Incoming freshman senator Abdul El-Sayed says that he would support progressive Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) as Democratic leader in the Senate, advocating for a rejection of Schumer’s stalwart centrist mode of operation after Democrats’ massive blue wave. “I’ve been very clear. I think he’d be an amazing Senate majority leader. Of course, that’…

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    Idk how anyone can honestly say Schumer is the guy to fix (gestures wildly at all this). He’s had plenty of chances and has made it abundantly clear he wants a more authoritarian corporate surveillance state world police type of USA which none of us plebs want. Fuck him.

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    These are exactly the sort of debates and discussions we should be having in the political realm.

    Not who can kiss dear leader’s ass the most or who can bullshit their constituencies on Fox News while giving every handout possible to their corporate benefactors.

    As a GenX-er I am both disheartened that my generation seems to have gotten skipped over, but also massively uplifted to see so many millennials get into office.

    We want representation by people that will live to see the consequences of their actions, not greedily hang on to their power and prestige with every power of their being.

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      Getting things done?

      Trump has a long history of throwing his friends under the bus. If Jeffries can get him to sign Medicare For All by calling it the ‘Donald Trump Is The Bestest President Ever Bill’ it’s a win.