{"id":81198,"date":"2026-11-11T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/bernie-sanders-says-he-wont-back-schumer-as-push-for-new-leadership-gains-steam\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:55:00","slug":"bernie-sanders-says-he-wont-back-schumer-as-push-for-new-leadership-gains-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/bernie-sanders-says-he-wont-back-schumer-as-push-for-new-leadership-gains-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders says he won’t back Schumer as push for new leadership gains steam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/a>, I-Vt., says he will not support Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to serve as Senate majority leader once Democrats take control over the chamber next year.<\/p>\n

Sanders was complimentary of Schumer, but said at a news conference on Tuesday that he believes “the time is now” for change in Democratic leadership.<\/p>\n

“I personally have known Chuck Schumer for over 30 years, and I like Chuck. [There\u2019s] nobody who works harder than Chuck Schumer. But in my view, the time is now for change, and I will not be supporting Chuck to be re-elected as the Democratic leader,” Sanders said at a news conference.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin<\/a>, D-Mich., joined Sanders at the Tuesday news conference and said she also will not be supporting Schumer<\/a>. Neither have backed a specific candidate to replace Schumer, however.<\/p>\n

“I am not actively seeking this job. I am seeking change,” Slotkin said. “I\u2019ve been very consistent for a very long time that we need a new generation of leadership…. It\u2019s important to demonstrate that we\u2019ve heard what people want from this last election.”<\/p>\n

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Sanders and Slotkin join many Senate newcomers in opposing Schumer’s re-election<\/a>, including the likes of Senators-elect Adam Hamilton and Troy Jackson.<\/p>\n

A number of the more left-wing Democrats favor Sen. Chris Van Hollen<\/a>, D-Md., for the new leader.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019ve said very clearly that we need to have a discussion in the Democratic caucus,” Van Hollen said during an appearance at Crooked Con over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“We need to understand what the Democrats are going to do with this new responsibility and these new powers,” he continued. “And that nobody should get a blank check without a full understanding from the caucus as to where we\u2019re going to go.”<\/p>\n

And Van Hollen, who has previously said his focus was more on “kicking the tires” on a run for higher office in 2028, is reportedly mulling a bid for Schumer\u2019s job<\/a>, according to Politico.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Alex Miller contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says he will not support Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to serve as Senate majority leader once Democrats take control over the chamber next year. Sanders was complimentary of Schumer, but said at a news conference on Tuesday that he believes “the time is now” for change in Democratic leadership. “I personally … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}