Jon Stewart expressed skepticism on his podcast about Chuck Schumer and Adriano Jeffries' ability to effectively lead if Democrats win control of Congress this November. He believes they will struggle to deliver meaningful change beyond opposing Trump's policies. Veteran GOP strategist Mary Marslender and former Democratic advisor Dan Turrentine agreed, suggesting that both leaders lack the confidence to restrain their party from pursuing a radical agenda.
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However, as Trump’s base fractured amid the Iran war and the affordability crisis that followed, Democrats are expected to win a historic victory in this November’s midterms.
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Democrats → fracture → midterms
On Wednesday, Stewart was asked a humorous question on his podcast about whether the downside of a Democratic midterm victory will be Schumer and Jeffries getting more “airtime.”
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Schumer → ask → airtime
“Look, I think what’s going to happen is they’re going to have to f–king do something.
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they → look → something
They’re going to have to deliver,” he said.
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he → go → ?
“They’re not going to be able — it will not be sufficient to make their entire personalities opposition to whatever Trump politics are; they’re going to have to have a prescription for rebalancing this economy in a smart and urgent way.
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they → go → way
“I am not confident that is in their DNA,” Stewart continued.
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Stewart → continue → DNA
“I’m not confident that it’s in Schumer’s DNA, certainly, which means I’m actually hopeful he won’t be there as the leader.
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he → ’m → leader
That they will come in and say, ‘We’re not going to go down that corporatist path again.
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We → come → path
We are going to make the changes that the American people are demanding that we make in an urgent way that is not bound by some idealized vision of what the parliamentarian might think is OK.’
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parliamentarian → go → vision
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“F–k that,” Stewart said.
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Stewart → k → that
“Like, if you are granted control, if they give you the ring, do something with it, you b—–ds.”
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you → grant → it
Fox News Digital contacted Jeffries and Schumer and did not receive an immediate reply.
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Digital → contact → reply
Veteran GOP strategist Mary Marslender told Fox News Digital she agrees with Stewart’s take.
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she → tell → take
“I agree with Jon Stewart that both Schumer and Jeffries are not confident leaders, but that’s because their ideology is power,” she responded.
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she → agree → Stewart
“They are not the brakes that will restrain the Democratic Party from pursuing a radical agenda.
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that → restrain → agenda
Instead, they often appease the more radical members of their conference and push the party leftwards on issues like the courts, federal agencies, government spending, progressive prosecutors and immigration whenever they have the votes.
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they → appease → votes
“Both men have shown little willingness to challenge the party’s more extreme factions; for example, they have said they will welcome DSA candidates who win primaries into their ‘big tent’ party,” she added.
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she → show → party
“They are not centrists; they follow the prevailing political winds within their party and will implement those policies to hold power even if those policies run counter to what the American people support.”
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people → follow → what
Former Democratic advisor Dan Turrentine argued that Stewart’s comments express the frustration Democratic voters have with party leaders.
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voters → argue → leaders
“Voters are frustrated and angry that neither party is focused on them,” he told Fox News Digital.
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he → focus → Digital
“We are winning because Republicans are losing, not because we are doing things well.
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we → win → things
The D ‘Majority Makers’ are not going to be the progressive, base candidates, but moderates who will want to focus on commonsense affordability issues, not the ‘revenge’ and ‘blow everything up’ base stuff.
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who → go → everything
“Jeffries and Schumer will need to balance this to protect their majority while maintaining base enthusiasm.
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Jeffries → need → enthusiasm
Given how weak both are, and that they both will face a primary challenge next year, it is going to be tough.
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it → give → challenge
“I think Stewart is indicative of the irrational expectations of the base.
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Stewart → think → base
They don’t appreciate the different reasons different people are angry.
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people → appreciate → reasons
We are not potentially winning in Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas and South Carolina for the same reasons DSA candidates are winning.”
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candidates → win → reasons
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