The Maryland Democrat has been critical of Schumer, who has led the caucus for nearly a decade.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced Thursday that he would challenge Chuck Schumer for the top Democratic leadership role in the Senate, arguing the party needs to take a more populist direction.

“In this election, the American people called for change. They called for a change from Donald Trump’s disastrous policies — but even bigger than that, a change from the status quo that isn’t working for working people,” Van Hollen, who represents Maryland, said in a statement obtained by The Washington Sun.

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[–] 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hot Damn!

Okay Libs. No excuse now. It's been a week of "well nobody is running against him" but that's done. Time to put up or shut up. Who you gonna stand with? The new blood or the ancient blood? The man whose leadership has given us Trump? Or literally anything else?

Cuz I'll tell you this, the more and more you think about it the more it feels like a Chuck Schumer led Democratic Party will not only end up in massive Republican victory in 2028, it might be the end of our democracy. I don't know if democracy in the United States would survive the wave of apathy and surrender that would come from seeing this momentous Blue Wave betrayed by the Democratic corporate Old Guard. I think there's an extremely valid risk that you would kill momentum for generations of voters.

(Imma write a letter to my senator elect right this second. Do the same.)

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