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A GROUP OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS IS REPORTEDLY PUSHING SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER TO TAKE A STRONGER STANCE AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS SIX GOVERNORS LED BY J-B PRITZKER OF ILLINOIS AND MAURA HEALY OF MASSACHUSETTS HELD A CALL WITH SCHUMER WEDNESDAY NIGHT … ASKING HIM TO SLOW DOWN THE CONFIRMATION OF TRUMP’S CABINET NOMINEES. 

ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, THE GOVERNORS ALSO SAID THE PARTY NEEDED TO GENERATE MORE PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO TRUMP’S PICKS AND AGENDA THAN SENATORS HAVE IN THE CHAMBER SO FAR.

SCHUMER REPORTEDLY TOLD THE GOVERNORS HE COULD NOT FORCE ALL SENATE DEMOCRATS TO OPPOSE EVERY TRUMP NOMINEE BUT HE COULD UNITE THE CAUCUS TO OPPOSE CERTAIN HIGH-PROFILE APPOINTEES.

THE SENATE THIS WEEK HELD CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR THREE OF TRUMP’S MOST CONTENTIOUS CABINET PICKS — ROBERT F KENNEDY JUNIOR TO BE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY, TULSI GABBARD FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND KASH PATEL TO HEAD THE FBI. 

THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS REPORTEDLY ALSO TOLD SCHUMER THAT THEIR STATES ARE WHERE THE BRUNT OF TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDERS WILL BE FELT, INCLUDING ORDERS TO  PAUSE FEDERAL FUNDS.

MINNESOTA GOVERNOR AND LAST YEAR’S DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT, TIM WALZ WAS ALSO ON WEDNESDAY’S CALL … AND SAID DEMOCRATS NEEDED TO BE MORE VISIBLE IN THE MEDIA TO CONVEY THEIR PARTY’S MESSAGE – INSTEAD OF JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT TRUMP IS DOING. 

ALSO ON THE CALL WERE NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL, KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, AND KANSAS GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY.

REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE GOVERNORS HAVE NOT COMMENTED ON THE ARTICLE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES.

FOR SAN I’M JACK AYLMER. 

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