Replace Jeffries and Schumer With Bold, Progressive Leadership

Block any effort to return Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to Democratic leadership. After historic wins on Tuesday, this party has a mandate for bold change, and these two leaders are not the right people to deliver it. Jeffries has deep financial ties to corporate PACs and AIPAC, which praised him by name after the election and promised to keep funding candidates who stay loyal to Israel. He ruled out impeachment and meaningful oversight of the Trump administration, saying "the American people don't want us to get even." But conducting oversight of waste, fraud, and corruption is not revenge. It is the job. A petition to replace him has already topped 500,000 signatures. Newly elected Senator-elect Peggy Flanagan called for new Senate leadership on election night. Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed introduced Chris Van Hollen as the next Senate majority leader. Van Hollen himself said no one should commit to any leader without a conversation about a bold kitchen table agenda, adding, "It's not a time for incrementalism." This moment calls for leaders who will fight, not accommodate. Vote to elevate new, progressive leadership that is free from corporate and foreign lobbying influence and ready to govern with the majority voters just handed this party.