From Washington: Divided Democrats, The Future Of The Party

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A recent Siena College poll indicates that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's favorability rating has fallen to its lowest point in two decades, at 39%. However, progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is currently polling at 47%, her highest ever. Is a generational change heading toward the party? FOX's Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram joins to give his analysis on the future trajectory of the Democratic Party. Then, FOX News Contributor and former federal prosecutor, Andy McCarthy, joins to discuss the current legal challenges facing Harvard University and the Trump administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:05.0	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:11.0	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:13.0	Daddy!
0:14.0	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.2	Now that's term time working.
0:24.6	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.9	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.1	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.9	Conditions apply.
0:36.8	Sunday, April 27th, 2025. I'm Ryan Schmels. Another top Senate Democrat is not seeking re-election.
0:42.3	Does this signal a generational change for Democrats? Durbin is 80. He would have been in his late 80s,
0:48.2	had he won, and then served another full term. I think a lot of people are really starting to
0:52.8	look back at what's happened to the Democrats over the past year or two.
0:55.8	There's a number of things I think the Trump administration is right about, particularly
1:02.4	the potential that there have been violations of the civil rights laws.
1:07.2	Fox News contributor and former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy helps break it all down.
1:12.8	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
1:25.6	Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin is now the fourth Senate Democrat to announce plans to not seek re-election.
1:32.1	The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy.
1:35.3	I truly love the job of being United States Senator, but in my heart, I know it's time to pass the torch.
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