In response to U.S. Senator Cory Booker’s appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he stated, “I am not giving away my vote for a budget that’s going to hurt New Jerseyans or anybody in our nation,” anti-establishment progressive Democrat Lisa McCormick issued a direct challenge to New Jersey’s senior senator, demanding he lead the effort to fire Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his capitulation to the Trump-Musk agenda.
After spineless Senate Democrats betrayed our trust, McCormick said Chuck Schumer must be fired as Senate Minority Leader.
“Schumer’s leadership has failed America, and those who refuse to remove him must be recognized as collaborators in Trump’s grand design to dismantle democracy,” said McCormick. “The time for empty rhetoric is over. The time for action is now. Chuck Schumer must go. And if Senate Democrats refuse to remove him, then they too must be removed.”
McCormick had previously launched a scathing attack on “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a handful of spineless Senate Democrats” for their apparent surrender to Republican demands, clearing the way for a House GOP-drafted continuing resolution (CR) that funds the federal government through September 30.
“Senator Booker’s righteous indignation on television would be more believable if he weren’t a key part of the Democratic leadership structure that enabled this disaster,” said McCormick. “Booker’s grandstanding should be called out for what it is. He wants to give an appearance that does not converge with the truth.”
“He saved Chuck Schumer by quelling a grassroots uprising with a feckless filibuster that did nothing but distract angry Democrats from the fact that their leaders threw them under the bus—a performance that netted Booker a cool $10 million in campaign donations from the same corporate donors who benefit from this surrender,” said McCormick.
McCormick pointed to the passage of a House GOP-drafted continuing resolution in March, which Senate Democrats under Schumer’s leadership allowed to clear, as the ultimate betrayal.
The bill funded the federal government through September 30 but legitimized the ongoing destruction of democratic norms and institutions by Donald Trump and his allies.
“While Booker now complains about a president ‘without the morals’ to work across the aisle, his record tells a different story,” said McCormick. “This is the same Cory Booker who openly declared that he ‘loves Donald Trump,’ defended the president’s children, and voted to confirm Charles Kushner—a convicted felon—as ambassador to France. His contrived outrage is a performance designed for the cameras, not a principle to be acted upon.”
McCormick argued that Schumer did not act alone but was propped up by cowardly enablers within the party, including Booker.
“Any Democratic official who is not aggressively working to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader must be considered equally responsible for allowing Donald Trump to get away with his crimes,” said McCormick. “Silence is complicity. The senators who voted against the bill are staying quiet, hoping this will all go away. It won’t. Those who elected Schumer must fire him, or admit they share his guilt.”
“The budget is indeed a moral document,” McCormick concluded. “And the moral failure of the Democratic leadership, including Senator Cory Booker and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, is written in every line of this disastrous GOP bill they allowed to pass. It’s time for Booker to put his vote where his mouth is. Fire Schumer, or stop pretending you’re fighting for us.”
About Lisa McCormick: Lisa McCormick is a progressive Democrat who challenged incumbent Senator Bob Menendez in New Jersey’s 2018 Democratic primary, earning 38% of the vote with a genuine grassroots campaign. She advocates for a Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and bold, urgent action to combat climate change and hold corporate polluters accountable, along with a $50 million cap on personal wealth based on Huey Long’s 1934 plan.