The centrists are losing the Democratic Party’s civil war

Published March 22, 2025 2:00pm ET



The push to drive Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) into taking a permanent vacation is very real after the New York Democrat wisely decided to vote with Republicans on a continuing resolution spending bill last week.

Democrats and his now-former friends in the media are openly livid that the Senate minority leader had the audacity to ensure his party wasn’t blamed for shutting the government down. The far-left wing of the party is especially incensed because opposing President Donald Trump on every issue appears to be the strategy, although it’s unclear what it stood to gain politically from a shutdown besides being seen as obstructionists without a solution.

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