U.S. Representative Glenn Ivey (MD-D) has publicly called for Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from leadership.

During a town hall on Tuesday, Rep. Ivey stated, “I respect Chuck Schumer. I think he had a great, long-standing career.”

Ivey added, “But I’m afraid that it may be time for the Senate Democrats to get a new leader.”

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Looks like Rep Glenn Ivey (D-MD) agrees with #TheReformers We need new leadership in the Senate, @SenSchumer isn’t cutting the mustard. Democrats want a fighter to stand up to this horrific administration and Chuck is not that person. Let’s fucking go! pic.twitter.com/oZFnm6idcY

— Brian Cardone (@cardon_brian) March 19, 2025

Check out what the Daily Caller reported:

Democratic Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey called for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from leadership on Tuesday.

Ivey’s comments come as Schumer faces widespread anger from the Democratic Party’s base and congressional Democrats over his decision to vote to advance the GOP spending bill to avoid a government shutdown on Friday. Many congressional Democrats are urging Schumer to escalate resistance tactics against the Republican-controlled Senate with Ivey becoming the first Democratic lawmaker to publicly call for his ouster from Senate leadership.

“I respect Chuck Schumer. I think he had a great, long-standing career,” Ivey told his constituents during a town hall meeting in his deep-blue Maryland district in close proximity to Washington, D.C. “But I’m afraid that it may be time for the Senate Democrats to get a new leader.”

“I know shutting down the government is not good, I’ve tried to oppose it every time I could, but in this particular instance, it was something that we needed to do,” he added.

The crowd reportedly burst into applause following Ivey’s call for Schumer to step down as Senate Democratic leader.

Rep. Glenn Ivey (Maryland) & other Democrats calling for CHUCK SCHUMER to step down! pic.twitter.com/spKX3s0AkO

— Vikki Siddall (@Siddall1Vikki) March 19, 2025

Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for refusing to block the Republican government funding bill last week. https://t.co/46GuN3vJZV

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) March 19, 2025

Per Politico:

A normally even-keeled Democratic congressman wants Chuck Schumer to feel the heat. If the Senate minority leader doesn’t adopt a tougher line in the next big Washington negotiation, Rep. Glenn Ivey said, “maybe he needs to go.”

Ivey spoke to POLITICO Wednesday morning, hours after facing a raucous town hall in his suburban Washington district, where he first suggested that Schumer should consider stepping aside. Ivey expanded on his view of the top Senate Democrat — and delivered an ultimatum amid the widespread frustration with the party leadership’s approach to opposing President Donald Trump.

“If he can get himself together and come — you know, get right on this vote and we get another shot at it, okay,” Ivey said. “But if he’s going to do the same thing again when this bill comes up six months from now, we can’t afford that.”

Ivey, a second-term Congress and member of the House Appropriations Committee, expressed confidence in his own caucus leader, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who was able to persuade all but one Democrat in the House to vote against a Republican-drafted spending bill. But Ivey said the fissures that were exposed when the two Democratic leaders took separate approaches to measure were unacceptable and can’t happen again.

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