{"id":2474181,"date":"2025-08-13T09:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-picks-jack-schlossberg-for-america-250-commission\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:56:00","slug":"schumer-picks-jack-schlossberg-for-america-250-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-picks-jack-schlossberg-for-america-250-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer picks Jack Schlossberg for America 250 Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-picks-jack-schlossberg-for-america-250-commission%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=2474181&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>Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, has been appointed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to lead the America 250 Commission, wich is tasked with overseeing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-250th-birthday-will-be-a-commemoration-not-celebration-in-virginia-because-leftists-dont-think-its-worth-celebrating\/\" title=\"America\u2019s 250th Birthday Will Be A \u2018Commemoration,\u2019 Not \u2018...\u2019 In Virginia Because Leftists Don\u2019t Think It\u2019s Worth Celebrating\">250th anniversary<\/a> of the United States&#8217; Declaration of Independence in 2026. schumer presented Schlossberg&#8217;s appointment as a counterbalance to President Donald Trump&#8217;s separate plans for the semiquincentennial party, accusing Trump of using the event for personal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">political gain<\/a>. The America 250 Commission was created by Congress as a bipartisan effort, but tensions have risen due to Trump&#8217;s attempts to influence the commission through his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">political appointees<\/a>. Schlossberg, 32, has been vocal in criticizing Trump and some family members associated with the Trump governance. Despite some controversies related to his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provocative social media presence<\/a>, Schlossberg expressed enthusiasm for the role and committed to ensuring the celebration reflects American values.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Schumer picks JFK&rsquo;s grandson Jack Schlossberg for America 250 Commission<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2191179\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Jack Schlossberg, the sole grandson of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"John F. Kennedy\">John F. Kennedy<\/a>, was tapped by Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chuck Schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) on Tuesday to lead the America 250 Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment was cast as a way to rival President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> own celebration of the Declaration of Independence&rsquo;s 250th anniversary next July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3498301\/greg-casar-primary-doggett-declining-run-newly-drawn-texas-district\/\">Casar sets up primary fight with Doggett after declining run in newly drawn Texas district<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3498260\/texas-redistricting-republicans-special-session-next-week\/\">Texas Republicans plan for another special session for redistricting starting next week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3498027\/trump-needs-key-reforms-curb-dc-juvenile-crime\/\">Trump needs key reforms to curb juvenile crime in DC, experts say<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We need someone who will make sure America&rsquo;s 250th birthday celebrates our nation and our values,&rdquo; Schumer wrote on X. &ldquo;And I can&rsquo;t think of a better person than Jack to take on that mission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m thrilled to announce I&rsquo;m appointing Jack Schlossberg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JBKSchlossberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JBKSchlossberg<\/a> to the America 250 Commission.<\/p>\n<p>We need someone who will make sure America&#8217;s 250th birthday celebrates our nation and our values.<\/p>\n<p>And I can&rsquo;t think of a better person than Jack to take on that mission. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W6cAdJQRqH\">pic.twitter.com\/W6cAdJQRqH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1955412661136437478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the two-minute video, Schumer said Trump &ldquo;will try to aggrandize the whole thing&rdquo; to stroke his own ego.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump will want to take that 250 cake and just stuff it in his face and in the face of his billionaire friends. You&rsquo;ll be there to stop him,&rdquo; he told Schlossberg.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/america250.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"America 250 Commission\">America 250 Commission<\/a> was established by Congress in 2016 as a bipartisan effort, but Democrats are attempting to challenge Trump&rsquo;s 2026 semiquincentennial celebration. The White House established its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/america250\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"task force\">task force<\/a> to plan next year&rsquo;s festivities.<\/p>\n<p>Trump sought to gain greater control over the bipartisan commission through his political appointee Ariel Abergel, a 25-year-old former Fox News producer. Abergel called on four Republican commissioners to resign to make room for new appointees friendlier to the president, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/08\/america-250-birthday-party-fight-trump\/683774\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Atlantic\">Atlantic<\/a><\/em>  recently reported. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly supported the effort by pressuring one appointee at the behest of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Schlossberg responded enthusiastically to Schumer&rsquo;s endorsement, saying he will do his best to fight back against Trump in the new role.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To quote our Founding Father: &lsquo;I am young, scrappy, and hungry, and I am not going to throw away this shot,&#8217;&rdquo; he said, referring to a fictional quote from Alexander Hamilton in the hit musical <em>Hamilton<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Schlossberg has repeatedly condemned the Trump administration and his cousin, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., particularly over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3299807\/jfk-grandson-scorns-trump-declassify-assassination-files-political-prop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"recent declassification\">recent declassification<\/a> of the files on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/key-points-from-day-3-of-the-rnc-republican-national-convention-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Key points from Day 3 of the RNC: Republican National Convention - Washington Examiner\">grandfather&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy&rsquo;s grandson has generated strange headlines with his social media posts, including one <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JBKSchlossberg\/status\/1943117933548572956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"demanding\">demanding<\/a> conservative commentator Megyn Kelly disclose her genitalia over an argument regarding her views on transgender athletes in women&rsquo;s sports. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JBKSchlossberg\/status\/1948392755488510388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suggested\">suggested<\/a> Kelly is male.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3497833\/chuck-schumer-lowest-favorability-rating-two-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CHUCK SCHUMER SEES LOWEST FAVORABILITY RATING IN TWO DECADES: POLL\">CHUCK SCHUMER SEES LOWEST FAVORABILITY RATING IN TWO DECADES: POLL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schlossberg inappropriately mocked Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JBKSchlossberg\/status\/1881397115051712855?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"asking\">asking<\/a> his followers whether Vice President JD Vance&rsquo;s wife Usha Vance was &ldquo;way hotter&rdquo; than his late grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jack-schlossberg-explains-controversial-social-media-jen-psaki-interview-8788235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"defended\">defended<\/a> his inflammatory online presence earlier this year, saying he only makes &ldquo;posts that I think are funny or silly but have a purpose&rdquo; to provoke people&rsquo;s reactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2191179\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2191179\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schumer names JFK&#8217;s grandson Jack Schlossberg to lead America 250<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2474182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/schlossberg.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61185,61184,5894,4411],"class_list":["post-2474181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-america-250-commission","tag-jack-schlossberg","tag-politics","tag-schumer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/schlossberg.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2474185,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2474181\/revisions\/2474185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2474181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2474181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}