{"id":45306,"date":"2025-11-26T12:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=45306"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:20:08","slug":"sanders-warren-help-form-senate-democratic-fight-club-challenging-schumers-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/11\/26\/sanders-warren-help-form-senate-democratic-fight-club-challenging-schumers-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders, Warren Help Form Senate Democratic \u2018Fight Club\u2019 Challenging Schumer\u2019s Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a news conference with fellow senators on October 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo glad there are some Senate Dems willing to fight back,\u201d said one progressive strategist.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jake Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 25, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angered by the Democratic leadership\u2019s fecklessness and lack of a bold vision for the future, a group of senators including Bernie Sanders<\/a> of Vermont<\/a> and Elizabeth Warren<\/a> of Massachusetts has formed an alliance to push back on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer<\/a> and the party\u2019s campaign arm ahead of next year\u2019s critical midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The existence of the group, known as the \u201cFight Club,\u201d was first revealed Monday by the New York Times<\/a><\/em>, which reported<\/a> that the senators are pressing the Democratic Party<\/a> to \u201cembrace candidates willing to challenge entrenched corporate interests, fiercely oppose the Trump administration<\/a>, and defy their own party\u2019s orthodoxy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sens. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Tina Smith of Minnesota, and Chris Murphy<\/a> of Connecticut are also members of the alliance, and other senators\u2014including Ed Markey<\/a> of Massachusetts and Jeff Merkley<\/a> of Oregon\u2014have taken part in group actions, according to the Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe coalition of at least half a dozen senators… is unhappy with how Mr. Schumer and his fellow senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a>, the head of Senate Democrats\u2019 campaign arm, have chosen, recruited and, they argue, favored candidates aligned with the establishment,\u201d the newspaper reported. \u201cThe party\u2019s campaign arm, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, has not made any formal endorsements in contested primaries. However, the senators are convinced that it is quietly signaling support for and pushing donors toward specific Senate candidates: Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota, Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan, and Gov. Janet Mills in Maine<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the \u201cFight Club\u201d have endorsed Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan\u2019s bid for US Senate<\/a>. In addition to Flanagan, Sanders has backed Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s US Senate run in Michigan and Graham Platner\u2019s campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins<\/a> in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platner\u2019s top opponent in the primary race, Mills, was \u201caggressively recruited<\/a>\u201d by Schumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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