Can Roy Cooper calm Schumer’s grassroots critics?

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, June 30, 2025. Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

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Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s long-anticipated Senate campaign launch on Monday marked a major recruiting win for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y…