With Democrats in the House and Senate raging at Schumer because he insisted senators bend a knee to President Donald Trump and approve a federal government spending plan that guts critical programs — rather than shut down the government — Jeffries was asked whether he believed Schumer had “acquiesced.”

A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party.