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article summarized in tag format: “schumer steps up to the major-league plate: interview with senator chuck schumer in new york’s aspiration chamber, a trump critic suggests how democrats might win — if they could just stay focused.”
the new yorker’s comprehensive profile of senator chuck schumer’s political career and major achievements on capitol Hill shines light on his unparalleled ability to develop bipartisan relationships and play strategic chess on social security, the payroll tax, immigration law, and gun control. this piece also highlights schumer’s knack for winning closely-contested elections and constructing major legislative victories in the senate. yet, schumer anticipates the challenge of competing against the apolitical appeal that president trump is able to muster — a challenge particularly daunting in swing states — and he stresses the importance of repositioning the democratic party’s message and staying focused in action rather than reaction to trump’s legislative agenda, which he deems to be something other than conservative.
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