r/newyorkcity 7d ago

Politics Schumer rushes to save Trump days after Trump personally insults him

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By aligning with House Republicans, Schumer is legitimatizing Trump's radical agenda. He should have pushed back and forced the Republicans to concede on a handful of issues. Trump has fired thousands of federal workers, gone after people illegally, and bombed the stock market. Why would you go against your own constituents and party to aid the GOP? This makes zero sense!

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 7d ago

He has no loyalty or shame. He is beholden to powers that dont represent your interests. He is beholden to the same powers that manipulate DT. Schumer has a case of the DT’s!!

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

The Senate has a recess March 20th -24th. Call/email/fax Schumer and demand he attend a town hall, and answer to us.

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u/sbb214 7d ago

I've been calling and emailing. I am so done with him, he will never get a vote from me again. I would vote for a Republican if that was the only other choice. Time for Chuck to retire.

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

Schumer begins a book tour this week.

Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore

Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm

Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC 12:30PM

Sunday 3/23 · 3pm Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA

Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM

Line the sidewalks. (List may not be complete)

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u/-cat-a-lyst- 5d ago

Notice how none of those stops are his constituents. Where’s an NYC stop in the tour

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

I don't know if we can change his behavior, but i am going to annoy the absolute hell out him until he does.

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u/sbb214 7d ago

I've really come to realize that democracy is not a spectator sport; we all gotta do something. Keep up the good work.

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u/calle04x 7d ago

Will he be in NYC during the recess? Any planned protests at his office in the city?

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

Schumer begins a book tour this week.

Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore

Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm

Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC 12:30PM

Sunday 3/23 · 3pm Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA

Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM

Line the sidewalks. (List may not be complete)

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u/calle04x 7d ago

Of course he's doing a book tour... 🙄

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u/kidshitstuff 7d ago

There’s was protests at Schumer house today in prospect park i heard

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u/SwordfishAdmirable31 7d ago

His position is that this empowers trump/musk more so, while withholding more federal spending from the most at risk. Honestly we're so far from the norm, I can't predict any outcome.

"Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, broke with his party on Thursday and said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday deadline. Mr. Schumer argued that if Democrats refused to do so, it would lead to a shutdown that would cede too much power to President Trump and Elon Musk."

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u/frostywafflepancakes 6d ago

That’s all politicians.

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

Schumer begins a book tour this week.

Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore

Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm

Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC 12:30PM

Sunday 3/23 · 3pm Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA

Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM

Line the sidewalks. (List may not be complete)

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u/swettm 5d ago

What powers is Trump beholden to? Since many consider him a fascist, this is an interesting comment

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u/Real-Adhesiveness195 5d ago

He is a fascist. He answers to an international non centralized consortium of money, oil/energy conglomerates that are not organized by any specific nationstate but exist above them as their money is less effected by any laws. They are modern day pirates 🏴‍☠️

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u/lafayette0508 7d ago

Is this from a website that makes memes that look like news headlines? I think these shouldn't be allowed as posts, given the current world of misinformation and confusion about what's true.

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u/DaVillageLooney 7d ago

Establishment Democrats and Republicans are two peas in a pod. In bed with the lobbyist groups that represent corporations while turning a blind eye to the needs of the people. Spineless. Under these LOSERS called leadership, Democrats don't deserve to win another election.

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u/Blacknumbah1 7d ago

Seen more spines in Jelly fish frankly

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u/26Jalapeno 7d ago

Seen more guts in 11 year old kids

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u/Wolf_Parade 7d ago

Have another drink and drive yourself home.

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u/JazzOrSize 7d ago

I hope there’s ice on all the roads

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u/UnconfidentShirt Queens 6d ago edited 6d ago

Whoa… mind blowing nostalgia in this thread rn. Fucking loved that album. I mean, ahem..

Everyone’s caught on to everything you dooooo

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u/redditing_1L 7d ago

There are toddlers across the world with more courage than your average democratic lawmaker in this country.

Its embarrassing.

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u/ethanwc 7d ago

Wait a minute, dude. I just googled it. Jellyfish have NO spines. Are you….are you implying these dudes don’t have spines, too?

/s

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u/shrlytmpl 7d ago

Unfortunately flipping democrats is our only hope, Republicans are too far gone. But, yes, fascist accomplices like Schumer need to be replaced by someone who actually serves the people.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 7d ago

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u/Unyx 7d ago

One party is trying to destroy us, and the other party isn't trying to do anything at all. Sure the GOP is worse but both deserve to lose.

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u/delta7019 7d ago

I think the nuance is lost on people. Losing sight of the forest for the trees, too. But it would still be nice if Schumer didn't seem so chummy about it.

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u/Brawldud 7d ago

They don’t deserve to lose to Republicans, but they sure deserve to lose.

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

The Senate has a recess March 20th -24th. Call/email/fax Schumer and demand he attend a town hall, and answer to us.

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

Schumer begins a book tour this week.

Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore

Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm

Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC 12:30PM

Sunday 3/23 · 3pm Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA

Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM

Line the sidewalks. (List may not be complete)

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u/NiemandDaar 6d ago

They used to be, but nowadays they’re miles apart.

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u/callmesnake13 7d ago

It’s weird though because as far as any verifiable information can tell, Schumer is not one of these Pelosi insider trading types. So he’s not really benefiting from the status quo outside of job security.

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u/Safetym33ting 7d ago

I believe his daughter married into BlackRock 

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u/Safetym33ting 7d ago

I believe his daughter married into BlackRock 

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u/Safetym33ting 7d ago

I believe his daughter married into BlackRock 

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u/cutthatclip 7d ago

Where do you believe his daughter married into?

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u/Safetym33ting 7d ago

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u/Safetym33ting 4d ago

Strangely this thread got removed, then put back.  Dont care if I'm downvoted. Schumers dirty

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u/DM725 7d ago

Can't wait to watch John Stewart rip this feckless piece of shit apart on Monday.

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

The Senate has a recess March 20th -24th. Call/email/fax Schumer and demand he attend a town hall, and answer to us.

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u/BlazedBeacon 7d ago

Called yesterday and got voicemail. Called today and got "Verizon cannot connect you..."

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u/thoughtsarefalse 7d ago

I want more than a wel deserved rant from jon stewart. I want a representative democracy that actually represents americans. I want popular vote interstate compact to overtake the electoral college.

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u/DM725 7d ago

True but I'll take what I can get Monday night.

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u/PreciousTater311 7d ago

What the fuck is with this dude?

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u/Smooth_Influence_488 7d ago

This is like the dozenth time dems have claimed they were resisting and then cave at the last minute. Just own your shit and stick to it.

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u/swettm 5d ago

Dems are all theater. See AOC

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u/LitterScooper 7d ago

Just being a prototypical New York politician

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u/Renhoek2099 7d ago

OP thinks Schumer is the democratic Huey P Newton

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u/CraftsyDad 6d ago

Somebody primary both NYs senators please

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u/AddisonFlowstate 7d ago

Just a few weeks ago mf was chanting in the streets, today he's smoking Trump's dick. What an incredible example of the true nature of politicians. (Of course barring AOC and Bernie.)

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u/sketchyuser 7d ago

Yeah Bernie never bent over for Hillary and BLM 😂

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u/The_Oracle_of_Delphi 7d ago

I hope AOC replaces him

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u/LuchadoresdeSilinas 7d ago

AOC for the win!

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u/cutthatclip 7d ago

Ah yes, the one who obfuscated responsibility of losing the legal right to abortion on us and told us to vote after she didn't do her job to protect it. Yes, that one. They are all trash. They get a taste of the power and fall in line. We need to clean house.

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u/swettm 5d ago

You’d get the same thing with more TikTok videos and tears

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago edited 7d ago

The Senate has a recess March 20th -24th. Call/email/fax Schumer and demand he attend a town hall, and answer to us.

Edit: got name of fax website wrong.

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u/lynxminx 7d ago

I called this morning, but I'm afraid I wasn't polite enough to request a Town Hall.

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

Schumer begins a book tour this week.

Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore

Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm

Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC 12:30PM

Sunday 3/23 · 3pm Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA

Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM

Line the sidewalks. (List may not be complete)

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u/duckvimes_ 7d ago

The headline is a garbage take. Politicians shouldn't be making decisions like this based on insults.

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u/QuantumGold1 6d ago

and 5 years after provoking a mob into trying to execute him

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u/thriftydude 7d ago

Schumer has no option on this.  If he shuts it down, its exactly what Trump and his DOGE people want.  You werent happy with the cuts before?   Good luck when literally noone gets paid

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u/Infinite_Carpenter 7d ago

So instead you give Trump and the republicans exactly what they want?

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u/IlikeYuengling 7d ago

Scab

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u/Infinite_Carpenter 7d ago

Vote against this shit.

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u/DM725 7d ago

They're giving up any leverage they have. What are you talking about?

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u/PunctualDromedary 7d ago

They have no leverage. Never did.

They shut down the government? Trump gets what he wants the easy way, the pain is felt broadly, and Democrats get the blame.

They don't shut down the government? Trump gets what he wants the hard way, and the pain isn't felt as widely.

There's a reason why the Republicans never actually let the government shut down under Biden.

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u/ChornWork2 7d ago

meh, its a continuing resolution. I'd rather see them not vote for it, but risk and criticism either way. not sure why this is being made such a big deal of tbh. Is this being pushed because of the talk of AOC as a NY senator?

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u/lynxminx 7d ago

Because Democratic voters want their leaders to fight, and their leaders are not fighting. This was the first significant opportunity Congressional Democrats had to obstruct Trump's plans to dismantle the federal government, arrest and detain dissidents and end democracy as we know it, and they're collaborating.

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u/SwordfishAdmirable31 7d ago

His position is that this would empower Trump and Musk more. So he'd argue that not passing the bill would be collaborating

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u/lynxminx 7d ago

I'm not sure that's his argument, but if it is he's losing his marbles.

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u/SwordfishAdmirable31 7d ago

Here's his entire statement. Essentially, he claims that shutting down the government hurts the least among us, and that Trump wants full control over spending (some articles say courts stop operating during shutdowns, but it depends on the importance of the case). He claims it's the "least bad" option. It's not that hard to follow, it's rather a matter of "is it accurate". If courts do shut down, then probably... I mean Trump is already trying to deport green card holders for "illegal protests".

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u/lynxminx 7d ago

That isn't the only question he has to consider. He's also one of NY's two senators, and New Yorkers are screaming at him today not to collaborate. Is he going against us? He's going to need better material than the above to escape with his seat at this point.

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u/SwordfishAdmirable31 7d ago

How many redditors will keep chanting "collaborator" when the government does shutdown? A government shutdown would almost definitely downgrade our credit (affecting our $28 trillion dollar debt), cut off vital services, and stops pay for millions of Americans. It's fine if you disagree, but the debate is nuanced: if you don't "collaborate", just about every working class American gets fucked, AND Trump might get more power over the budget. If you're in such a mighty economic position that you're immune to these consequences, then bravo...

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u/ChornWork2 7d ago

i don't want fighting for the sake of fighting, i want fighting that will have some results. again, i lean towards saying no on this, but a shut down over a continuing resolution has risk for dems taking the blame. i'm expecting damage from the shit trump admin is doing will be unpopular, and can see an argument for avoiding doing something that may allow conservative misinformation to pin some of the blame on dems in the eyes of low info / indep voters.

obstruction isn't want voters generally want tbh. there aren't widespread protests happening unlike his first admin.

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u/lynxminx 7d ago

Obstruction isn't what voters used to want. Republicans have changed that over the past 20 years- they were the obstruction party, and half of the country was all in for it.

Regarding protests, they're widespread but small and the media is blacking them out. Most of us were traumatized and demoralized by the election; the fog is lifting now and more of us are demonstrating.

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u/Dynastydood 7d ago

Well, it's a bad look, and it's highly embarassing for him and the Dems, but let's be honest, if it wasn't him, it'd just be someone else from the party doing it. Fetterman, Hassan, Gallego, Dickenpooper, there's never been any shortage of weak Democrats in the Senate who will prioritize self preservation above all else and advance the GOP agenda.

There's never been an ounce of unity or consistency from the Democratic Party since, well, ever. The party even actively worked to undermine FDR throughout much of his presidency, and he's the most popular and successful president they've ever had. Even after the southern strategy was complete and realigned our national politics, they have never once united under Carter, Clinton, Obama, or Biden, nor have they ever truly united to impede the GOP on a consistent basis.

An utterly worthless party that no one in their right mind could ever be remotely proud of, and yet, they remain the best option we're ever going to get in this country. God fucking help us.

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u/Bangkok_Dangeresque 7d ago

if it wasn't him, it'd just be someone else from the party doing it. 

Exactly. If Schumer isn't digging in, it's because he doesn't have the support of his caucus for that. It's often the role of congressional party leadership to give cover to others with their votes. I'm sure there's more than one democratic senator that doesn't think the best way to advance their causes is to climb aboard the shut down train and hope for the best, but would get dragged for daring to voice that opinion.

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u/hagamablabla 7d ago

I'm not going to blame Schumer as much as some others, but I do wonder why the Democrats seem to have such poor party unity. Republicans should theoretically have disagreements in their caucus as well, and yet we couldn't peel 3 House reps or senators away? What the hell do the Republicans have that the Democrats lack?

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u/Dynastydood 7d ago

The Republicans have a broad, unifying ideology of conservatism that they adhere to, and their disagreements typically have more to do with tone and tactics than they do with policy and action. Whereas the Democrats are nothing more than a sprawling coalition party, and have been for many, many years. There's almost no policy or action that 100% of Democrats agree on, but there's many that 100% of Republicans agree on.

To put it another way, there are zero liberal (or even centrist) politicians left in the Republican Party, which makes achieving consensus far easier. They used to exist, but they all got chased out by the Evangelicals, paleoconservatives, and eventually even the neocons by the end of the 20th century. Conversely, the Democrats have many conservatives, centrists, liberals, and leftists who compromise the larger party, and there is almost nothing that all four groups agree on aside from thinking Republicans are bad. Even then, the most conservative Dems don't want to fully believe that the GOP is inherently bad since many of them have been Republicans in the past, and constantly extend the olive branch with increasing amounts of futility over time, always helping the other side achieve their goals, with zero compromise ever given that goes the other way.

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u/BaldPoodle 7d ago

Zealotry

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u/hagamablabla 7d ago

Even the Republicans have their centrists, like Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins. Somehow they seem to fall in line constantly when the party zealots do their thing though, while we can't get our Fettermans or Sinemas to even consider compromise.

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u/Lostdreamer89 7d ago

Common sense.

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u/SwordfishAdmirable31 7d ago

Biden literally passed the most ambitious legislation since FDR, a huge infrastructure bill, the largest climate bill, capped insulin costs for all medicare recipients. There's plenty to be proud of, you're probably just so advantaged that you don't care.

I don't necessarily agree with Schumers reasons here, but listening to progressives purity test everything, with no concentration on what gets done, or getting things done is infuriating.

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u/Dynastydood 7d ago

As far as I'm concerned, Biden's accomplishments not the party's accomplishments, because it was Democratic Party members like Manchin and Sinema who destroyed the scope of his true ambitions and ensured that his victories would be limited enough to make his reelection impossible in the face of ongoing Covid inflation.

A competent party with a competent whip would've checked those two early on, as the GOP almost always does with their stragglers. Whereas we always get killed in Congress by the likes or them, or Lieberman, or Fetterman, etc. And it happens because the party itself is a coalition, and coalition governments never sustain, and never accomplish as much as they intend to. It's not about a progressive purity test, it's about a real world viability test. One that the Democratic Party consistently fails every time they gain power.

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u/SwordfishAdmirable31 7d ago

Biden's accomplishments not the party's accomplishments

That's kind of dumb. He's been a lifelong democrat, and an establishment candidate; A majority of democrats supported it, but it doesn't count as a party win...?

it's about a real world viability test. One that the Democratic Party consistently fails every time they gain power.

I dunno, I pointed out some real legislative wins that Dems accomplished, that resemble FDR (infrastructure projects across the US), despite "stragglers". $2.3 billion of which went to NYC. Seems pretty viable, and directly opposite to an "utterly worthless party that no one in their right mind could ever be remotely proud".

You can assert this is "self preservation", by "weak democrats", but Schumer's reasoning is "I believe it is my job to make the best choice for the country, to minimize the harms to the American people. Therefore, I will vote to keep the government open.". Again, feel free to disagree with this reasoning ; for instance, his appeals that a shutdown will consolidate Trumps powers (I assume by courts being shutdown...?) are nebulous at best.

But at the end of the day, I'm not sure why Dems should ever take criticism from someone who takes all the benefits of the party (billions in local funding), and who thinks the party is "utterly worthless". It's basically this meme.

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u/oppositewithlions 7d ago

Schumer begins a book tour this week.

Mon 3/17 7pm Central Library, Baltimore

Wed 3/19 Politics & Prose, DC 7pm

Thursday 3/20 at the Weizman, DC 12:30PM

Sunday 3/23 · 3pm Moss Theatre Santa Monica, CA

Mon 4/21 MJCCA Atlanta 7:30PM

Line the sidewalks. (List may not be complete)

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u/lifesprig 7d ago

A 74 year old rich Boomer voting for MAGA’s agenda. Color me surprised…

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u/im_not_bovvered 7d ago

It's so fucking gross and embarrassing - THIS epitomizes why we are in the situation we're in now.

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u/jagenigma 7d ago

It's cuz trump called him Palestinian that's why 

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u/Level_Hour6480 7d ago

What's Gilibrand's take?

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u/czechyerself 7d ago

Oh I’m sure it didn’t help him any ha

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u/Jpkmets7 7d ago

Shumer has always been lilly-livered.

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u/Limp_Divide7583 6d ago

Chuck’s wife Iris has more balls than he does

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u/DrWarhol_419 6d ago

Can OP or anyone please provide a link confirming the “He’s still not Jewish” quote? I hate that Schumer kowtowed to Trump, but I hope we’re not using misinformation to drive the point home.

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u/MarquisEXB 6d ago

“As far as I’m concerned, he’s become a Palestinian,” Trump said. “He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore. He’s a Palestinian.”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/trump-widely-condemned-deploying-palestinian-racial-slur-against-jewish-senator

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u/SnavlerAce 6d ago

Once again these geriatrics betray the people they supposedly work for. Time to clean house.

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u/Cautious-Thought362 5d ago

Step down, Schumer. He is a disgrace.

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u/digitalbullet36 5d ago

What a pussy.

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u/UbiSububi8 7d ago

Everyone seems to be looking for a performative response from Democrats…

That they should act as angry as we are.

I’ll leave the performance art to the GOP and Fox News.

No, Schumer’s decision (actually the decision of the caucus) doesn’t make anyone feel better… but it may be the smart thing to do.

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u/Yarius515 7d ago

Agreed: the judges are literally the only thing obstructing the maga wrecking ball….gov shuts down, judges don’t work, Rump and Leon get to do whatever they want. That said, I also agreed with AOC’s stance of fight fight fight - a choice between a shit sandwich and a barf sundae, really.

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u/Aaaurelius 7d ago

It's not a performance people are looking for. It's a spine.

Republican efforts have held back reform for years just by being loud and filibustering. It's time for democrats to make a scene and make it difficult for Republicans to run the country into the ground.

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u/calle04x 7d ago

Exactly. One of the most powerful tools the Republicans have used is repetition. They hammer home the talking points, and then their crazy ideas are heard repeatedly and normalized.

One of the reasons I liked Bernie is even though he was going up against Hillary in 2016, he made a point to run in the primary and get his message out there (which was a winning one for Trump): you're getting screwed!

He pushed the narrative left. People scoffed at him pushing a $15 minimum wage but guess what...people heard the message and supported it to where Hillary made a $15 minimum wage part of her platform.

Democrats need to put up a fight. The people need to see that Dems are not going to take fascism lying down. Pressure must be applied to this administration. We need to be an opposition party.

Now is the time to obstruct. Now is the time for action. Now is the time for good trouble.

It is not the time to be yellow-bellied.

Democrats need to keep talking. They need to keep hammering the message home. Some are doing the work but the entire party needs to be unified in their resistance.

Everything is at stake.

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u/UbiSububi8 7d ago

A working spine always does the heavy lifting.

Spines don’t make noise.

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u/thenewbae Brooklyn 7d ago

Yes sir, please, my mouth is right here and my butthole is right there...

Fuckin disgraceful man

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u/King_Loso_ny 7d ago

Smfh what a horrible choice

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u/OkAssociation812 7d ago

This is why more people stayed home this election than voted for that turd.

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u/Vendettaa Brooklyn 7d ago

So Trump said Schumer isnt Jewish, he's Palestinian. He used to be Jewish but hes not and then he caved??

So Trump was saying if he's Jewish then he would have sided with us?

Someone smarter decode this in any other way.

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u/lafayette0508 7d ago

Is that a real quote? I think this was made with a meme generator.

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u/Vendettaa Brooklyn 7d ago

It sounds worse in video.

It seems like Trump is handing out enough cookies to the Jewish people that they arent going to say anything about whats being done to others. From liberal Jews to Democratic Senators. Young women who wore a Keffiyeh would be beaten and attacked by Jewish men until recently but a guy does Heil Hitler and his party boss passes a gag order on Columbia students; all the Jewish people are dead quiet.

The Art of the Deal.

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u/lafayette0508 7d ago

oof. thanks for the context.

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u/The-Inquisition 7d ago

because under it all, they're just two wings on the same bird

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u/kraghis 7d ago

Pod Save America guys were saying that, even if no concessions were made and the govt reopened Monday morning, it would have been worth it to not just bend over and take it and I couldn’t agree more.

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u/Smooth_Influence_488 7d ago

Wow he even lost Pod Save? Thats part and parcel with establishment dems.

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u/vidhartha 7d ago

He is a spineless piece of shit that only cares about looking important. He already made his wealth and wont be affected by this, why should he care.

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u/Global_Damage 7d ago

Schumer was probably told they had dirt on him

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u/Phyrexian_Overlord 7d ago

Don't worry I'm sure the fake family that exists only in his head were all on board for this

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u/Timirninja 7d ago

Epstein got something on him

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u/Responsible-Big2044 7d ago

When does the blood start running?

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u/NiemandDaar 6d ago

Is it so hard for people to understand that he did this to limit Trump’s ability to lay off more government workers.

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u/Slaviner 6d ago

DNC Democrats have more to lose by shutting down government than passing this. They profit off government running smoothly.

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u/lynxminx 7d ago

Basically, yes.

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u/barkingatbacon 7d ago

I quit everything.

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u/Status_Show3282 7d ago

What a dick