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Progressives Call for Chuck Schumer to Step Down

The call came after he supported a Republican spending bill.

Indivisible, a progressive grassroots organization that was formed during the first Trump administration, has called for Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step down following his decision to support a Republican spending bill designed to keep the government up and running. As POLITICO explains, the call is reflective of a growing contingent of grassroots Democrats who want party leaders to do more to challenge President Donald Trump, including allowing the government to shut down as a result of the failed spending bill, one of the party’s only points of leverage. In a statement released on Saturday, Indivisible said that 82 percent of its leaders in New York, Schumer’s state, and 91 percent of leaders nationwide had called for Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader. Schumer, and other Democrats who supported the bill, argued that a government shutdown would only give Trump more power.