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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — Maryland Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey suggested that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., measurement down from enactment during a raucous municipality hallway Tuesday pursuing Schumer’s ballot successful enactment of a GOP authorities backing measurement past week.
“I respect Chuck Schumer. I deliberation helium had a great, long-standing career,” Ivey told constituents astatine a forum successful his district. “But I’m acrophobic it whitethorn beryllium clip for Senate Democrats to take a caller leader.”
Ivey is the latest Democrat to deed Schumer implicit voting for a House GOP-drafted backing measurement past week that would support the authorities unfastened done September. He is, however, the archetypal Democratic lawmaker to publically telephone for caller Senate enactment successful the party.
Last week, erstwhile House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., shaded Schumer implicit the ballot successful a statement, calling connected Democrats “to combat backmost for a amended way.”
Schumer is postponing respective scheduled events this week to beforehand his caller publication aft immoderate wide groups had planned to signifier protests.
Risa Heller, a typical for Schumer’s book, said the circuit would beryllium rescheduled “due to information concerns.” Appearances successful Baltimore, D.C. and different cities person already been postponed.
Despite avoiding nationalist appearances, Schumer remains a salient fixture connected television, making respective cablegram quality appearances and a sit-down with “The View.”
Schumer defended his ballot and his spot atop the Senate Democratic caucus, maintaining Tuesday that helium has nary plans of stepping speech anytime soon.
Schumer was defiant erstwhile pressed astir the ballot and his standing, saying that helium knew he’d instrumentality flak but inactive thought helium made the close decision.
“We would person had fractional the national authorities we person close now,” Schumer told “CBS Mornings,” pointing to what helium believed would beryllium a hollowing retired during a shutdown. “I thought I did the happening a person should do. Even erstwhile radical don’t spot the information astir the curve, my occupation was to alert radical to it, and I knew I’d get immoderate bullets.”
“I’m the champion person for the Senate,” Schumer continued. “I americium the champion astatine winning Senate seats. I’ve done it successful 2005. Just successful 2020, nary 1 thought we’d instrumentality backmost the Senate. Under my leadership, we took it.”
The Democrats mislaid power of the Senate successful 2024.
When pressed by big Gayle King if helium had plans of stepping aside, Schumer changeable them down.
“No, no,” helium said. “We’re moving forward. Hakeem and I person a plan,” helium added, referring to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
NewsNation affiliate The Hill and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
