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criticism of his leadership within the party. Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna called [on Schumer](/news/2025/11/11/us-senate-votes-to-end-shutdown-why-democrats-are-upset-with-chuck-schumer) to resign from his role after the vote. “These bulldozers are used to illegally destroy Palestinian villages,” Khanna said
Khanna said. “Every Democrat must vote no. Everyone who loves the constitution must vote no.” In other developments: - **Donald Trump** [announced](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/trump-announces-10-day-ceasefire-in-lebanon-after-excellent-conversations) **a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon** to be followed
criticism of him and earned a place in [his inner circle](/features/2025/2/20/marco-rubio-a-traditionalist-hawk-in-the-age-of-trump). Others never sought re-election or retired in the middle of their term to avoid a fight with the president, who is known
Khanna, the congressman from California, [said that](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/may/21/donald-trump-ballroom-reconciliation-bill-republicans-democrats-war-powers-iran-epa-ai-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a0f83ba8f080414a3d98ac9#block-6a0f83ba8f080414a3d98ac9) “one of the reasons we lost is our blank check to Israel and Netanyahu while they committed genocide in Gaza”. - **What’s in the postmortem
Khanna to force the release of the files, only to suffer the same fate as Cheney. Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator, [posted on X](https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/2056907533206405616?s=20): “So there you have it. If you lead