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
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    2 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.