Dem Senator-Elect Says He Won’t Vote For Chuck Schumer
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Chuck Schumer is facing backlash for his push to remain as Democrat Senate leader.
Kansas Democrat Senator-elect Adam Hamilton said he will not vote for Schumer.
Hamilton said, “I mean no disrespect for Chuck Schumer. I just really don’t, and I’ve told him that as well. But I think, at least where I live in Kansas, he is kind of a polarizing figure.”
Kansas Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton is among the Democrats who will not vote for current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to lead the Democratic majority come January, calling him “polarizing.”
During a Nov. 8 interview on “Meet the Press,” the pastor, who leads the nation’s largest Methodist church Resurrection, signaled that he would not vote for the New York lawmaker to oversee the Senate once Democrats take the majority next year.
“I mean no disrespect for Chuck Schumer. I just really don’t, and I’ve told him that as well. But I think, at least where I live in Kansas, he is kind of a polarizing figure,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton isn’t the only Democrat who has said they want new leadership for the Democrats.
Other incoming Senators have said they won’t vote for Schumer.
They are expected to select a leader in Decemeber by secret ballot.
Several newly elected Democratic senators are calling for new leadership as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer expresses confidence that he will retain his position.
Three incoming senators have said outright that they will not vote for Schumer, while others have called for generational change without committing to a vote.
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Schumer says he is not concerned. He told reporters Wednesday that voters’ frustrations with the party’s direction were not about him.
Senate Democrats, including senators-elect chosen in the midterm elections, are expected to select a Senate majority leader in December by secret ballot.
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