Sen. Brian Schatz, who is likely to take over the No. 2 role in the Democratic caucus next year, has a warning for President Donald Trump: He could be dealing with a very different Washington if Democrats achieve the electoral gains they’re hoping for this fall.
Key Values at Stake
Schatz made it clear that the quality of the nominees would immediately have to go up, because they’re not going to get people like Bill Pulte or RFK Jr. or Pete Hegseth through the United States Senate if the Democrats run that. He also emphasized that when it comes to core American values, it’s going to be a fight.
The fight could come over issues such as confirming a potential fourth Trump appointee to the Supreme Court or confronting the threats by some Democrats to impeach the president for a third time. Schatz believes that the president has done “a million impeachable things,” but he weighs the matter of impeachment as an “important tactical question.”
Democratic Strategy
Schatz is leaving the door open to one day becoming the successor to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, but insisted it would be “obnoxious” to talk about that aspiration publicly. He also pointed out that Democrats must grapple with broad unfavorability ratings that have plagued the party in recent years, which he ascribes to a view of Democrats as “disconnected from what people were going through economically.”
Original reporting: KRDO (Colorado Springs metro) — read the source article.
