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Schumer Responds to Criticism Over Handling of GOP Bill: ‘I’m the Best Leader for the Senate’

Schumer made comments to CBS a day after his tour promoting his book on anti-Semitism was postponed amid planned protests.
Schumer Responds to Criticism Over Handling of GOP Bill: ‘I’m the Best Leader for the Senate’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in Washington on March 13, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has responded to Democratic criticism of his voting to advance a Republican government-funding bill, saying he is “the best leader for the Senate.”

“We have a lot of good people,” he told “CBS Mornings” on March 18. “But I am the best at winning Senate seats.”

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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