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Chuck Schumer postpones book tour stops amid shutdown vote backlash

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Chuck Schumer postpones several stops on a tour to promote his new book, Antisemitism in America: A Warning , citing security concerns.

Schumer was scheduled to participate in events in Baltimore , Washington DC , New York City and Philadelphia this week .

The New York Democrat faces intensifying backlash over his vote to support a Republican -drafted spending bill.

Progressives erupted in fury over his decision to relent and help Republicans pass a stopgap funding bill.