NEW YORK—Thousands of angry liberals packed the icy sidewalk outside Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn apartment. They mocked him with signs like “Grow a spine, Chuck!” and “Chuck’s a chicken.” And they chanted, “Filibuster everything!”
Such is the bind Schumer finds himself in as he emerges as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance on Capitol Hill.
The Senate minority leader is under fire from many of his own constituents, who complain that he is not fighting hard enough against the president.
“He has to champion the resistance or he has to get out of the way!” shouted 39-year-old Hae-Lin Choi, one of the leaders of the protest Tuesday night.
The fourth-term senator has irked many New Yorkers by supporting three of the president’s early Cabinet selections. Schumer has since vowed to oppose at least eight of Trump’s Cabinet picks, including would-be Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
“Our values are what matters to us. These Cabinet nominees almost to a person, many of them, certainly the big eight, are against our values,” Schumer told reporters this week.
