Who is Chris Van Hollen? The senator challenging Schumer as a progressive voice for Democrats
by George Chidi from US news | The Guardian on (#79QXJ)
Senator Chris Van Hollen's policy credentials allowed his quick rise to roles usually reserved for the more tenured
US senator Chris Van Hollen's challenge to Chuck Schumer's leadership of Senate Democrats presents an ideological and biographical contrast to the party as it takes control of Congress in two months.
Though only about eight years younger than Schumer, Van Hollen is seen as a more progressive senator who has drawn attention for his opposition to the Trump administration's abusive immigration practices - visiting his constituent Kilmar Abrego Garcia after an unlawful deportation to El Salvador - as well as opposition to federal corruption and US support for the Israeli government's war in Gaza.
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