WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has postponed a tour promoting his book on anti-Semitism for security reasons.
The Democratic leader has been at the center of criticism from the party’s base over his support of a Republican funding bill to prevent a government shutdown last week.
The events in Baltimore and Washington are being rescheduled “due to security concerns,” public relations firm Risa Heller, which is representing Schumer, told The Associated Press.
There were protests planned surrounding the tour, including one in Baltimore by pro-Palestinian group Jewish Voice for Peace.
Another one, planned by climate activist group Sunrise Movement, was in response to Schumer’s support for the advance of the government funding bill….