Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer "lives in fear" of the Democratic Party's far-left wing Saturday on "My View with Lara Trump," arguing the longtime New York lawmaker has increasingly deferred to progressives as Republicans and Democrats head into the final stretch before the midterm elections."I think he lives in fear of that every day.I really do," Thune said when asked whether he thinks Schumer is concerned with being overtaken by "socialists."Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he thinks Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., "lives in fear" of being overtaken by the Democratic Party's far-left flank.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon; (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite))"I look at the way that the leaders in the Senate now act, and he voted once to open up the government when they were in the process of shutting it down the first time, and it just got blown up by the far left.
And then ever since then, I mean, it's kind of whatever they want.They defer to that far-left base."Thune made the remarks while discussing what he characterized as Democratic pushback in the Senate, arguing Republicans have been unable to advance several pieces of legislation that are traditionally supported by both parties, like military funding.TED CRUZ NAMES ‘MOST POWERFUL DEMOCRAT’ AS HE WARNS SOCIALIST RISE HAS PARALYZED BIPARTISANSHIP"We have a saying in my office that if you don't get national security right, the rest is conversation.
You've got to protect the country.And so funding our military, the defense authorization bill, as I mentioned earlier — the Democrats blocked us from even getting on it on the floor.
Historically, that's been bipartisan," Thune said.He also emphasized the importance of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which he said is "critical to our intelligence community."Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference at the U.S.Capitol in Washington,...