Chuck Schumer postpones book tour due to 'security concerns' amid funding bill backlash
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is postponing several book tour events this week amid the ongoing Democratic backlash to his vote last week to approve a GOP-led government funding bill.
Schumer had events planned in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. to promote his book "Antisemitism in America: A Warning."
"Due to security concerns, Senator Schumer’s book events are being rescheduled," said Risa Heller, a spokesperson for his book tour.
Schumer was scheduled to speak at the Central Library in Baltimore on Monday, at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in New York on Tuesday, at the Sixth & I synagogue in Washington on Wednesday, and at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Protests were planned outside at multiple events.
Last week, Schumer announced he would vote to advance a Republican bill to fund the government through September to avoid a government shutdown, which he argued would be "much, much worse" than the funding bill reviled by Democrats.
Eight other Democratic senators and independent Sen. Angus King of Maine joined Schumer in helping Republicans advance the bill. House Democrats and Democratic activists were furious.