进步组织“不可分割”周三呼吁民主党议员，在该党于周二中期选举中赢得国会两院控制权后，替换参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州）担任多数党领袖一职。
The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as majority leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
该组织在社交媒体帖文中写道：“昨天，选民非常明确地表明，他们想要新一代的民主党斗士。我们需要一位有能力领导这场斗争的参议院领袖。参议院民主党人选出新领导层的时候到了。”该组织在周三的声明中引用了这位少数党领袖下滑的支持率。全国广播公司新闻（NBC News）于10月底进行的一项民调发现，只有13%的登记选民对舒默的领导力持正面看法。
“Yesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,” the group wrote in a social media post. “We need a leader in the Senate who is capable of leading that fight. It’s time for Senate Democrats to choose new leadership.”The group cited the minority leader’s faltering approval ratings in their Wednesday statement. An NBC News poll conducted at the end of October found only 13 percent of registered voters viewed Schumer’s leadership positively.
“不可分割”在声明中说：“美国人民并非以历史性优势选出民主党人，只为让他们屈膝投降、回到照常营业的老路上。参议院民主党人需要倾听选民的声音，翻过现状政治这一页。”
“The American people did not elect Democrats by historic margins just to bend the knee and go back to business as usual,” Indivisible said in its statement. “Senate Democrats need to listen to the voters and turn the page on status quo politics.”
舒默周三上午在一次演讲中，庆祝民主党在参议院选举中的胜利是“参议院版图的代际性重塑，对历史有着巨大影响”。但遗憾的是，对舒默而言，这也可能预示着他在民主党领导层中的未来将面临黯淡前景。
During a speech on Wednesday morning, Schumer celebrated the Democrats’ wins in Senate races as “a generational remake of the Senate map that has huge consequences for history.”Unfortunately for Schumer, it could also portend bleak consequences for his own future in Democratic leadership.
新当选的密歇根州、堪萨斯州、伊利诺伊州和缅因州民主党参议员均已公开表示，不会支持舒默担任多数党领袖。
Newly elected Senate Democrats in Michigan, Kansas, Illinois and Maine have all publicly stated they would not back Schumer as majority leader.
密歇根州当选参议员阿卜杜勒·埃尔-萨耶德（民主党）在5月告诉路易斯安那州杂志《当代事务》，参议员克里斯·范霍伦（民主党-马里兰州）是他“心目中多数党领袖的首选人选”。在7月的一次竞选集会上，马里兰州参议员背书他后，埃尔-萨耶德介绍范霍伦为“下一任参议院多数党领袖”。其他新当选的民主党参议员则对他们可能如何在即将到来的领导层竞争中投票保持沉默。
Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D) told Louisiana-based magazine Current Affairs in May that Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was his “number one pick for majority leader.”At a campaign rally in July after the Maryland senator endorsed him, El-Sayed introduced Van Hollen as the “next Senate majority leader.”Other new Democratic senators have stayed quiet on how they might cast their votes in this upcoming leadership fight.
得克萨斯州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科（民主党人）在该州参议院竞选中为其党赢得重大胜利，他在9月接受《Punchbowl News》采访时拒绝承诺支持舒默担任多数党领袖，告诉该媒体他的党派在华盛顿需要“新鲜血液”。
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), who pulled off a major victory for his party in the state’s Senate race, declined to commit to supporting Schumer for majority leader in a September interview with Punchbowl News, telling the outlet his party needs “new blood” in Washington.
同样，新罕布什尔州众议员克里斯·帕帕斯（民主党人）在周二赢得该州空缺参议员席位，他在9月接受MS NOW的彼得·亚历山大采访时拒绝承诺支持舒默。他强调领导层需要“新声音”。
Similarly, New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas (D), who won the state’s open Senate race on Tuesday, declined to commit to backing Schumer in a September interview with MS NOW’s Peter Alexander. He emphasized a need for “new voices in leadership.”