Bernie Sanders Stuns With Jon Stewart Over Chuck Schumer Replacement

I think Chuck's views, when you talk about status quo politics, that's what you're talking about in terms of Chuck. Do I think we need new leadership, which is going to move the Democratic Party in a much more vigorous way to protect the needs of working families? Yes, I do, absolutely. And do you have someone in mind that would represent that kind of vigorous new leadership? Or are you still in kind of, because his institutional knowledge is helpful. Yeah, absolutely. But if it's not helpful to utilize to move the system urgently, then what are we doing? The fact that Bernie Sanders is out here talking about it is not surprising. He's somebody who lays his cards on the table, tells it like it is, will say it to your face, and he's doing that. If Chuck Schumer thought he'd easily slide into leadership after the blue tsunami, he was wrong. It's not going to be that simple, at least not yet. Bernie Sanders became the latest, highest profile Democrat to say he will not support Chuck Schumer as the Senate Majority Leader. Here's more from his interview with Jon Stewart Stewart on who he thinks. Could take the lead. If you talk to people like Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota or Troy Jackson of Maine, or Abdul Sayed of Michigan, they have come from the battlefield. They have had hundreds and hundreds of meetings with people. And what they will tell you is urgency is the word. People are sick and tired of the status quo. We cannot have leadership in the Democratic Party. We're going to do the same old, same old. We need to stand up for working families, take on the big money interest, and improve life for ordinary people. So that is what I think we have got to do. Yes, you have their names. Chris Van Hollen is one guy who has indicated he might be He might be interested in running for leader, if he chooses to do that, I will support him. Okay, so Bernie is not going to back down when it comes to people who say, come on, we just had a sweeping victory. As we said, a blue tsunami, and now why can't you just get along and just get in there and let's get to work? No, now's the perfect time. And Bernie Sanders is not alone. He wasn't the only one, AOC also declined to back Schumer. Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan who called for a broad discussion about who should lead Senate Democrats and said they should withhold their votes from Mr. Schumer until he presents a concrete plan for how they're going to govern differently. Let's face it, he's not going to be able to do that because he doesn't want to govern differently. He wants to hold all the power and all the money. And so why would he want to do something different? Raphael Warnock, Senator out of Georgia, where I am, says. He's open to hearing from other candidates, signaling that he's not crowning Schumer, not yet. As for Chris Van Hollen, who Sanders said he'd prefer, well, he hasn't officially said he will challenge Schumer. He is leaving the door open. Asked about whether he would challenge Mr. Schumer, Mr. Van Hollen said he was, quote, actively listening and actively calling his colleagues about it. The listening part is something Schumer should take heed He also criticized Schumer's interference in Democratic primaries. Give you the quote, we have two members in that room, newly elected senators, who would not be there if Schumer and the DSCC had their way. Mr. Van Hollen said at an event in Washington referring to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, appeared to be referring to Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan. Of course, he beat. Mr. Schumer's preferred candidate. Look how that turned out, my God. Representative Haley Stevens in a primary, Troy Jackson of Maine, who was nominated after Mr. Schumer's recruit in that state. Governor Janet Mills dropped out when her bid failed to gain traction. Yeah, Jackson, it really ticked me off. The day after, November 4th. I was sampling watching MSNBC, and there was like this Chuck Schumer parade. You did it, you scored, you the greatest in history and blah, blah, blah. And he was taking it. Tell me more about me and everything I did, and I picked the candidates, and I met with people, and I met with Cologne and his father, and just all kinds of nonsense. Part of that is the job, and I'm not trying to take away from her that, okay, you accidentally picked the right people, who knows, but she didn't pick, everybody was right. Look at this fool, Haley Stevens. Not only did she lose and was a horrible campaigner, I hate the way she talks, I hate her outfits, I hate the traitor that she is, the underhanded, the manager, she's just the worst. And that is the epitome of who Chuck Schumer is, in my view. What say you? Yeah, Chuck Schumer was going on his media circuits. To me, he kind of just sounded like an old man explaining how he drives to the grocery store. I wake up and I put on my shoes and I tie my shoelaces and then I go out to my Honda CRV and then I- Basically, that's what it's giving. Um, you know, And between him and Hakeem Jeffries, I think He would be more likely to not win the position of leadership. And a lot of that has to do with not just because of his general unpopularity, but also he's at the end of his career. He's about to be 80 years old. I think he's like 78 right now, if not 80 already, but I don't think he's running for reelection. Whereas Hakeem Jeffries, despite the fact that he's broadly unpopular, he's got his district on lock. So he's gonna be, and he's a relatively young man. Particularly for politics. So he has more of a runway ahead of him. And he knows that like they're all aware well aware of the fact that there's a ton of pushback in the voting base. And that new leadership is wanted. And so Hakeem Jeffries, I think he's almost certainly gonna become House Speaker. But he has a decision to make, if he wants to go forward in his career with some type of positive legacy to leave behind, with some type of retribution to claim, then he's really gonna have to deliver. He was talking about raising the minimum wage, but obviously this country needs infrastructural change. On top of stuff like that. So it's really gonna be up to him. And if he doesn't do a pretty decent job over these next two years, then his tenure as Speaker of the House will not be a long one. Yeah, in many ways and look, he's got some real issues. I think that he's hiding behind and Some of it, perhaps no fault of his own. The fact that black voters led the way in this this blue tsunami, and he would be the first black Speaker of the House. But that doesn't mean he's doing what the people sent the Democrats to Congress to do. People who sent Democrats there with a majority and progressives have one thing in mind. And how he can make the pivot you're talking about when he's taking money from AIPAC and taking money from donors and they're ruling the roost, I don't know. It just seems like it's gonna be a lose-lose situation, but perhaps he will squeak through and we'll see what happens with Schumer. If you enjoyed that, then make sure that you never miss another video by subscribing. And if you want a little more, consider hitting the join button and becoming a member. So you're probably wondering, why would I do that? Well, when you do that, you get access to bonus content that I make every single week, and it's a lot of fun. You get custom emojis and more. If you join at tier 3, by the way, you even get access to a monthly member hangout with myself. 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