Hakeem Jeffries Gives Full-Throated Defense of Schumer When Quizzed By Progressive Podcaster On Whether He Should Still Be Leader

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 10th, 2025, 5:27 pm

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) praised Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday’s episode of the progressive opting not to through the Senate Minority Leader under the bus as many Democrats have following the vote that paved the way for the end of the government shutdown.

On Sunday night, Schumer derided the eight senate Democrats who defected to vote for the continuing resolution and pave the way to reopen the government.

Still, local Democrats like Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CN), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) all expressed their frustrations wit

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