Sen. Kaine Slams Calls for Chuck Schumer to Step Down: He Has Been an ‘Effective Leader’

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WELKER: “More than a dozen house members are calling for Senate democratic leader Chuck Schumer to step down including my next guest congressman Ro Khanna. Senator, given this, given that so many Democrats are calling for leader Schumer to step aside, can he be an effective leader?”

KAINE: “Yes. Chuck has been an effective leader. Remember when Chuck was majority leader during the Biden Administration he produced a string of legislative wins with a bare majority nearly unparalleled in recent history, infrastructure, the Inflation Reduction Act, first gun safety bill in 25 years, an important veterans legislation. Being minority leader is tough. In the Senate we have some tools in minority, but not many. We don’t control what’s on the floor and you know if you’re dealing with senators and kristen, you do. It’s not exactly like senators just get in line and follow the leader. So I don’t tell Ro Khanna or aoc or anybody else who you should pick as your house leader because I have a full-time job being a senator. I don’t need to freelance opinions about house leadership. They should focus on their own leadership and let senators do what they need to do to keep this country moving forward.”