When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced his decision to vote in favor of a continuing resolution to fund the federal government, many in the far-left wing of his own party began to turn against him.

The same party that railed against the GOP for threatening government shutdowns when Joe Biden was in office suddenly changed their tune when President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

As a result, speculation began to swirl that the New York Democrat could face a potentially formidable primary challenger in the form of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY):

Schumer remained tight-lipped for several days, but recently responded to a reporter’s question about the brewing discord within his party.

As Fox News reported:

“That’s a long time away,” Schumer told The New York Times in an interview when asked about reports that Democratic lawmakers have privately encouraged Ocasio-Cortez to run against him for New York’s U.S. Senate seat in 2028.

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Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as one of the leading voices in the Democratic Party critical of Schumer for supporting the House-passed funding measure to avoid a government shutdown.

“I am focused on bringing Trump’s numbers down, his popularity down, exposing what he has done to America and what he will do,” Schumer said. “That’s my focus right now. You know, three years from now is a long way to speculate. I believe that my hard work against Trump will pay off,” he added.

In a display of the rifts among Democrats over the spending bill, Ocasio-Cortez told CNN host Jake Tapper on Thursday that Schumer effectively allowed Republicans and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take priority over their base.

“I believe that’s a tremendous mistake,” she told Tapper.

Here’s a clip of Ocasio-Cortez’s recent CNN interview:

Tapper also asked Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), another outspoken Schumer critic, about the possibility:

Without signaling an intention to run for Schumer’s seat in 2028, Ocasio-Cortez has expressed her disillusionment on multiple occasions over the past several days:

It’s all part of what appears to be a civil war brewing between factions of the Democratic Party:

The Hill covered this trend in an article published over the weekend:

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The clash is pitting most of the party — including virtually every House Democrat — against Schumer, who infuriated members of his party on and off of Capitol Hill by saying Thursday night he would back the measure.

The differences over strategy badly split House and Senate Democrats.

House Democrats engaged in an active pressure campaign to convince Senate Democrats to vote against the bill, before and after Schumer’s announcement. A number of prospective Democratic presidential candidates, including Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and JB Pritzker of Illinois, also urged Democrats to oppose the bill.

The fissure shattered the message of unity Democrats were hoping to convey coming out of their annual strategy retreat this week.

It also eroded confidence within the party that Schumer will hold the line to block the Republicans’ agenda in the legislative fights to come — especially after a dozen House Democrats in tough districts voted against the measure Tuesday.

Here’s some additional commentary regrding the party’s current state of affairs:

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