Democrats have few options for challenging President Trump and the GOP majorities in the House and Senate.

But some on the left say they had a chance to do just that last week when Senate Republicans needed votes from their Democratic colleagues to pass the government funding bill.

The top Democrat, Senator Chuck Schumer, however, voted with the GOP and supplied the needed votes,

angering many in his party.

Let me be clear, in my time in Congress, never, ever has one party written partisan, full-year

appropriations bills for all of government and expected the other party to go along without any input.

I would have liked to see when Chuck Schumer had leverage here to say we need A, B, C, and D for the Democratic Party and force the Republicans to meet him halfway.

To see Senate Democrats even consider acquiescing to Elon Musk, I think it is a huge

slap in the face and I think that there's a wide sense of betrayal if things proceed

as currently planned.

I myself don't give away anything for nothing.

I think that's what happened the other day.

We spoke with Senator Schumer earlier today about that criticism, Democrats' path forward, and his new book, anti-Semitism in America.

A warning.

Leader Schumer, welcome back to the News Hour.

Glad to be back.

I want to start with your support of the GOP funding bill and the criticism that you have received

as a result.

I know that you maintain that a shutdown would have been far worse than passing the Republican

bill.

What do you see that the vast majority of Hill Democrats don't see? Why are they wrong in saying

that you should have blocked it? Well, Jeff, I knew when I made my decision, there'd be a lot of

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