Democratic lawmakers are finding a new source of frustration: having to answer for their leaders’ hometown politics. Disavow Mamdani, convince Mamdani to move into the mainstream, whatever,” a senior Democratic aide told NOTUS. Even if some Democrats don’t blame Schumer and Jeffries for the Mamdani news cycle on Capitol Hill, plenty of Democratic lawmakers told NOTUS they see room for regional diversity in leadership. “It gives one particular lens on the country,” Vermont Rep. Becca Balint told NOTUS, of Schumer and Jeffries both being from New York City. “One of the points that I made to my colleagues is that we had very few leaders in the Midwest,” Craig told NOTUS Tuesday.