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    “We just saw democracy in America in action. We should bring a little more democracy to the United States Senate,” [Maryland Senator Chris] Van Hollen continued. “We have two newly-elected senators who would not be there if Schumer and the [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] had their way.”

    Van Hollen then drew a line in the sand, arguing that Schumer and the DSCC had “sided with the crypto industry” and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known by the acronym AIPAC.

    A wave of Democratic voices have been opposing Schumer’s leadership and establishment politics since the party won the majority in Congress in last week’s elections.

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      Yep. Schumer has been calling these candidates and their supporters a minority voice, but those voices were overwhelming majorities this election, so let’s take a vote on the next leaders of the Democratic Party. Get rid of the good old boys policy of seniority. It’s anti-democratic, it’s anti-change.