"Well, I think there are two things going on here. One is the generational change that is alluded to by Seth Moulton and Cory Booker. And this is natural, I mean, this always happens. The younger crowd wants more responsibility, and if you have these older members of the Senate and the House, they draw younger competitors who want to start their political careers. But there's-, that's normal."
"But what is not normal is the effort by some on the left of the Democratic Party to go after Chuck Schumer on ideological grounds and to oppose, deliberately oppose the choice of the so-called Democratic establishment in some of these primaries. Senators, a number of senators led by Elizabeth Warren, and [Chris] Van Hollen of Maryland, and [Chris] Murphy of Connecticut have organized a group they call the Fight Club,"
"And if they do so, the beneficiaries will be the Republican candidates because these are battleground states, these are gonna be battleground races, and the notion that the more-, the extreme left-wing candidate you can nominate is gonna have a better chance of carrying those seats is ridiculous. He went on to say that what's amazing to me is is that Schumer is the most effective fundraiser the Democrats have on the other side."
A generational push is producing younger Democrats seeking responsibility and competing with long-serving members. A faction on the left is mounting ideological challenges against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and targeting primaries to nominate more left-wing candidates. A group of senators, including Elizabeth Warren, [Chris] Van Hollen and [Chris] Murphy, organized to influence nominations in key states. Nominating extreme left-wing candidates in battleground states could advantage Republican opponents. Schumer is described as the most effective Democratic fundraiser, expected to raise tens of millions needed to compete in competitive Senate contests. Short-term intra-party fights risk electoral harm.
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