

29. I tend to dislike people lacking humility. That's all I'm going to say.

[voteragain]

30. Harry Reid

wonder if Harry would still be proud of his choice?

also, what Harry would have voted?

[Demsrule86]

31. The bill strengthened Musk...so no he should not have supported it. I would like to see

new leadership.

[DFW]

32. Yes, Chuckles, you should be the leader

But only if, and so long as a majority of Senate Democrats want that to be so. Should that no longer be the case, then you are no longer the leader, or shouldn't be.

(Since he tossed Al Franken under the bus seven years ago, he has been in the "I don't care" category, as far as I am concerned).

[MorbidButterflyTat]

33. I bet the MAGAt/Republicans

laugh their asses off at how Democrats continually turn on each other.

[Emile]

34. It's time for Schumer to step down from his leadership.

[Nanjeanne]

35. ..,

[Crunchy Frog]

36. Orchestras are nice, but you don't put them up against machine gun nests.