The adoption of extreme left policies by the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, may be an attempt to avoid a potential primary challenge from Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said ” The Story “on Monday.
Hostess Martha MacCallum noted that Schumer, DN.Y., who spent more than two decades in the Senate, recently called for federal decriminalization of marijuana, cancellation of student loan debt over $ 50,000 and a plan for so-called “baby bonds” “proposed by Senator Cory Booker, DN.J., which would give each newborn a federally funded $ 1,000 savings account.
Cornyn replied that Schumer’s attempt to cover his left flank is unlikely to help him if he faces a primary challenge next year.
SEN. JOHN CORNYN, R-TEXAS: It seems to me that progressives like Bernie Sanders, AOC and Elizabeth Warren are in the driver’s seat, and they [Democrats] we have people who are generally quite pragmatic, like Senator Schumer.
He is not particularly ideological, but they frighten him with the prospect of an intermediate primary. The problem they have is that progressives are taking their entire party to the extreme left. And as we saw on November 3 in the House, the Republicans made gains.
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We defend Senate seats [that] some people thought we were going to lose. And I don’t think this move to the left that you will see Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are pushing Chuck Schumer [toward] will help you in 2022. But it is up to them.
New York has not had a US Republican senator since then Rep. Schumer defeated former Senator Alfonse “Al” D’Amato, RN.Y., in 1998.