WASHINGTON, D.C. —With Election Day less than six months away, Bernie Sanders has successfully co-opted Chuck Schumer’s Democratic Party as he molds Senate candidates in his extremist image.
Across key Senate battlegrounds like Maine, Michigan, Iowa, and Minnesota, Democrats’ primaries have devolved into Schumer-Sanders proxy wars. Sanders-backed candidates continue to expose the enthusiasm gap inside their party’s establishment wing as they drag Democrats further left in the process.
“Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders’ civil war is spilling across battleground states, where Democrats’ messy primaries have become casualties of their own making. While far-left candidates fight to carry Sanders’ socialist mantle, Republicans are united behind lowering costs, securing the border, and defending our majority,” said NRSC National Press Secretary Bernadette Breslin.
Read more on Democrats’ dysfunction below:
- Puck News: Schumer’s Enemies Within
- Punchbowl News: Are Schumer-aligned candidates in trouble?
- Semafor: Sanders keeps shaping Senate candidacies in his mold
- The New York Times: Mills Exit Is a Blow to Schumer as Democrats Question His Strategy
- Politico: Schumer faces renewed scrutiny after Mills meltdown
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