Chris Van Hollen is reportedly in “active listening mode” as Democrats organize an effort to replace Chuck Schumer as their Senate leader.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is facing a potentially serious challenge to his hold on power as momentum builds behind Chris Van Hollen, with the Maryland senator now reportedly open to a run for majority leader.

A movement to draft Van Hollen to challenge Schumer is gaining steam, according to Politico Playbook, which reported Monday that two people close to the effort said it was underway.

A person familiar with Van Hollen’s thinking told the outlet that the senator has “received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode.”

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    14·
    1 day ago

    but any white populist is simply not welcome and will be character assassinated if not killed in the cradle, because they can challenge the leadership, where the inner city minority populists cannot.

    Nice barely veiled racism

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
      22·
      1 day ago

      That is too stupid to refute, unless you describe how that is racist, and whom it is racist against, white people? Praytell!