Senate nominee Juliana Stratton says she won’t support Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader

https://thegrio.com/2026/03/19/senate-nominee-juliana-stratton-wont-support-chuck-schumer-as-democratic-leader/

37 Comments

  1. plz-let-me-in on

    Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who will almost certainly be the next US Senator from IL after winning the Democratic primary:

    > “I’ve made it clear that I would not support Chuck Schumer as leader of the Democratic caucus because I think right now what I’m hearing from voters all across the state of Illinois is that they are fed up. They’re fed up with what’s happening in Washington”

    She also said she will oppose all of President Trump’s nominees:

    > “I made it very clear I will not confirm any Donald Trump nominee or appointee whether this is to the Cabinet or to the Supreme Court or anywhere”

    Thank you. We need so many more people in the Senate like her who are willing to stand up and fight for the people.

  2. Good. He’s awful. Getting rid of him is literally the most useful thing the party could do.

  3. Andovars_Ghost on

    No Dem should. We need a full reset of the party to aggressively support everyday Americans and not the rich or the corporations. They go low, we kick them in the teeth (figuratively mods, figuratively).

  4. External_Beat8153 on

    Good for her. Schumer and McConnell should leave together. Netanyahu will miss Schumer the most. They’ll have to find another blind eye to Palestinian genocide.

  5. EAT-SHlT-AND-LIVE on

    The sooner this country lets these old goblins go and invest in the people that will be on the planet longer than a few years the better

  6. Nearly_Pointless on

    As an old guy in his 60’s, this nation needs young leadership. I want people who have to live with the choices made, not those who are fine no matter what.
    Give us a cadre of 30-40 year old politicians please. We’d all be better off.

  7. HolyRomanPrince on

    I’ve been critical of the left wing purity testing but I feel like the whole democracy being at stake thing changes the situation. You’re either with us or you’re with the Israel lobby MIC Epstein class and that should be put front and center. If they take both houses, all they need in a decent bloc of both to basically say we’re either going to go left or we’re going use every second in front of a microphone to burn this motherfucker down. Somebody has to say enough is enough

  8. rusty_cutter on

    I worked with her, once upon a time. She’s the real deal. Honest, thoughtful, principled, committed. I proudly voted for her and in a few years I’d proudly vote for her for the highest office in the country.

  9. nowhereman136 on

    Out of curiosity, who does she have in mind to replace Schumer? I agree he needs to go, but it’s easier to rally support against him if there is another leader lined up to take his place.

  10. Few_Valuable3999 on

    Chuck the paper tigger with no bite, he should have been gone awhile ago
    and yes tigger was not misspelled.

  11. Money-Giraffe2521 on

    People Schumer’s age are continually pushed out of the workforce for being “too old,” yet we let them make the laws for our country.

  12. When C Schumer aid it was his job to get funding for Israel during the last shut dow, he lost all credibility for me.

  13. Schumer needs to immediately step down for Kelly or Murphy. Jeffries has to step down as well.

  14. UpstairsArmadillo454 on

    Yeah the whole old white guy thing ain’t really working after the boom that was America during Obama- isn’t it crazy that both sides don’t see the improvements made holistically during that time for rich and poor!

  15. dazedandloitering on

    What is wrong with progressives? They need to be rallying to kick Schumer out yesterday.