Schatz secures Schumer’s backing

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

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Sen. Brian Schatz is all but locked in as the next Senate Democratic whip — and possibly a future leader — with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s backing. Max Cohen joins Anna to break down Schatz’s rapid rise and how he’s reshaping the party’s leadership pipeline. Plus: Vice President JD Vance heads to Indiana as Republicans eye aggressive redistricting while California Democrats target five new House seats of their own. Punchbowl News is on YouTube! Subscribe to our channel today to see all the new ways we’re investing in video. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:21.6	administrative costs. Discover how United Health Group is making health care simpler at UHG.com. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer. And I'm Max Cohen.
0:41.2	And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News. It's Tuesday, August 5th, 2025.
0:46.9	Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we've got some big news in the Senate.
0:52.3	Ryan Shots has all but locked up the number two spot.
0:55.8	Whip was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer endorsing him.
0:59.2	Number two, we've got the latest on redistricting.
1:01.4	And number three, Democratic ad buys target Medicare cuts.
1:05.3	All right, Max, let's get into it.
1:07.7	We have for an August recess, a very newsy top here this morning.
1:13.1	Senator Brian Schatz has been on the march to secure his colleague's support for him in the number
1:19.8	two spot, which would start in 2027. But we have news this morning that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has not only endorsed it,
1:29.8	but has been kind of helping him along the way.
1:31.9	Exactly, yeah.
1:32.6	And we're reporting now that Schatz has basically locked up this leadership race before it's really even began,
1:38.9	which is super impressive inside game from Brian Schott's.
1:42.5	Schumer is now backing him.
1:43.8	He's saying he has a majority of Senate Democrats
1:46.2	now backing him and no other Senate Democrat realistically will now challenge shots. And not only is
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