Schumer is pushed by Democratic governors to fight more against Trump

A group of six Democratic governors pressed Senator Chuck Schumer from New York on Wednesday evening during a tense call to be more aggressive in the fight against the candidates and the agenda of President Trump, begging the minority leader to persuade them Democrats of the Senate to block everything they could.

The call, described in detailed notes as well as interviews with two participants and five other people informed of the conversation, revealed the growing tensions among the Democrats on the way they should oppose Mr. Trump.

Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois and Governor Maura Healey, of Massachusetts, each told Mr. Schumer that the Democrats of the Senate should not vote for the candidates of Mr. Trump after the administration has published a memo freeze Billions of dollars in federal and loans, which was removed on Wednesday.

Ms. Healey has urged Mr. Schumer to slow down the votes of the Senate and to create more public opposition than the Democrats of the Chamber have generated so far. She also deplored that democratic governors bring the weight of the calls of voters affected by Mr. Trump’s policies while conducting legal efforts to block them.

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, who was chosen as a Democratic candidate for the vice-president last year, largely on the basis of his ability to articulate the party’s message on cable information, said the Democrats must have been more visible on television with an alternative vision of governing – not just complaining about what Trump does. Walz argued that Democrats should occupy as much media space as Mr. Trump and the Republicans did.