OAN Staff Blake Wolf
1:46 PM – Monday, March 17, 2025

Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has postponed his book tour for “security reasons” after facing backlash for voting in favor of the Republican spending bill to prevent a government shutdown.

The planned stops for Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) book, “Antisemitism in America: A Warning,” which is set to be released on Tuesday, have been postponed amid expected protests stemming from Schumer’s vote to advance the GOP backed spending bill.

“In an urgent and personal new book… Chuck Schumer sheds light on the Jewish American experience and sounds the alarm about the troubling resurgence of antisemitism. When it comes to the history of the Jewish people, there is a national and global crisis of misunderstanding,” his new book’s description states.

Additionally, some suspect that Schumer could also fear repercussions coming from Democrat pro-Palestine activists– in relation to his new anti-Semitism book.

Nevertheless, though Schumer has maintained that he is pro-Israel, he has also previously voiced opposition to the war-time decisions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s retaliatory efforts in their ongoing conflict with Islamist terrorist groups, like Hamas and Hezbollah.

“[I]f Prime Minister Netanyahu’s current coalition remains in power after the war begins to wind down . . . then the United States will have no choice but to play a more active role in shaping Israeli policy,” Schumer stated in 2024. “As everyone knows, I have serious disagreements with the way Benjamin Netanyahu has conducted these policies.”

President Donald Trump previously made remarks referencing Schumer and his criticisms.

“Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I’m concerned. He’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian,” Trump said, suggesting that the New York lawmaker has become too critical of Israel.