Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that he will not step down as the Senate’s Democratic leader amid internal party criticism over his decision to support a Republican-backed funding bill to avoid a government shutdown earlier this month.
“Look, I’m not stepping down,” Schumer said in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” adding that he knew that voting for the funding measure would trigger “a lot of controversy” among members of his own party.
Schumer then explained the rationale behind his vote. “Sometimes when you’re a leader, you have to do things to avoid a real danger that might come down the curve,” he told the outlet….