Skip to content
Faultline Prefer us on Google

Politics Truthout

“The Time Is Now for Change”: Sanders Says He Won’t Back Schumer for Leader

Emerging leader Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he is refusing to fund the government next month until the war is defunded.

By Sharon Zhang

English (original) ·Read in Deutsch ⇄

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) announced on Tuesday that he will not be supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-New York) run for Senate majority leader in the new Congress and suggested that someone else will be running to replace him. “I personally have known Chuck Schumer for 30 years, and I like Chuck — nobody works harder than Chuck Schumer,” said Sanders in a press conference. “But…

Source

Originally published byTruthout
Read the original