Top Senate Democrat Schumer postpones book tour due to unspecified 'security concerns'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer postponed his book tour set to start Monday due to "security concerns," as confirmed by a spokesperson for the tour and several venues where the politician was scheduled to appear.

The title of Schumer's book is "Antisemitism in America: A Warning."

Schumer's tour was to begin at the Central Library in Baltimore, followed by an event on Tuesday at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in New York City, a Politics and Prose event on Wednesday at the Sixth & I synagogue in D.C., and a final event on Thursday at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

"Due to security concerns, Senator Schumer’s book events are being rescheduled," a spokesperson for the book tour said without specifying why the tour was postponed, as reported by The Hill magazine. 

The scheduled events and cancelation follows backlash at Schumer, of New York, over providing enough votes from Senate Democrats to allow Senate Republicans last week to pass a GOP-crafted spending measure to avoid a government shutdown Friday.

Schumer defended his vote, saying that the government shutdown would only benefit President Donald Trump since he allegedly would be able to eliminate even more federal jobs, Townhall reported.

Activist groups, like the Sunrise Movement, protested Schumer's vote on their social media platforms, responding to the recent news by saying that the politician "could feel the Sunriser members in Baltimore painting banners last night."

Reuters and the New York Post reported that another potential reason why Schumer decided to postpone his book tour was because of the anti-Israel groups, like Jewish Voice for Peace, and Jewish activists, like Aliza Licht, protesting his event.