Senate Democrats are expected to pick their leader in early December. By secret ballot.
Democrats won the Senate. Now dump Chuck.
You made the calls. You knocked the doors. And the day after the election, Chuck Schumer told reporters, “I’ll be reelected as majority leader.” As if that’s his call. It isn’t. Senators settle this in secret next month, and they should hear from you first.
“The issue is not me.”
It is, though.
He went on: “The issue is focusing on the American people and what they want.” Here’s what a lot of us want: a leader who doesn’t fold.
What he did with the job
Schumer has been in Congress since 1981 and has run Senate Democrats since 2017. You don’t need the whole résumé. You need the last twenty months.
March 14, 2025
He folded.
Trump and Musk were tearing through the federal government, and Republicans needed Democratic votes to get their funding bill past a filibuster. For once Democrats had something Trump needed. Schumer gave it away. He and nine others in his caucus voted to advance the bill, and it cleared 62–38. Republicans got their bill. His own party was furious, and it had every right to be. CBS News
November 9, 2025
He lost the room.
Forty days into what became the longest shutdown in American history, eight senators from his own caucus cut a deal to reopen the government. One of them was Dick Durbin, his No. 2. Schumer voted no. Good for him. But holding your people together is the job, and he couldn’t do it. Washington Post
November 4, 2026
He crowned himself.
Alaska and Mississippi hadn’t even been called. He was already telling reporters he’d keep the job. Roll Call
“To me what it looks like is that he doesn’t have his caucus in control - and that is your number one job in that role.”
“If you’ve been in elective office for over 20 years, it’s fine to continue to serve… But you probably shouldn’t be the face of the Democratic Party at a time where the Democratic people are desperate for change.”
The people who just won are telling him no.
They said it before the election, out loud, and their states sent them to the Senate.
“I think it is time for new leadership.”
Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota
“I’m not supporting Schumer for leader.”
Adam Hamilton, Kansas
“I’ve already said that I told Sen. Schumer that I’m gonna support somebody else. It’s no different now.”
Troy Jackson, Maine
“I would not support Chuck Schumer as leader of the Democratic caucus.”
Juliana Stratton, Illinois
“I would definitely support Sen. Chris Van Hollen and I would love to see him as Senate majority leader.”
Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan
Every one of these is in Roll Call.
“But we just won.”
We did. He recruited some good candidates, too. That’s part of the job, so give the man a plaque. Winning doesn’t undo March 2025. It doesn’t put his caucus back together. And Minnesota, Maine, Kansas and Illinois just elected people who said they’re done with him.
“There’s nobody else.”
Roll Call says no formidable opponent has emerged. Of course not. Who’s going to run against a man announcing he’s already won? One incoming senator has already named Chris Van Hollen. The rest will find their nerve when they hear from enough of us.
You don’t get a ballot. They do.
Senate Democrats, senators-elect included, are expected to vote in early December. It’s a secret ballot, so nobody ever has to say how they voted. That’s how Schumer survives. So ask now, in writing, and make your senator tell you where they stand before the door closes.
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