Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s political stock is crashing harder than a woke startup’s IPO. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, spilling the tea on “The Chuck ToddCast” on May 15, 2025, revealed that Schumer’s public disapproval now outstrips even Vice President JD Vance’s. Turns out, leading with spinelessness doesn’t win hearts.
Khanna, fresh off his “Benefits over Billionaires” tour, dropped this bombshell while chatting with former NBC News analyst Chuck Todd, the Daily Caller reported.
Americans, he said, are fed up with Schumer’s leadership or lack thereof—ranking him third in their crosshairs behind Elon Musk and President Donald Trump. The woke crowd’s darling is now their punching bag. Schumer’s trust among Democrats has collapsed, Khanna noted, leaving Todd gobsmacked. “Wow,” Todd interjected, stunned that a Senate minority leader, usually a political nobody, could draw such ire. Actions, it seems, have consequences.
Khanna’s travels across the U.S. revealed a public seething at Schumer’s failures. He argued it’s rare for someone in Schumer’s low-profile role to attract this level of venom. Yet, here we are, with Democrats turning their pitchforks on one of their own.
Todd, grasping for an explanation, suggested Schumer might be catching flak as a proxy for frustration with former President Joe Biden. The “Biden hangover,” as Todd called it, paints Schumer as the last of the old guard refusing to exit stage left. Khanna nodded but didn’t let Schumer off the hook.
A key misstep? Schumer’s March 2025 vote to push a GOP-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. Khanna slammed him for not explaining this capitulation, leaving voters feeling betrayed. Fighting harder, apparently, isn’t in Schumer’s playbook.
“Chuck Schumer has squandered any goodwill he had,” Khanna declared, cutting through the D.C. fog. He marveled that people are angrier at Schumer than at Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The anti-woke wave doesn’t care for establishment relics.
Todd, clearly rattled, pressed Khanna: “Schumer’s trust levels have collapsed with Democrats?” Khanna doubled down, noting that Schumer’s name pops up in town halls as a symbol of everything wrong with the party. Ouch.
Khanna’s rankings were brutal: Musk, Trump, then Schumer, with Vance and Rubio trailing. “It’s shocking to me,” he said, wishing Democrats would aim their fire at the other side. But no, Schumer’s the one taking the heat.
Even in Schumer’s home state, the tide’s turning. CNN’s Harry Enten, citing Siena College data, warned on April 24, 2025, that Schumer’s favorability among New York Democrats plummeted from 73% in December 2024 to 52% by April 2025. That’s a nosedive even a MAGA fan can appreciate.
Enten called it the lowest favorability Schumer’s ever recorded in the poll’s history. New Yorkers, once loyal, now see through the Senate leader’s empty promises. The woke agenda’s poster boy is losing his base. Khanna didn’t mince words about Schumer’s spending bill fiasco. “He just didn’t do a good job explaining himself,” he said, pointing out that voters wanted a fighter, not a compromiser. Schumer’s acting like it’s business as usual in a world that’s anything but.
Todd’s theory about a “Biden hangover” holds water. Schumer, as one of the last old-guard Democrats, is catching the backlash for a generation that clung to power too long. The MAGA crowd’s been saying this for years—nice to see Democrats catching up. Khanna’s critique paints a picture of a party adrift, with Schumer as its floundering captain. His failure to stand firm on the spending bill only fueled the perception that he was out of touch. Woke or not, voters hate weakness.
Schumer’s fall from grace is a warning to the Democratic elite: adapt or get left behind. As Khanna’s tour shows, Americans are done with leaders who bend to the establishment’s whims. The anti-woke revolution is just getting started.
