U.S. Democratic Senate Leader: “If Trump rejects common sense legislation, we will be defeated again in 2028.”

Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer, who won a landslide victory in the U.S. midterm elections, warned on the 5th (local time) that if President Donald Trump rejects common sense legislation passed by Congress, he will suffer an even greater defeat in the 2028 presidential election.

In a speech delivered at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a progressive think tank in Washington DC, on this day, Representative Schumer mentioned the presidential veto guaranteed by the Constitution, saying, "Trump has the power to block our efforts to lower the cost of living for American families, root out corruption in Washington, and end chaos at home and abroad."

“But if he does that, there is no doubt that the American people will scold him and his party, just as they did during this election.”

He also emphasized, “If Trump continues to veto common sense legislation to lower costs and root out corruption next year, the complete disaster the Republican Party experienced on election night in 2026 will look like a good day compared to what the Republican Party will face in the 2028 election.”

President Trump, who had publicly announced his policy of exercising the veto even before this election, said immediately after the Republican Party's crushing defeat on the 3rd, "They will send you crazy things, and I will exercise the veto," sending a strong warning in response.

Representative Schumer said, “This election has made it clear that there are many issues that the Republican Party cannot avoid,” citing examples such as ending the war with Iran, suspending tariff policies, banning stock trading by high-ranking public officials such as lawmakers and the president, and banning local residents’ electricity rates from increasing due to data center construction.

This is interpreted as an announcement of the major legislative tasks that the Democratic Party will pursue in the 120th Congress, which will be launched in early January next year.

Representative Schumer also proposed the goal of expanding Senate seats in the elections held along with the 2028 presidential election.

He said that the Democratic Party's victory in the "Republican stronghold" in this election "should not be a one-off phenomenon," and that "some of the very states we won, including Iowa, Kansas, and (South and North) Carolina, will provide new opportunities to expand our majority in 2028."

Three states, including Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina, have strong Republican support, but Democratic U.S. Senate candidates won this election. All other senators from these states are Republicans and must face elections in 2028 to be re-elected.

"As we look to 2028 and beyond, we must prepare now to solidify our position, build our party's base, and continue to expand the map into new states," Schumer said.