Senate leadership showdown could fracture Democratic post-election unity
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A Democratic leadership tilt between a 70-something Chuck and a 60-something Chris hardly screams of the torch-passing moment many activists crave.
A Democratic leadership tilt between a 70-something Chuck and a 60-something Chris hardly screams of the torch-passing moment many activists crave. But in the US Senate, “generational change” is a relative term. Still, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s challenge to Sen. Chuck Schumer’s leadership of next year’s Senate Democratic majority is more significant than it might seem. To start with, it suggests that the magnitude of the Democratic triumph is already changing the party. “We saw a huge outburst of democracy on Election Day. Red states, blue states, purple states,” Van Hollen said on MS Now, arguing that the result went deeper than an anti-Trump backlash.
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