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.

In failing to demonstrate what they stand for, Democrats fumbled the chance to show why they deserve a return to power, centrists and progressives say.

As Democrats continues to recoup post-election, voters are expressing deep dissatisfaction with the party on the left.