in 1998, Chuck Schumer ran as a tough-on-crime angry centrist who is friendly to Wall Street...fearing AOC primary , he's suddenly a progressive hero

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Mehdi Hasan took him to task for it on his show.

 

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Schumer voted for the Iraq War in 2003 and opposed the 2015 Iran nuclear accord. He voted against gay marriage as a House member in 1996, only to reverse his position 13 years later as New York Democrats shifted on the issue. Schumer closely aligned with the financial services industry in his home state by backing repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999, and he raised tens of millions of dollars from Wall Street as the Senate Democrats’ campaign chair during the 2006 and 2008 election cycles. In 2006, Schumer supported a border fence between the United States and Mexico, and on other occasions, he’s called for a national ID card to reduce illegal immigration. Two years ago, Schumer offered Trump $25 billion in border wall funding in exchange for providing young undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship, a move criticized by some pro-immigration groups.

Chuck Schumer isn't an 'angry centrist' anymore

On the verge of seizing the Senate, the New York Democrat explains why he's moved to the left.

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Sen Schumer is a vacillating windsock. As his national profile grew, like Joe Biden, he moved to the left.