AdvertisementMore than a dozen House Democrats have called for Schumer’s ouster over what they say is a lack of leadership, despite the lawmaker himself not voting for the GOP bill. In a separate interview on the same NBC show, Kaine stressed that he does not “need a permission slip from” Schumer to vote a certain way. He also shot back at the House Democrats calling for Schumer to step down, toting the leader’s legislative wins under the Biden administration. “I don’t tell Ro Khanna or AOC or anybody else who you should pick as your House leader, because I got a full-time job being a senator,” he continued. “I don’t need to freelance opinions about House leadership.
