Despite his “no” vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints
Either Schumer no longer has effective control over own his caucus, or he has permitted the deal to progress with a wink and a nod behind the scenes — and with a strident disavowal for the bank of cameras he famously loves — while taking Democratic voters for fools.
Here is my bipartisan compromise and before you say anything and call me a centrist, hear me out:
Schumer and McConnel BOTH tied together and in cement shoes at the bottom of a deep sewage pond.
I know neither side gets much out of it at a glance but think of the implications and ROI.
We could pay down a significant amount of the national debt just with ticket and PPV sales.
When will people understand that it’s mathematically impossible to pay off the national debt? Debt = money. The more money you print the more national debt you have. As long as you back your currency with debt instead of hard resources then paying off the national debt is as impossible as finding unicorns and dragons to ride.
McConnell is a Republican and any Republican is worse than any Democrat, but as far as Republicans go he voted against the most Trump cabinet picks.
McConnell was instrumental in putting Trump into office and letting him get away with Jan 6. No one should let him off the hook for all the damage he’s done.
As would any Republican piece of shit, which is why I wish him luck in his primaries.
That doesn’t undo the other 40 years of his time in gov. He has been instrumental in damning this country.
The entire DNC needs to go
It’s just a structurally bad system. Disband parties, change the voting system to one that doesn’t create a “vote against the other thing” dynamic (I like STAR voting) and fix campaign finance once and for all - the solutions exist but the ones in control would never allow them.
And what should take its place?
Replacing First-past-the-post voting will allow yhe democrats to run alongside other 3rd parties without a spoiler effect.
Electoral Reform Videos
First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)
Videos on alternative electoral systems
I would never want blue conservatives to be unable to vote how they want. I would never want to do what they do to us.
Yeah, dude… I can’t take anything you say seriously.
Two points:
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No one was calling for Chuck to go when he approved the previous budget without a fight. This is not because he folded but because he dared to fight. He will be replaced with someone who will never try to fight Trump
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The 8 Democrats that voted for this are not some traitors to the party. Republicans needed 8 votes so Dems gave them 8 votes. If they needed 20 votes they would find 20 Dems to vote with them. They chose the ones that are ready to retire or have no chances at re-election but if needed they would just go down the list and find more people. If you think Dems have a problem with 8 members you’re delusional. Both parties have the same owners and the same goals. Don’t get fooled by the theater.
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I’m sure he’ll write a strong letter
Remember this the next time you see some bullshit article trying to have you believe that all the dems are siding with him.
Edit: reading the comments here…. Jesus fucking Christ you people are toxic!
Get rid of his weak Nazi appeasing ass…40 days for nothing
It’s so fricking infuriating because, literally we were actually seeing the cracks form. Trump admin is violating the hatch act, pushing “dem’s have shut down the government”, and yet poll after poll shows the american people put the blame on the republicans. Trump was constantly boo’d to his face at the commanders game… and the democrats had an amazing election where they won every contest they were in. I can’t fathom a worse time to fold
I can’t fathom a worse time to fold
Democrats_IRL
the democrats had an amazing election where they won every contest they were in. I can’t fathom a worse time to fold
That’s your answer right there: the moment the election was over, they went back to screwing over the voters on behalf of their owner donors.
If the election had been a week from now, they’d have caved by Thanksgiving at the latest.
Yup big daddy airplane was starting to get worried about thanksgiving.
They saw Zohran win and decided the people had had enough fun, but it’s time to put us back into our place before we get an ideas about making America better for the common person
His whip voted yes. Either he can’t even control his whip, or he orchestrated it.
He absolutely orchestrated it, the reason he is the minority leader in senate is because he has the connections and political capital to influence or even order the votes of his party. I am only somewhat curious if they knew he was going to back out and vote no to try to wash his hands of his own capitulation. It’s wild because it signals he still thinks he has a future.
Schumer represents a weird kind of old-school political capital. Whereas Trump’s power comes from a literal horde of orcs carrying weapons and flags, arguably an even older kind of power to wield, Schumer carries the Elder Conclave of Ancient Liberal Liches who delight in social parties and ritual and systems. If you’ve ever listened to the old-guard dems talking among each other it sounds like a Victorian-era socialite gathering, like aliens from another dimension. While wildly out-of-touch, the reason he has power is because this kind of thing appeals to older institutional bankers, elder community leaders, and people with old money.
Old money is the reason he still stands as the “head” of the Democratic party and I am actually unsure if efforts to unseat him will be successful for the same reasons that Trump and his warband face no consequences because their own political capital. Nobody wants to challenge the base. If you go against Trump you get people breaking into your house and shooting you, if you go against Schumer, you lose your 7-figure retirement and your vacation house on the beach. For many people with a lot to lose, either of these outcomes is equally terrifying.
It’s the latter. Just magically the 8 that are retiring or aren’t up for reelection just manically all got together at the same time to do this? Right…
I mean, it isn’t magic. They also had more pressure because of snap running out. Also, some of them, like Fetterman, always voted against the shutdown.
Yeah, fuck Fetterman
What a collasal disappointment he has been.
Now, Roginsky is “thoroughly disgusted,” she said. “I don’t understand why they would subject people to hunger and to layoffs and to flight delays and to missed paychecks for the past 40 days, if only to get nothing out of it now.”
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Schumer, who was the target of near-universal vitriol among Democrats in March when he backed down in a budget battle that threatened to evolve into a shutdown, was quick to announce his opposition to the deal and he voted against it Monday night.
But in fact, his fingerprints are all over it.
Get rid of this useless piece of shit, Schumer needs to be in a nursing home.
needs to be in a nursing home
Specifically, in the medicaid wing of a nursing home.
Take the other traitor fucks there with him.
The blame was on the Republicans until Schumer decided to be a Nazi
Does anyone know the strategy or play for doing this? I mean, this seams super weak on the surface. I do know that the timing or the next negotiations would be advantageous, but geesh, that the best they got?
This is a really good question and ive not heard a good answer.
Even schumer’s stooges didn’t really seem to know why they were doing it. ‘It was the only deal’ or ‘it had gone on too long’ are both non-answers.
There isn’t really a good answer. They had the leverage (finally) and could have compelled something useful.
They get off on losing. I suspect some of them are beating off right now–the human suffering they have enabled must be intoxicating.
Elections are over. That was the stop gap. Now they have to reopen so people can get paid to go shopping for holiday season.
Ding ding fucking ding.
They did to the people suffering the shutdown what tRump did to the people who voted for him. Told them what they wanted to hear, that he was gonna help them, got their vote, then walked away. We were ready to help weather the storm for our communities over the holidays. All the dems had to do was keep the message unified and refuse to budge until they put back what they removed. Heaven forbid these rich fucks, who share the same airspace as us normies, potentially miss flights and their rich donors lose profits over the busiest travel period of the year.
Honestly, this would be the time for a general strike. We already did the legwork to help provide for those who would have gone without SNAP. Lots in my area set up little pantries at work, donated supplies to places catering to underprivileged families, and were ready to help neighbors over the holidays. None of that disappeared this week. I personally plan to refuse holiday shopping and continue giving what I can to food banks and local childcare facilities.
Unfortunately, we’re too disorganized and too many are forced to live a tightrope between poverty and wage-slavery to really see this on a grand scale. Still, I’ll be the change I want to see and not begrudge those without the means to do the same. Despite the govt. and their rich-cuck donors, we only really have us and our communities to rely on.
Chuck Schumer voted against the capitulation. Blame the Senators who voted for it.
Put aside your axe to grind with Schumer and make statements that reflect reality.
Chuck is that you?
No, it’s not Chuck Schumer. Good argument, champ. You should be proud of yourself.
The deal was the Republicans got their eight votes from senators that aren’t up for election soon.
It always goes something like that. It’s never 30-40 senators or house members from the opposing side that vote for something when a deal is reached. It’s always just enough, with the votes coming from the ones most able to take the hit due to not being up for election next time, in a safe seat, very high popularity, etc.
Even when the minority leader admits to being part of the deal, they aren’t necessarily part of the group voting for it.
The deal was the Republicans got their eight votes from senators that aren’t up for election soon.
And the proof that Schumer engineered it? Does he control every member of the party or not?
That’s a lot of convenient assumptions that prevent you from having to examine your preconceived notions.
Ain’t no fucking way Chuck Schumer isn’t responsible for this. That motherfucker has been doing shit like this for a while. But, let’s be fair and say, for some fucking reason, that Schumer had nothing to do with this. Then he has absolutely no control over his party, and he should go.
Like, either he sucks at his job and needs to go or he coordinated this and needs to go. And I no longer think he is bad at his job. Out of touch? Yes. A fucking dipshit? Yes. But bad at his job? No. I am not stupid enough to believe that for one second.
Which means we need to replace every Dem senator with progressives. Every senator should be followed everywhere by homeless people in their state. They should be seated next to starving families in restaurants. They should be forced to share medical treatments with the people whose healthcare they just sacrificed.
Ain’t no fucking way Chuck Schumer isn’t responsible for this. That motherfucker has been doing shit like this for a while. But, let’s be fair and say, for some fucking reason, that Schumer had nothing to do with this. Then he has absolutely no control over his party, and he should go.
Is that a joke? Senators are independent human beings, Schumer doesn’t have a mind control device.
He did EXACTLY what you all said you wanted him to do. Now, the goalposts have been shifted so you can continue to grind that axe. It’s bad faith.
Like, either he sucks at his job and needs to go or he coordinated this and needs to go. And I no longer think he is bad at his job. Out of touch? Yes. A fucking dipshit? Yes. But bad at his job? No. I am not stupid enough to believe that for one second.
Do you have any actual PROOF that Schumer engineered the capitulation? Your personal opinions on the matter aren’t really what’s under discussion here. Just vague and unsubstantiated accusations, pretty Trumpian if you ask me.
Which means we need to replace every Dem senator with progressives.
Keep living in a fucking dream world. Any honest person knows that that is an impossibility. You’re going to hold out for something that can’t happen and in the meantime, Republicans will continue to control the country. It is BEYOND fucking stupid.
Why do we need to replace all the moderate Democrats that did EXACTLY what you said you wanted them to do?
Ain’t no fucking way you’re not a troll.
Why do we need to replace all the moderate Democrats that did EXACTLY what you said you wanted them to do?
Because they didn’t do what I wanted them to do. Obviously. Did you not read?
Do you have any actual PROOF that Schumer engineered the capitulation? Your personal opinions on the matter aren’t really what’s under discussion here. Just vague and unsubstantiated accusations, pretty Trumpian if you ask me.
Like, either he sucks at his job and needs to go or he coordinated this and needs to go.
Idk, man, it’s literally right there.
You should try harder?
Democrats are honestly a bunch of fucking pussies at this point.
There’s a literal fascist authoritarian wannabe in charge and where’s the resistance? Christ, MTG is being more critical of Trump than they are.
It’s almost as if Democrats have been controlled opposition funded by the same people trump plays golf with.
It’s not cowardice, its calculated evil.
Democrats are controlled opposition, or they act exactly as controlled opposition would act.
We need to start judging them based on their actions and get rid of them at every chance possible.
Resistance should be grassroots organized, please don’t rely on the Democrats (or any political party) for that.
Why not both?
We’re organizing locally, and won the last set of elections. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still expect resistance on the national level when there was an overwhelming victory in the last slate of elections.
“At this point” implies there were not pussies at some point. The Democrats have always been cowards.
People keep forgetting it’s not left v right, it’s rich v poor. Democrat leaders are just playing their part.
It is left vs right. To left is to be anti rich. To be right is to be pro rich.
That was the plan all along.
Every single elected democrat should be primaried from the left in 2028, full stop.
The leftists candidates are no longer the spoilers. The Democrats are spoiling it for leftists. The center is just gone.
What a stupid thing to say. Bernie? AOC?
you could have at least bothered to name two Democrats if you’re trying for an example.
8 democrats are not the entire party. The party is made up of individuals.
- Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
- Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois
- Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
- Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
- Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
- Senator Angus King of Maine
- Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
- Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada
You know Schumer was directing them, right?
Don’t care.
While I agree the Senate needs a new minority leader, does any congressional party leader truly control their caucus? Even Republicans can’t stop members of their caucus from voting differently. It wouldn’t be a democracy if they could.
One or two, sure, sometimes.
But eight of the 44? Nearly 1/5 of the Senate democrats, all at once? At least one was saying that they were “keeping leadership in the loop”, too.
Politicians aren’t new to talking among each other & forming factions. They had 41 days to get there.
keeping leadership in the loop
Awareness doesn’t mean leadership could stop them. If leadership positively encouraged them or didn’t try to discourage them, then that would mean something.
If leadership couldn’t get even one of the eight to reconsider on something this important to the entire party, or wouldn’t, then they’re not effective leadership.
For all we know, they had discouraged the others until these 8 emerged that couldn’t be discouraged. It’s still a democracy: leadership can’t just use a crowbar.
The leadership definitely sucks, though.
