AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Schumer pleads with Fetterman to stay in the Democratic Party as defection talk grows
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer publicly urged Sen. John Fetterman to remain a Democrat, calling him "a very good member of Congress", even as Fetterman's approval among his own party's voters has collapsed to 19 percent. Schumer told reporters Wednesday that Democrats want Fetterman in the fold, downplaying months of open speculation that the Pennsylvania […] The post Schumer pleads with Fetterman to stay in the Democratic Party as defection talk grows appeared first on American Almanac .
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer publicly urged Sen. John Fetterman to remain a Democrat, calling him "a very good member of Congress", even as Fetterman's approval among his own party's voters has collapsed to 19 percent. Schumer told reporters Wednesday that Democrats want Fetterman in the fold, downplaying months of open speculation that the Pennsylvania senator could bolt the party he has increasingly clashed with on Israel, immigration, and the leftward drift of its activist base. The New York Post reported that Schumer described Democrats as "a big-tent party" capable of absorbing disagreement, a generous characterization, given how aggressively the party's progressive wing has tried to marginalize Fetterman over the past year.…Open