A big question has been on the minds of Democrats since their grueling loss in November: Who is the leader of the Democratic Party?

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)? House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)? Someone else?

The delicate question has been lingering since former President Biden dropped his bid for reelection, Vice President Harris lost her run to replace him, and shell-shocked Democrats were left with the dilemma of finding the strong national voice to lead the resistance against President Trump in his second term — an opposition that’s gained urgency amid the rapid-fire pace of Trump’s efforts to remake the workings of Washington.

Some Democrats fear the void hasn’t been filled — and might not be for some time.

“There is no one. … It’s as simple as that,” said former Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who was among the first Democrats to warn that Biden’s age was a liability on the campaign trail.

“There’s no one, certainly, that the party, I would argue, looks to, or feels led by, or inspired by, is the truth,” he continued. “Any organization — business, for-profit, nonprofit, political party — that lacks spirited leadership is going to suffer. And I think you can count us among those organizations right now. There’s just no question.”

Phillips is hardly alone. Other lawmakers on Capitol Hill are also sounding alarms that Democrats have no obvious national leader in the wake of Trump’s victory, and they’re worried it will take some time for one to emerge.

“We used to have Obama, we used to have Clinton. And we really don't have anybody right now,” a moderate House lawmaker said. “I think we........

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