‘They SHOULD Be!’ Dem Leaders Schumer, Jeffries ‘Paralyzed’ By Fear of Leftist ‘Tea Party’ Revolt, Says Chuck Todd on CNN

Chuck Todd argued House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are rightly living in “fear” of a “left-wing Tea Party” revolt within their own party.

Todd, who recently left NBC News after nearly 18 years, joined CNN’s Kasie Hunt and her panel on The Arena on Friday where he said House Democrats protesting President Donald Trump’s address to Congress looked “ridiculous,” though he noted minorities in the House always look ridiculous when they are “trying to get attention.

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was removed from the chamber after yelling and disrupting the president, while other Democrats walked out and held up signs in protest. Jeffries reportedly confronted lawmakers about their disruptions.

Todd argued:

“Jefferies and Schumer acting paralyzed because they have two different constituencies. They have ones who are worried about a left wing tea party, and they should be worried about that because I do think this anger inside the base is real. Then you have others who are like, hey, I won, and Trump carried my state. So I’ve got to do this. So I think that’s why Jeffries and Schumer come across as paralyzed because they’re trying to placate a coalition party that doesn’t know which direction to go to.”

The former Meet the Press moderator added that Democratic Party leaders appear scared to publicly disagree with each other out of concern that they’ll help Trump and Republicans look better.

“This really they should be having a loud argument the way Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson did in 1989 and 1990 after a thrashing in 1988 where Republicans won,” Todd said. “And the problem is, the Democrats right now are afraid of having a public debate because they don’t want to help out Trump, but I do think it’s I do think it’s stifling their ability to figure out what to do next.”

Watch above via CNN.