One of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) senior staffers has just quit after working for the Democrat senator for decades.
Axios reported that legislative director Meghan Taira is expected to depart next month.
Taira’s departure comes as the Democratic Party is in turmoil.
Schumer has already tapped Dylan Laslovich to replace her.
Laslovich previously served as Sen. John Tester’s (D-MT) chief of staff.
Taira’s exit has reportedly been planned for months.
However, the timing couldn’t be worse for Schumer.
Last week, he became unpopular within his party for working with Republicans to prevent a government shutdown.
This week, “safety concerns” caused him to cancel his book tour.
According to the New York Times, Schumer was instrumental in allowing a GOP continuing resolution to pass.
He and nine other Democrats were enough for the legislation to advance to the president’s desk, where it was signed.
This angered Democrats who felt that he was obligated to oppose President Donald Trump even with a looming government shutdown.
It was a complete turnaround on previous refusals, but he claimed he had no choice because of Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“A shutdown would shut down all government agencies, and it would solely be up to Trump and DOGE and Musk what to open again because they could determine what was essential,” Schumer told the Times Wednesday.
“So their goal of decimating the whole federal government, of cutting agency after agency after agency, would occur under a shutdown.”
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) was one of the many voices decrying Schumer’s move.
Dingell claimed Schumer “sent out mixed signals” about their collective opposition to Trump’s cost-cutting agenda.
“People are scared, and they want us to do something,” Dingell claimed.
“They want to see Democrats fighting back.”
Even before Schumer helped Republicans, it was clear that Democrats were in trouble with their base.
According to CNN, a poll by SSRS between March 6 and 9 revealed record-low approval ratings for the Democratic Party.
“Among the American public overall, the Democratic Party’s favorability rating stands at just 29% – a record low in CNN’s polling dating back to 1992 and a drop of 20 points since January 2021, when Trump exited his first term under the shadow of the January 6 attack at on Capitol.”
The news outlet claimed the GOP’s rating was at 36%.
These numbers come after Trump won another term in the White House despite all of the attacks networks like CNN leveled at him, not to mention the lawfare from his enemies in political positions.
Not only did he win, he won big.
“This is a historic political realignment,” Republican political strategist Ryan Williams said, according to Fox News.
“He just expanded the party in a way that no other nominee has been able to do before.
“And I think that’s why the polling missed this because he so radically changed the composition of the electorate,” Williams added.
Democrats seem to be falling apart as Republicans are on the ascendancy.
Amid all of that turmoil, Schumer is also losing his top aide, which doesn’t bode well for the politician who should be the head of the Democratic Party’s opposition.
