The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) as Democratic leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

“Yesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,” the group wrote in a social media post. “We need a leader in the Senate who is capable of leading that fight. It’s time for Senate Democrats to choose new leadership.”

The group cited the Democratic leader’s faltering approval ratings in its Wednesday statement. An NBC News poll conducted at the end of October found only 13 percent of registered voters viewed Schumer’s leadership positively.

“The American people did not elect Democrats by historic margins just to bend the knee and go back to business as usual,” Indivisible said in its statement. “Senate Democrats need to listen to the voters and turn the page on status quo politics.”

The paid opposition running the Democrats will not falter in their supporting of their Republican donors’ causes.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Cool. As long as it means you “won” which is clearly all that matters to you.

    So despite DSA quadrupling their presence in Congress, you can state with undue certainty that the number of progressive voters has remained the same. Uh huh. Right.

    Normally, I’d be curious about your methodology there, but I already know there is none so don’t bother.

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      Show me the exact words you read that made you think I was talking about DSA candidates and not the voters.

      I won this argument the same way the DSA won on Tuesday.

      The opposition was completely confused.

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          For what?

          I wrote about one thing. You completely misunderstood, then doubled down.

          Now you’re being sarcastic and acting like I’m the bad guy.

          You’re beating your head against a brick wall and trying to make me feel guilty.

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              You seem to have a reading comprehension problem, or maybe a humiliation kink.

              I said that I didn’t ‘win,’ I said you’d completely misunderstood what I wrote and argued a point I never made.

              If you really think I won, I’d like my reward to be not hearing from you again.