Schumer and Jeffries Refuse to Back Growing Democratic Calls to Defund ICE

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63. correct, I see less than half a dozen legislators in the article

...where are the numbers needed to pull that off?

If there are enough Dems in the caucus who will go outfront and vote for that, then it will happen. If not, it won't.

Changing the leadership won't change the numbers in our own party needed to carry out these ideals. Where's the evidence Schumer and Jeffries are ar odds with the majority on this?

I'd guess they'll find out this week when they nmeet, but I'm not ignorant enough of the makeup of the Dem membership to imagine that there will be a significant number pushing for controversial 'defund' messaging from the people THEY voted to represent them. We'll see.

What I would expect will be efforts in the hearings in the three committees with jurisdiction to bring NOEM and others before them to answer for their statements and actions.

People want a majority that can act decisively instead of perform for critics then vote them in, But they won't get there easily by trolling Dems i seats who have already fought against republicans and won.

I'm going to guess they have more experience at fighting and winning against the opposition than their critics, none of of the opposition to their leadership coming from inside their own ranks from legislators who know well that they oporate by the consensus of a majority within the Dem caucus, not on their own personal initiative as their critics suppose or pretend.