Sen. Chuck Schumer strongly backed Abdul El-Sayed after the progressive candidate’s slim victory in the Michigan primary and vowed that the Democratic “big tent” approach to intraparty feuds will succeed in taking back the Senate in the fall midterms.
The Senate Democratic leader told Punchbowl News he is 100% behind the newly minted nominee, even though the party’s political operation backed rival Rep. Haley Stevens in a contentious primary that El-Sayed narrowly won this week.
“What people don’t understand is that a big tent is a strength, not a weakness,” Schumer said. “It’s how you build a majority.”
Obligatory fuck Schumer, but even for the crusty old guard corporate democrats, winning the majority is crucial. Once a progressive candidate clears the hurdle to make a challenge, they have to fall in line. It’s that slim and that uncertain.
At least for now. They’re likely planning to drown him in bribes if he wins and hope that moderates him.
Dems getting control means that a couple of turn coats will get all the money.