1. United States
2. Ariz.
3. Letter

am reiterating my earlier letter urging you not to support Chuck Schumer. It was written in the belief that you might listen. Your decision to back him shows that you did not. You compared Schumer to a manager who earned a new contract. That comparison avoids the real question: how is anything supposed to change when the leadership stays the same? The same people will run the same playbook the same way they have for years. Expecting a different result from that is not a strategy. It is denial. Schumer also has a track record of folding to Republicans, Mitch McConnell in particular. In 2018, he backed down from the shutdown fight over Dreamers on the strength of McConnell's promise of a vote. That vote did nothing for them. He sold out the Dreamers, and he has repeated the pattern since, including in March 2025, when he signaled he would support a Republican-led funding bill instead of holding the line. A leader who keeps surrendering to the other side has earned no new contract. Schumer's behavior after the election made it worse. He went to the media and spoke as if the leadership job were already his. No caucus vote had been held, and voters had not been asked whether they want him in that role. Assuming the position before anyone has weighed in is arrogance, plain and simple. A leader who acts entitled to the job has no business holding it. Arizonans did not send you to Washington to protect the status quo. By backing Schumer, you are telling voters who want change that their frustration does not matter. Reverse your position and support new leadership. I expect a written response explaining why you chose to stand with Schumer.