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Senator Chris Murphy was asked about the WSJ/Schumer leadership article on Meet the Press today [View all]
KRISTEN WELKER:
And to the point, leadership is of course leading the charge here. And there’s a lot of focus on Chuck Schumer right now. The Wall Street Journal reporting that there’s growing frustration with Chuck Schumer which spurs talk of replacing him. Senator, do you want to replace Leader Chuck Schumer?
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY:
Well, I think we are united right now as a caucus. There’s always a lot of focus on Senator Schumer and Leader Jeffries. Those are very hard jobs especially at a historic moment like this —
KRISTEN WELKER:
That’s not a “yes.”
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY:
Well, no, we — we are united as a caucus right now. Let me just be clear about that. We are united in ending this war. We are united in reining in the lawlessness of ICE. And we’re going to be united in winning the election this November. So right now we are together as a caucus.
KRISTEN WELKER:
So if you do win the election, would you vote to keep him as leader?
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY:
Well I — listen, I think he has a very tough job. And right now you are seeing the Democratic caucus united. That’s really important.
And to the point, leadership is of course leading the charge here. And there’s a lot of focus on Chuck Schumer right now. The Wall Street Journal reporting that there’s growing frustration with Chuck Schumer which spurs talk of replacing him. Senator, do you want to replace Leader Chuck Schumer?
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY:
Well, I think we are united right now as a caucus. There’s always a lot of focus on Senator Schumer and Leader Jeffries. Those are very hard jobs especially at a historic moment like this —
KRISTEN WELKER:
That’s not a “yes.”
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY:
Well, no, we — we are united as a caucus right now. Let me just be clear about that. We are united in ending this war. We are united in reining in the lawlessness of ICE. And we’re going to be united in winning the election this November. So right now we are together as a caucus.
KRISTEN WELKER:
So if you do win the election, would you vote to keep him as leader?
SEN. CHRIS MURPHY:
Well I — listen, I think he has a very tough job. And right now you are seeing the Democratic caucus united. That’s really important.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/transcripts/meet-press-march-22-2026-rcna264620
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