Chris Van Hollen

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We'll see if there are enough votes over there.

But we could also try it again in January when we have more seats in the Senate.

Next up from the Post, Senator Chris Van Hollen doubled down on his position that Chuck Schumer should not automatically retain his role as Senate Democratic leader.

Quote, I've said very clearly we need to have a discussion in the Democratic caucus.

Molly, it's time for the headlines.

Interestingly, Chuck Schumer seems to be the only person running to be the head of the Senate after Chris Van Hollen took his hat out of the ring.

But there's a lot of senators saying they don't want him.

What do you make of this?

Last up for today's quick update, CNN reports that several Democrats, including incumbents and some incoming members, have said they may not support longtime Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to be the majority leader in the next Congress.

Senators Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan said over the weekend that they may not support Schumer for the role.

There should be no coronation of the next Democratic leader, Van Hollen said.

I've said very clearly that we need to have a discussion in the Democratic caucus.

Look, this is going to be happening in the other chamber, too, right? I mean, there's questions about Chuck Schumer.

You know, you have Abdul El-Zayed coming in and standing Chris Van Hollen to try to um try to challenge him so we'll see what happens there but it seems like jeffrey's um again given the size of the the majority and the history that he would make as a first black speaker and the support that he does have is is probably fairly safe although to your point doesn't mean that you know some of these folks won't cause him some some problems

Right, and there's a difference between headaches and his potential speakership being in jeopardy.

But we should point out that, obviously, he has made efforts to speak to a lot of folks, especially members of the bloc.

So I talked to half a dozen potential 28ers.

And, you know, they really, you know, they ranged the gamut ideologically, geographically.

I mean, everyone from Senator Alyssa Slotkin to Senator Chris Van Hollen, you know, Wes Moore, Josh Shapiro.

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Meanwhile, in the Senate, we should know that there is a growing effort there as well to have some new leadership to block the inbound Senator Chuck Schumer of New York from taking the Senate majority leader slot.

The Washington Post is reporting that Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is openly saying that it is now time for new blood.

No Schumer.

Former CIA analyst and Senator Alisa Slotkin of Michigan is more or less saying the same thing, but it's a little bit more cryptic, saying that people want a new generation of leadership in D.C. dumb leadership.

So established Senate Democrats are declining to support for now as well.

Alyssa Slotkin and Chris Van Hollen.

In the House, Axios reports that Democrat members and party Democrat members and members elect are being bombarded with phone calls urging them to oppose electing Hakeem Jeffries as speaker.

So a lot of energy from callers, at least.

And the problem for the resistance in both the House and the Senate, there is no clear alternative in the Senate.

There's the name that's being floated is Chris Van Hollen.

He says he's running for president.

The guy who had a margarita at the pool with President.

and uh for some it's because of the economic impact that it's had on their businesses for many others they just don't like having you know masked thugs running around with guns in in plain clothes shooting up cars and kidnapping their neighbors having said that do you believe that the current democratic party with its current leadership is going to follow through on that or will they basically squander the real opportunity they have to really change the trajectory of the party and also perhaps the trajectory of american politics permanently

well first thing is we're gonna have to see who that leadership is you know now we've had what six or seven incoming senators saying they don't want to vote for chuck schumer as majority leader And some of them have offered up alternatives like Chris Van Hollen.

So we're going to have to see who the actual majority leader is going to be and what their agenda is going to be before we can make that determination.

Now, I do think that even if Chuck Schumer manages to survive, this is the swan song for Chuck Schumer.

Almost every one of them.

He would meddle in primaries to get certain people elected over over their opponents.

And that includes some people who have now turned against them, people like Chris Van Hollen.

He he meddled in that primary over Donna Edwards to get Chris Van Hollen elected to the U.S. Senate.

We looked back at a campaign rally in July.

Chris Van Hollen was there.

He endorsed you.

He endorsed you very early.

And you introduced Chris Van Hollen at that event as the next Senate Majority Leader.

Is that who you want to lead, Chris Van Hollen?

I've been very clear.

I think he'd be an amazing Senate majority leader.

It's just a matter of whether the leadership that includes Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, both essential creations of the Israel lobby, basically creatures of the Israel lobby.

Will they be forced either out or forced to buckle to the popular pressure? You already have Chris Van Hollen and Ro Khanna, this senator and this congressman who are going to try to defund Trump.

operations in the Persian Gulf, defund the Pentagon operations.

And that's one way to end the war once and for all.