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The Senate Democratic leader said it himself on cable news on Tuesday night<\/a>. By siding with Republicans on the government funding bill, Chuck Schumer knew members of his own party would come out against him.<\/p>\n But what may have not have been expected was how quickly the criticism spread beyond the left flank.<\/p>\n Just this week, Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland told constituents \u201cit may be time for the Senate Democrats to get a new leader,\u201d<\/a> Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz aired frustrations, and one of Schumer\u2019s longtime allies, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, dropped the hammer on him.<\/p>\n \u201cI myself don\u2019t give away anything for nothing,\u201d Pelosi told reporters<\/a> Tuesday during a news conference at a children\u2019s hospital in San Francisco, her second time addressing Schumer\u2019s vote<\/a>. \u201cI think that\u2019s what happened the other day.\u201d<\/p>\n Five days after the vote, Schumer bashing is going mainstream \u2014 continuing a drumbeat of criticism that first started when he announced he would join Republicans, eight other Democrats and one independent, to advance the bill to fund the government.<\/p>\n What began with activist groups and progressive members of Congress, has moved toward both the party\u2019s political center and the nation\u2019s heartland \u2013 including to possible 2028 contenders. The criticism comes as the party struggles to find ways to push back against a Republican stranglehold on power in Washington.<\/p>\n Illinois\u2019 Pritzker said \u201cI disagree with what he did and vehemently so,\u201d following a talk<\/a> at the Center for American Progress. Walz, the former vice presidential nominee, said Democrats \u201cgave up their leverage\u201d in an appearance<\/a> on California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n And then there was Pelosi.<\/p>\n By piling on Tuesday, Pelosi \u201cgave everybody a permission slip to carry on,\u201d said one Democratic strategist, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the situation.<\/p>\n And they did.<\/p>\n