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.

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.

Symone Sanders-Townsend is a longtime operative in the Democratic Party. The MSNBC host served as the press secretary for the 2016 presidential campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, then joined the 2020 primary campaign for then-former Vice President Joe Biden.