Progressives are vowing to run primary challenges against Democrats who do not do enough to stand up to President Trump and the GOP, an effort that is intensifying after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) decision to provide votes to advance a GOP funding bill last week.

The progressives are increasingly frustrated with the current leadership of the party and with the messaging coming from Democrats in general. And the spending bill has spurred furious talk that a new crop of leaders should emerge.

“I’ve always believed that competition and primaries are healthy,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) told The Hill. “No one is entitled to their seat. Voters want change and are fed up with the old guard in American politics.

“I expect many new generation leaders to run for the House and Senate in 2026 and 2028,” Khanna said. “Democracy depends on renewal.”

On the heels of his support for the funding bill, Schumer has been hit with the most backlash. Within hours of his announcement that he would support advancing the GOP-backed bill, which needed 60 votes to clear procedural hurdles, progressives were........

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