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Mehdi Hasan

It’s time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down

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‘Jeffries and Schumer have demonstrated time and again that they are not built for this particular moment.’ Photograph: Mariam Zuhaib/AP

In a recent podcast conversation, the former spokesperson for Jeb Bush sat down with the leader of the House Democrats. Guess which one of them endorsed the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York?

“I was a Republican up until two minutes ago and I’m a capitalist, and I had Zohran on … it’s not really a close call, is it?” Tim Miller said to Hakeem Jeffries on his Bulwark podcast, to which a defensive-sounding House Minority leader replied: “What I can say is that he’s the only one I’m scheduled to talk to.”

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