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Sanders, Slotkin won’t back Schumer as Senate Democratic leader (thehill.com)
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[–] 15 points 3 days ago (5 children)

So with these two and El Sayed, I think that means we need 3 more dems to stop Schumer from being marked as leader. Pretty sure that reduces the majority below 50 and results in either a revote or a new option

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    From the article:

    Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) said again earlier this week he would back Van Hollen over Schumer. Sen.-elect Annie Andrews (D-S.C.) said Friday that she wants “generational change” in Senate leadership, after pledging during the campaign not to support Schumer. Sens.-elect Adam Hamilton (D-Kan.) and Troy Jackson (D-Maine) have said the same.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    So

    • MI - Purple, but kept seat
    • S.C. - Flipped
    • Kan. - Flipped
    • Maine - Flipped

    All want to replace Schumer. Seems like a pretty strong list of States that Dems can't afford to lose in 2030. Better clean house before the Dems lose everything they gained

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    Pretty sure the point is to force them to keep re-rolling votes to delay everything as much as possible similar to what’s going on with Israel’s PM election. I could be wrong tho, I’m no expert on the legal background of this bs

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