A politically wounded Schumer seeks to reassure his skeptics

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says he isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. “I should be the leader,” he said defiantly during a morning appearance on “The View.” Even as the New Yorker draws the wrath of his party for clearing a path for President Donald Trump’s government funding bill last week, he’s doesn’t yet appear to face any real threat from inside his own Senate caucus. Instead, Schumer has already moved onto his next fights with Trump. In between his various attempts at damage control on the spending fight, Schumer joined a call with Senate Judiciary Democrats on Tuesday to discuss strategy for responding to the White House’s plan to speed up deportations using the Alien Enemies Act, according to a person familiar with the discussion. Separately, Schumer and his team coordinated a “Medicaid Day of Action” with their House Democratic colleagues to protest Trump’s agenda, which Democrats describe as the “largest Medicaid cut in American history,” as they warn of the potential for future cuts. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, his fellow New Yorker who just days earlier refused to take questions about whether he backed him as leader, appeared to close ranks, joining Schumer in a joint statement to declare “we are in this fight until we win this fight,” and affirming support for his leadership.