“Schumer is bad at his job,” said one organizer. “Jeffries is not ready for this moment.”

After a Democratic “tsunami” in this week’s midterm elections that has been widely seen as “a mandate to deliver big change,” progressives within and beyond Congress have cast doubt on whether the New York Democrats likely to lead both chambers are actually up for facing Donald Trump’s veto threats and fighting for the “bold agenda” sought by US voters.

As critics of artificial intelligence data centers prepared for a Friday protest outside the Brooklyn home of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over a “dirty” bill that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is suddenly speaking out about, political organizer Corbin Trent argued that “Schumer is bad at his job” and “Jeffries is not ready for this moment.”

  • kboos1@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Someone voted for them in order for them to get where they are now. Don’t know the logic as to why, but someone thought it was a good idea.

    If they’re not opposed to Trump, then they are opposed to democracy and the welfare of the people.