Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is working behind the scenes with progressive activists to prepare for a government shutdown fight, signaling a shift in strategy as Democrats brace for a high-stakes clash with President Donald Trump and Republicans.
Over the past two months, Schumer’s office has held weekly calls and strategy sessions with liberal groups, including MoveOn, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and major unions, according to Axios. Activists have pressed Schumer to take a harder line than earlier this year, after he recently backed GOP efforts to fund the government and faced intense criticism from his base.
“There has been more proactive communication from leadership to… I would just call it the outside ecosystem,” said Joel Payne, MoveOn’s chief communications officer. “The battle lines that the grassroots of the party is drawing for the grasstops leadership is, hey, you got to be willing to fight.”
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