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华盛顿报道 — 佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯周二表示，在民主党掌控参议院后，他不会支持纽约州参议员查克·舒默担任民主党领袖，成为目前公开反对舒默参选的最知名进步派人士。
桑德斯在国会大厦举行的记者会上宣布了这一决定，称上周的中期选举“关乎变革”。民主党将在第120届国会于今年1月开幕时，控制至少54个席位。
“这是一场全国范围内的选举，无论红州还是蓝州，人们环顾四周都会问：‘美国到底出了什么问题？’我正挣扎着养家糊口、支付医疗费用、购置住房，而且我担心，即便一切条件均等，我在世界历史上最富裕国家生活的孩子，生活水平也会比我更低？而在这一切发生的同时，亿万富翁阶层的境况却从未如此顺遂，”桑德斯说道。
他补充道：“我个人认识查克·舒默已有30多年了，我喜欢查克。没人比查克·舒默更努力。但在我看来，现在是变革的时候了，我不会支持查克连任民主党领袖。”
作为一名以民主党党团成员身份参与议事的独立人士，桑德斯呼吁“就民主党的发展方向展开一场激烈辩论”。
“我们需要将这件事摆到台面上，向美国人民表明，新的时代已经到来，他们的选票意味着华盛顿将迎来新的方向，”他说道。
桑德斯与密歇根州民主党参议员埃丽萨·斯洛特金一同出席，斯洛特金表示：“任何想要领导党团的人，都应该拿出一份计划，说明他们将如何以不同方式执政、前100天内会做什么来增加民众收入，以及尤其是他们将如何采取不同的沟通方式。”
斯洛特金称自己“并未积极谋求这一职位”，但正在“寻求变革”。
“任何想获得我选票的人，都必须向我展示一份明确不同的具体计划，”斯洛特金说道，“在我看到任何人拿出这样的计划之前，我都不会支持。”
目前尚未出现挑战舒默担任参议院民主党党团领袖地位的候选人，但马里兰州参议员克里斯·范霍伦是最接近参选的人。范霍伦起初表示不会谋求该职位，但本周他称自己正在考虑参选。
“我从一开始就说，我们不应该搞册封，”他在周一表示，“我目前仍在听取意见，没有完全关上大门。”
在周二的一场活动中，范霍伦表示他“目前正在与同僚沟通”。
“我正在积极联系同僚，因为说到底，这是民主党党团的一次投票，”他说道。
预计民主党将在12月初举行党内领导层选举。
Bernie Sanders says he won’t support Schumer as Democratic leader in new Congress
November 10, 2026 / 5:00 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he won’t support New York Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader when the party takes control of the Senate, becoming the most prominent progressive to oppose his candidacy to date.
Sanders made the announcement at a press conference at the Capitol, saying last week’s midterm elections were “about change.” Democrats will control at least 54 seats when the 120th Congress convenes in January.
“It was an election across the country, in red states and blue states, where people were looking around them and saying, ‘What is going on in America, when I am struggling to put food on the table, pay for healthcare, pay for housing, and I’m worried not only that my life economically is going nowhere, everything being equal, my kid in the richest country in the history of the world is going to have the lowest standard of living than I do?’ And while all of this is going on, the billionaire class has never ever had it so good,” Sanders said.
He added: “I personally have known Chuck Schumer for over 30 years, and I like Chuck. Nobody who works harder than Chuck Schumer. But in my view, the time is now for change, and I will not be supporting Chuck to be reelected as the Democratic leader.”
Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, called for “a vigorous debate about the direction of the Democratic Party.”
“We need to have that out in the open to show the American people that a new day has come and that their votes meant a new direction in Washington,” he said.
Sanders appeared alongside Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who said that “whoever wants to run this caucus should come forward with a plan on how they’re going to govern differently, what they’re going to do in the first 100 days to put money in people’s pockets, and then in particular how they’re going to communicate differently.”
Slotkin said she is “not actively seeking this job” but is “seeking change.”
“Whoever wants my vote is going to have to show me a concrete plan that’s definitively different,” Slotkin said. “I’m a no until and unless I see that from anyone.”
No contender has emerged to challenge Schumer’s role atop the Senate Democratic caucus, but Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland has come the closest to throwing his hat in the ring. After initially saying he would not pursue the position, Van Hollen has said this week that he’s exploring a potential run.
“What I’ve said from the very beginning is, we shouldn’t have a coronation,” he said on Monday. “I’m in listening mode and haven’t shut the door.”
At an event on Tuesday, Van Hollen said he is “in the process right now of calling my colleagues.”
“I’m actively calling my colleagues because at the end of the day, this is a vote in the Democratic caucus,” he said.
Democrats are expected to hold their leadership elections in early December.
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