Promotional events for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s book, “Antisemitism in America: A Warning,” were supposed to take place this week but were cancelled.
“Due to security concerns, Senator Schumer’s book events are being rescheduled,” Schumer’s spokesperson said, adding that the book is scheduled for release on Tuesday.
The senator had several engagements planned for this week but were cancelled due to “security concerns,” Fox News reported.
As the country faced the possibility of a partial government shutdown, Schumer annoyed some Democrats last week by voting to get past a procedural obstacle and put a Trump-backed government funding measure to a vote.
Invoking cloture, he and several other members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted against passing the measure.
Senators Angus King, I-Maine, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, who are part of the Senate Democratic caucus, voted in favor of both calling for cloture and passing the bill.
Last week, Shaheen declared that she would not run for reelection in 2026.
Last week, only one Senate Republican, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted against passing the funding measure.
Although the “bill is very bad,” Schumer stated prior to the vote that “the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse.”
Former Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has joined the chorus of Democrats criticizing Schumer for allowing the government to be funded by a Republican-crafted continuing resolution.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, did not mention her Senate counterpart by name, but she shredded the legislation and those who supported it in a post on X.
“Donald Trump and Elon Musk have offered the Congress a false choice between a government shutdown or a blank check that makes a devastating assault on the well-being of working families across America,” the former Speaker said.
“Let’s be clear: neither is a good option for the American people. But this false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” she added.
“I salute Leader Hakeem Jeffries for his courageous rejection of this false choice, and I am proud of my colleagues in the House Democratic Caucus for their overwhelming vote against this bill,” Pelosi continued in a thinly veiled criticism of those who voted in favor of the legislation.
“Democratic senators should listen to the women. Appropriations leaders Rosa DeLauro and Patty Murray have eloquently presented the case that we must have a better choice: a four-week funding extension to keep government open and negotiate a bipartisan agreement,” she said.
“America has experienced a Trump shutdown before – but this damaging legislation only makes matters worse. Democrats must not buy into this false choice. We must fight back for a better way. Listen to the women, For The People,” Pelosi concluded.
Her critique came after House Minority Leader and New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries refused to answer a question about Schumer staying on as leader in the Senate.
“Is it time for new leadership in the Senate?” a reporter asked Jeffries on Friday.
He dismissively replied: “Next question.”
Former Obama administration official Van Jones said on CNN that he has never seen this kind of anger at a fellow Democrat before.
“We can be grumpy. We can be frustrated with each other, there is a volcanic eruption of outrage at Leader Schumer because we want a Mitch McConnell. I remember when Obama had all the cards, Mitch McConnell drove Obama nuts, twisted his pinky, broke his kneecaps, and got stuff done for Republicans when they shouldn’t have gotten an inch, they got miles,” Jones said.
“We have a Senate majority leader who is beloved in this party, but we want somebody who’s gonna stand up to this bully. Stand up to this bully. Do something. And if you shut the government down and it gets a little bit crazy, at least some politics is about the rationality. There’s an emotional need to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from running over this party. And I think Chuck Schumer has radically misread the room,” Jones continued, completely sidestepping the fact that Democrats in the past have roundly criticized Republicans for wanting to shutdown the government.
New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also showed her frustration with Schumer when she spoke to CNN host Jake Tapper.
