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.
I’m sure he hit minimum viability, but I’d actually prefer he didn’t wait for all the votes to act. Schumer and Jeffries don’t lift a finger unless they have every step planned out to within an inch of their and their donors’ lives, and it’s exactly why nothing gets done (they also negotiate against themselves and then fail to even accomplish most plans they make, but I bitterly digress).