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Schumer, Jeffries & Co. need to get real about the enemy to the left

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Democratic Socialists, high on their victories last Tuesday, are already calling out House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Gov. Kathy Hochul; the hard left’s hate for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was already well-established — so when will they get serious about fighting back?

One Election Night DSA crowd shouted, “You’re next” when Jeffries showed his face; NYC DSA chief Gustavo Gordillo told The New York Times that Hochul “knows we’re coming for her.”

Lefty candidates across the country talk of ousting Jeffries and Schumer from leadership, while regular Democrats wonder if they have what it takes to beat back the radicals.

Yet Jeffries says the DSA’s march won’t “reshape who we are” as Democrats; Schumer falls back on “We’re going to stop Trump” as if the hard lefties can’t say the same, but louder.

Hochul says . . . well, who cares? She’s already paid off Mayor Zohran Mamdani with billions in........

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