Mark Halperin Says Dems Fear ‘Trump Is Steamrolling Over The Entire Party’

Political analyst Mark Halperin said Friday that Democratic senators are concerned that President Donald Trump is dominating the political landscape and overpowering their party.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries both held Thursday press conferences. However, Halperin, on “The Morning Meeting,” suggested that neither of them had made an impact and that they have failed to “break into the conversation” during Trump’s presidency thus far.

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“Both Schumer and Jeffries had press conferences yesterday. Have any of you seen a clip from that? I didn’t show any clips on ‘2WAY Tonight’ because they weren’t that compelling,” Halperin said. “But if it’s not going to be the DNC chair and it’s not going to be those two guys, if those two guys in the third day of Trump’s presidency, can’t break into the conversation by saying things that are leading the party — and that’s part of why Schumer’s having this meeting today, because there are some Democratic senators who are saying, ‘Where are we? We’re the opposition. Trump is steamrolling over the entire party. We don’t have a majority in the Senate, but we’ve got a lot of smart people here, and they’re not competing.’”

Schumer is calling the whole Democratic caucus together on Friday as his members seek guidance on how to safeguard senators in states that Trump won, Axios