{"id":23442,"date":"2025-11-18T20:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=23442"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:08:18","slug":"schumer-is-not-going-to-win-if-aoc-runs-against-him-hugh-hewitt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=23442","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Is Not Going to Win if AOC Runs Against Him: Hugh Hewitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Schumer.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Schumer.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Schumer-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Schumer-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Schumer-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Schumer-1536x813.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"847\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat who just emerged from the \u2018Schumer Shutdown\u2019 politically wounded, is watching his party self-destruct before his eyes, and it could even lead to his own undoing, according to political observers who are watching things play out in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>That opinion is shared by conservative radio host and professor Hugh Hewitt, who predicted that Schumer would not win a primary contest against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) if she chooses to run against him as their Democratic Party shifts further and further to the hard left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I let you go, I know you\u2019re not a gambling man, but does Chuck Schumer survive this? I mean, it seems designed to insulate him from AOC, and if that was his goal, I don\u2019t think it worked,\u201d Fox News host and former GOP congressman Trey Gowdy asked Hewitt during a segment on his Sunday show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI do think he survives it for a very selfish reason by the other Democrats. Nobody wants that job. Someone\u2019s going to have to open the government again. He\u2019s already got \u2014 he\u2019s a pin cushion of arrows, so there\u2019s nothing he can really lose,\u201d Hewitt began before dropping his prediction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not going to win if AOC runs against him in 2028. I would not be surprised if he is announcing his retirement early in 2027 to clear the way. He\u2019s been in government for 50-plus years. Sometimes it\u2019s time to go home and there\u2019s no reason not to use that if a guy has been beat up this badly, and boy, has he been beaten up pretty badly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3237854&amp;userid=17447&amp;loginid=15879&amp;playercolor=%23ee1a3b&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=bb1c52bafc9fa126f6db703680cc516e\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as6078\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A New York Post editorial board piece published a week ago noted that rank-and-file Democrats are largely dispirited and frustrated after a lengthy shutdown failed to win concessions from majority Republicans on issues important to their party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats pointlessly kept the government shut down for 41 days (and still counting!), purely to satisfy their squalling left flank\u2019s need to do something to \u2018resist\u2019 President Donald Trump,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/10\/opinion\/democrats-despair-as-colleagues-cave-on-schumer-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the editorial began<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter they shut it down, they opted to claim the point was to force the GOP to extend expiring Covid-era Affordable Care Act subsidies \u2014 though the Dems themselves had set the expiration date back in 2021,\u201d it continued. \u201cYet the true reason was simply that Democratic grassroots activists and donors are furious that they can\u2019t get their way in Washington, and insisted that their congresscritters express their rage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>After<\/em>\u00a0they shut it down, they\u00a0opted to claim the point was to force the GOP to extend expiring Covid-era Affordable Care Act subsidies \u2014 though the Dems themselves had set the expiration date back in 2021,\u201d it continued. \u201cYet the true reason was simply that Democratic grassroots activists and donors are\u00a0furious that they can\u2019t get their way\u00a0in Washington, and insisted that their congresscritters express their rage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter that they\u2019re near-powerless because they lost last year\u2019s elections.\u00a0 That is, \u2018saving democracy\u2019 never had anything to do with respecting the wishes of the majority of voters; it\u00a0<em>always\u00a0<\/em>meant simply \u2018Stop Orange Man!\u2019\u201d the op-ed continued, even if it meant harming the country or impeding Trump policies that improve the lives of all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The op-ed noted, too, that the most left-wing base of the Democratic Party in Congress is livid with Schumer, with some even calling for him to be removed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSen. Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,\u201d postured Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n<p>There have been rumors for months that AOC has been eyeing a primary challenge to Schumer, which is why he bent to her wing of the party to keep the government shuttered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>A new report from CNN says that, if she does challenge Schumer, AOC would likely win.<\/p>\n<p>CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten reported Tuesday that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/11\/11\/cnns-harry-enten-runs-through-horrific-numbers-for-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schumer\u2019s approval rating has fallen<\/a>\u00a0to its lowest level for any Democratic Senate leader since at least 1985.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\" class=\"trc_related_container tbl-feed-container render-late-effect tbl-feed-frame-DIVIDER\" data-feed-container-num=\"1\" data-feed-main-container-id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails\" data-parent-placement-name=\"Below Article Thumbnails\" data-pub-lang=\"en\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails-sca1\" class=\"trc_related_container tbl-trecs-container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_above-the-feed-premium-card-fp-delta pad-down above-the-feed-placement\" data-card-index=\"1\" data-placement-name=\"Below Article Thumbnails | Injected 1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-thumbnails-pl1\" class=\"tbl-feed-card trc_related_container tbl-trecs-container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbs-feed-01-delta\" data-card-index=\"1\" data-placement-name=\"Below Article Thumbnails | Card 1\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_6253927619\" class=\"trc_rbox thumbs-feed-01-delta trc-content-sponsored\">\n<div id=\"outer_6253927619\" class=\"trc_rbox_outer\">\n<div id=\"rbox-t2v\" class=\"trc_rbox_div trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div id=\"internal_trc_6253927619\">\n<div class=\"videoCube trc_spotlight_item origin-undefined textItem thumbnail_top videoCube_1_child syndicatedItem trc-first-recommendation trc-spotlight-first-recommendation trc_excludable\" data-item-id=\"~~V1~~-7481591634455531613~~r6Ceao2s1trQXpOhxUcfMIG7nceZO1EOUCpX8LT8k88e79Ni-eBnd8iQ4KmvvX-QLT7euZie-0U4Mv7S7iQpFecUxfNwbLLaZRIB5dOjkUDDf5ro9-Ql88N6rV6urYe2SM3bYTsx-v5QWOTenw5rdjkg9JbJy4c454OARdvVxYJDMnango35KVi2LB0QXGAGQnd70_QU6rHN3rty2k9AnR_W7SWBPC4ULrElBobaXgKEVT_s9_u1wrXEu0B8r_-3uq180H09KMMGWKDra9vB9w\" data-item-title=\"Men Can\u2019t Get Enough of This Cozy Polo Shirt\" data-item-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/static\/thumbnails\/f0c32794772aae8cd4398c557ceb4530.png\" data-item-syndicated=\"true\">\n<div class=\"thumbBlock_holder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Getty Images This article may contain commentary which reflects the author&#8217;s opinion. 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