George Soros-backed group leads Chuck Schumer retirement push, sparking GOP to ask: Who actually leads their party?

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing a rebellion over his decision to help pass a six-month spending bill to avert a federal shutdown last week— and Republicans have noted that one of Democratic megadonor George Soros’ groups is helping to lead the charge. Indivisible, an activist hub that has received more than $7.6 million since 2017 from Soros’ Open Society Foundations, has called for Schumer to step down for helping pass the bill and is hosting a virtual event Saturday in which activists are encouraged to write happy-retirement cards to the Brooklyn Democrat. “The Democrats will have an important question to answer in the coming days: Who actually leads their party — Schumer or Soros?” a Trump White House official told The Post.“Democrats are eating their own — selling out to the far-left crazies and mega-donors who are funding clown show protests across the country.It’s painfully obvious that George Soros doesn’t believe that ‘Leaders’ [Hakeem] Jeffries or Schumer have the backbone to lead,” said NRCC spokeswoman Emily Tuttle. Indivisible claims to have 1,600 local chapters and lists 10 paid staffers on its website.

It’s unclear to what extent the organization receives permission from major financial backers before making significant political decisions such as calling for Schumer, 74, to retire.The group’s co-executive director Ezra Levin announced the drive to oust Schumer this past Saturday, saying shortly after the funding bill passed: “Senator Schumer should step aside as leader.Every Democrat in the Senate should call for him to do so, and begin making plans for new leadership immediately.

“Levin added that the spending fight should have been used by Democrats as a “rare, precious point of leverage,” but “Schumer did the opposite.He led the charge to wave the white flag of surrender.”Indivisible is helping gin up attendance for at least 17 home-district town hall events where Democra...