Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday stated Individuals “are fed up with the old guard” after being requested about Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), whose management has been referred to as into query after a vote to advance a Republican-crafted funding invoice.
“The American people are fed up with the old guard, there needs to be a renewal,” Khanna informed CNN’s Dana Bash. “You know, in Silicon Valley, when a company isn’t doing well, you don’t keep the same team.”
“And I think there’s going to be a new generation in this country,” the California Democrat added.
Many Democrats have expressed disappointment over Schumer’s voting to advance a Republican-crafted funding invoice, and a few of his Senate colleagues just lately questioned his decision-making in a means that that they had not since he started his management tenure.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a rising star amongst Democrats, went after Schumer earlier this month for saying he would vote to advance the invoice.
“There is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Ocasio-Cortez stated of Schumer’s resolution on the time. “And this is not just about progressive Democrats. This is across the board — the entire party.”
Earlier this week, Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) stated he had “respect” for Schumer. Nonetheless, he additionally stated he was “afraid it may be time for Senate Democrats to choose a new leader.”
Khanna stated Sunday that his “biggest problem and disagreement with Senator Schumer in The New York Times, he said, you know, ‘We did everything right, we just have a PR problem.’”
“No, we didn’t do everything right,” Khanna added.
The Hill has reached out to Schumer’s workplace for remark.
