{"id":1268069,"date":"2022-02-03T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1268069"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T16:53:14","slug":"schumer-refuses-to-say-whether-hell-back-manchin-sinema-over-potential-primary-challengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-refuses-to-say-whether-hell-back-manchin-sinema-over-potential-primary-challengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Refuses To Say Whether He\u2019ll Back Manchin, Sinema Over Potential Primary Challengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschumer-refuses-to-say-whether-hell-back-manchin-sinema-over-potential-primary-challengers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1268069&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to say whether he would support Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona if they face primary challengers ahead of their 2024 reelection efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/02\/politics\/chuck-schumer-interview-democrats-agenda\/index.html\">interview<\/a> with CNN, Schumer said that he was not focused on the election cycle three years away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am focused on 2022, getting things done, and winning the election on 2022,\u201d Schumer said, CNN reported. \u201cI\u2019m not at all focused on 2024 right now, and neither should anyone else be. That\u2019s just how you lose in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liberals\u2019 frustration with Manchin and Sinema has risen since President Joe Biden took office over a year ago, largely in response to their willingness to buck their party on issues from the minimum wage to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/joe-manchin-fires-back-after-gloves-off-statement-opposition-bidens-spending-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Build Back Better<\/a>, even though they have largely been reliable Democratic votes. But anger toward the two boiled over in recent days after they <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/19\/senate-caps-history-making-day-rejecting-filibuster-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refused to alter the Senate filibuster<\/a> to allow for Democrats\u2019 voting bills to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/13\/house-passes-two-democratic-voting-bills-quirk-skirt-one-filibuster-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pass without Republican support<\/a>, essentially dooming any chance the bills have of passing this Congress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7365352\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7365352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Joe Manchin walks through the Capitol on Feb. 2. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Their defense of the filibuster prompted many on the left, including Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema-congress-bernie-sanders-a6fb9d7858f24aa6a40dca5542eac9e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">call<\/a> for them to face more liberal primary challengers. In Arizona, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego has openly flirted with the possibility. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/28\/republican-support-kyrsten-sinema-joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Republicans Line Up Behind Manchin And Sinema Amid Their Independent Streak)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Schumer was frustrated with Manchin, the senior senator from West Virginia, the majority leader did not give an explicit answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Manchin and I go back a long way, and obviously, I let him know my point of view and (we will) try to persuade him, as does the whole caucus, that our point of view is the correct point of view,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>While Manchin and Sinema are not up for reelection until 2024, Democrats are hoping that a favorable Senate map could help them keep their slim majorities even as the party faces political headwinds nationally. Democrats are defending competitive seats in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and New Hampshire, but they\u2019re eyeing GOP seats in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, where Republicans in the last two are retiring.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to say whether he would support Democratic Sens. 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