Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, faced blaring and profound political blowback on Friday for his decision to join with Republicans in pushing through a stopgap spending bill to stave off a government shutdown.
House Democrats, including some of the party’s most senior members, and progressive activists said Mr. Schumer’s stance was a shameful capitulation to President Trump and the G.O.P.
The grass roots Democratic group Pass the Torch, which agitated for former President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to end his campaign last summer, on Friday morning called on the Senate minority leader to step aside.
“Chuck Schumer is unwilling and unable to meet the moment,” the group said in a statement. “His sole job is to fight MAGA’s fascist takeover of our democracy — instead, he’s directly enabling it.”
The call came the day after Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, declined to rule out mounting a primary challenge against Mr. Schumer, telling CNN there was “a deep sense of outrage and betrayal” about his decision on the pending bill.
And Mr. Trump weighed in with a political kiss of death for Mr. Schumer, congratulating him for “doing the right thing.”