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The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) as Democratic leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

“Yesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,” the group wrote in a social media post. “We need a leader in the Senate who is capable of leading that fight. It’s time for Senate Democrats to choose new leadership.”

The group cited the Democratic leader’s faltering approval ratings in its Wednesday statement. An NBC News poll conducted at the end of October found only 13 percent of registered voters viewed Schumer’s leadership positively.

“The American people did not elect Democrats by historic margins just to bend the knee and go back to business as usual,” Indivisible said in its statement. “Senate Democrats need to listen to the voters and turn the page on status quo politics.”

The paid opposition running the Democrats will not falter in their supporting of their Republican donors' causes.

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[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 44 points 1 hour ago

Both Schumer and Jeffries need to go. Jeffries went on TV not long ago and said he doesn't support dismantling ICE or passing Medicare for All.

[-] FukOui@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 minutes ago

Republican plants

[-] whalesnrainbows@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

For a quick, easy way to directly write to your congresspeople to tell them to oppose Schumer & Jeffries, you can sign these Resistbot petitions:

Reject Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House

Reject Chuck Schumer as Senate Majority Leader

[-] tomatolung@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago
[-] whalesnrainbows@lemmy.world 4 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

While definitely worth signing to cover all our bases, I just want to clarify that each Resistbot petition is sent directly to your specific elected representative/senators as a letter/email from you, their constituent :)

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