Democrats are calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) to be replaced after he reportedly helped strike a deal with the GOP to end the government shutdown with zero meaningful concessions.

“Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?” wrote Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) in a post on social media. “Maybe it’s time for those in the back to make it to the front and for the old guard to make way?” he said in a follow up post.

Schumer, who has led the Democratic caucus in the Senate since 2017, voted against the resolution. However, the group of Senate Democrats who voted for the deal had conferred with Schumer through the negotiatio

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