The Maryland Democrat has been critical of Schumer, who has led the caucus for nearly a decade.

The Maryland Democrat has been critical of Schumer, who has led the caucus for nearly a decade.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen announced Thursday that he would challenge Chuck Schumer for the top Democratic leadership role in the Senate, arguing the party needs to take a more populist direction.

“In this election, the American people called for change. They called for a change from Donald Trump’s disastrous policies — but even bigger than that, a change from the status quo that isn’t working for working people,” Van Hollen, who represents Maryland, said in a statement obtained by The Washington Sun.

  • Stormy
    124·
    4 hours ago

    Excuse me for not trusting a random old white man that’s been leading us into the absolute bullshit of a world we live in now.

    He can get fucked like the rest of them.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      10·
      3 hours ago

      Excuse me for not trusting a random old white man that’s been leading us into the absolute bullshit of a world we live in now.

      That would be the Senate (Minority, former majority) LEADER, which Schumer has been since 2015, the year when the bullshit REALLY started going from “awful” to “bizarre, nonsensical, and frightening”.

      Van Hollen is OPPOSING the shit you’re accusing him of being responsible for.

      • Stormy
        118·
        3 hours ago

        Harry Reid was in then. Then Pelosi was speaker of the house and schumer was her bff minority/majority leader from 2017 on for a while.

        He sure wasn’t being out spoken about their bullshit then or ever. No one even knows his name. He certainly is not some sort of opposition to the status quo, and never has been.

        I’m not falling for it, he’s another old ass white rich man. He can get fucked like the other POS manipulative fucks. They wouldn’t even be considering him if he wasn’t “willing to play ball,” with trumps BS far right government.

        • nforminvasion@lemmy.world
          81·
          2 hours ago

          Is Bernie also in that group? If Marx were alive today would he just be another old white guy who was out of touch?

          There are people everywhere who are not so different from you. But the powers that be are working hard to make sure we don’t recognize that.

          • Stormy
            17·
            1 hour ago

            Implying it’s just racism/sexism against white men without saying it directly? Lol. OK, I’ll block you.

            • Cricket [he/him]@lemmy.zipEnglish
              1·
              4 minutes ago

              Excuse me for not trusting a random old white man that’s been leading us into the absolute bullshit of a world we live in now.

              He can get fucked like the rest of them.

              Then:

              Implying it’s just racism/sexism against white men without saying it directly?

              But that looks to everyone reading your posts like it’s exactly what you’re basing your criticism on? You’re dismissing the guy purely for being an “old” white man, even though he has a demonstrably much more progressive voting record compared to Schumer, and also for not being a nationally recognized name (which senators are nationally recognized, in your opinion?)