MSNBC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend declared her departure from the Democratic Party on air over the weekend, specifically citing how Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrats “blew” their chance to oppose President Donald Trump.

The New York Times' “The Interview” podcast episode was released days after Schumer and several other Democrats bent the knee to Republicans by signing off on a GOP spending bill.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has been the target of scathing criticism from members of his own party after voting for a Republican-drafted stopgap spending bill that cut many nondefense programs,

MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend has suggested that she will leave the Democratic Party and change her registration to independent, citing her outrage at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for helping ensure the passage of a six-month government funding bill drawn up by Republicans.

In failing to demonstrate what they stand for, Democrats fumbled the chance to show why they deserve a return to power, centrists and progressives say.