Schumer has faced intense backlash from Democrats for instructing members of his party to vote last week for the House GOP’s funding bill that will keep the government funded through September. Stewart joined the chorus of critics during “The Daily Show” on Monday, where he mocked the Senate Democrat for folding to Republicans.

Chuck Schumer defended his Senate Democratic leadership role amid calls for his ouster over helping Trump and Republicans avoid a government shutdown.

Ezra Levin, the co-founder of the grassroots progressive organization Indivisible, talks to the Monitor about why the Democratic base thinks Sen. Chuck Schumer needs to go, what’s driving the movement,