Hayes to Schumer: "All those things you enumerated are the kinds of things you'd be doing if Mitt Romney is president. There's this weird asymmetry right now."
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Man I thought we saw lunatics take over the asylum in the White House but I realise now they’d already captured the democratic party long ago.
Goodbye America 😢 Stay strong folks
I once thought Schumer was the right man for the moment but that was nearly 10 years ago. These old white elected boomers are the most selfish generation of all time. They simply refuse to acknowledge their time is up and let the next generation lead.
Schumer is too old school for these desperate times. The “good old boy network” is dead and gone. There are no more handshake agreements. No more ‘politics makes for strange bedfellows.’ This is a hostile takeover with daily insults to our rule of law with no oversight. This is a proxy fight.
Media shouldn’t give @schumer.senate.gov any air time. He canceled his book tour because he’s afraid to face constituents. He said democracy isn’t at risk, yet, in the middle of a soft coup. Delusional.
This is a clip I can feel is going to stay with me for a long while. Schumer is just plain not meeting the moment here. He's making political decisions like this was any other administration when Trump's done playing with the rules.
Did himself far more damage than a book tour. Pitiful. So what his colleagues knew was on display for all of us. If this doesn’t spur them to action, nothing will.
He has no clue that even if there are free and fair elections in 2 or 4 years, we're not even 2 months into this shit and people are suffering! There is no time for chipping away at his approval @schumer.senate.gov. People need help now!
Dems barely beat Republicans on healthcare because of one Republican Senator. It had very little to do with Dem leadership. How did Dems win on taxes? Schumer goes on to say that it's the people who need to rise up in opposition to Trump. What the hell is Schumer's job then? He's gotta go.
Except …… now it is fundamentally different. It is not 2017, and the Democrats’ approval rating is very low, because you are endorsing his weaponized nominees and doing little or nothing to push back.
naw, now I'm convinced he's actively trying to help the fascists. wtf do you mean "it worked in 2017?!" how is that a serious retort? sadly there are many in the Democrat party who think like him. pathetic craven.
Schumer probably voted correctly to avoid a shutdown and giving Trump a further pretense for mischief. He should still step down for failing to fight back in general.
It's time for a different approach, Schumer. Times have changed. Hammers aren't the right tool for this. You threw away the leverage at hand. The hammer is an obsolete tool for the current political situation. You are not only the wrong person for this moment, you are the worst person.
Hayes: “They are trying to create a Presidential dictatorship.”
Schumer: “Yes, so here is our plan — we are going to do nothing but sit around and wait for their approval numbers to come down on their own. Oh, and we are also going to FUND everything they are doing.”
Dems have our share of rich white out of date fucks who are more worried about their portfolio & their kids future than the people who fund their elections to be represented in DC .This is no longer a civil Senate or House. We need to get as ruthless obnoxious & rude as republicans.Change leadership
This is what rich donor money buys you over and over and over again.
This is why we can’t primary people like Schumer, big money will keep all newcomers from being heard.
schumer agrees trump 2.0 is different in dangerous ways, and then immediately starts talking as if it’s not different at all. he’s not for this moment.
Folks. He’s been performing his shtick long time. Worth 80 million for doing it. He’s playing the hits. He still thinks we can’t see him behind the curtain.
“We did it in 2017”. So much is wrong with this statement … as we all know now is MUCH different. But one big one is … and you don’t think your opponent is aware of what you did back then? And planning for it. And anyway… now you’re broadcasting THAT’S your same plan?
Traitors should NOT be allowed air time to defend their traitorous actions. 🤬 Such cowardly men & women are the cause of the demise of a civilised world. F*'em 🖕
Schumer’s so full of shit Chris and as hard as you try, nobody could lift a shovel big enough to get through it. New York needs to wake the F up and get rid of this loser.
I’ve listened in on my US congressperson’s town halls, and it’s the same BS - “we are going to aggressively litigate and hold them accountable…”, blah blah blah. They don’t get it.
Imagine, a party so breathtakingly ineffective that even a man who incited a riot, is extorting Ukraine, alienating allies, botched the economy, is STILL polling higher in popularity!
This is not a thriller, not a comedy—just a slow, stumbling walk into the Twilight Zone of political incompetence.
Jesus fucking Christ, we need to have age limits on public office. These dinosaurs have no place leading a country where the median age of the citizenry is half their age.
This reminds me of the classic Anaïs Nin quote: “We don’t see the world as it is, we see the world as we are.” He’s living in a world that still exists for HIM.
They’re still playing with the mindset that this is somehow normal 🤦♀️ it’s not normal and requires different tactics! Which is to fight them every step of the way! No concessions period! This is why democrats are pissed! Our leaders except a few don’t have the skills to fight at their game! 🤬
Schumer admitted his strategy was to WAIT for poll numbers to drop. That’s not a strategy, He has to do his job as opposition leader to unify folks and drive those polls numbers down! People don’t see him doing anything to stop it while the corrupt Lawless Bullies continue to destroy/ harm us all.
The GOP are dismantling USA Democracy & Chucky Schumer was planning going on a book tour to make $ - nobody can criticise his dedication to his bank account.
#DON’TBUYSCHUMER’SBOOK
@schumer.senate.gov is a fucking #MAGADEM
Under “USELESS CUNT” in the urban dictionary is photo @schumer.senate.gov
It may not be possible to have book sales in negative numbers, but I wish that for him, anyway. As a New Yorker, I’m embarrassed he’s one of our Senators.
Hayes is right. And Schumer is wrong TWICE.
Is what he's doing now what worked in 2017? I don't remember it that way. But even if it did, 2025 Trump and 2017 Trump are as different as 2005 Bush and 2017 Trump.
Schumer completely ignoring the overwhelming number of Dems calling for him to remove himself from leadership and retire.
His game playing w/the CR and his disdain for those who disagree is despicable.
Another old, grifting dinosaur clinging to his power as our country burns. A Trump toadie.
🤡🖕
His integrity is already gone. He is a wealthy politician who knows he will be fine so why fight it. I think the old saying was “lie back and think of England”
Schumer’s position on voting for the CR makes no sense. If Trump would have had more discretion to tear apart the gov’t if there was a shutdown, then he would have directed Rs to vote against the CR and allow the gov’t to shutdown, increasing Trump’s power to turn Musk loose.
"It worked in 2017"
Tell me you don't understand a fascist coup without tel... Oh forget it.
FFS @schumer.senate.gov you are not cut for this time. Your world is already passed, you're obsolete. Go back to 2017 (or Vichy 1940) and let people who have a grasp on the situation deal with it.
He’s now converted the book tour he canceled into somehow into a tour to save his position as minority leader in the aging, moribund chamber leader. If Democrats let him lead us into budget fights there’s no hope. He needs to go, yesterday.
Schumer doesn’t look at the shutting down of government agencies, firing thousands government employees, the placement of unqualified, loyalists to VERY important positions, the firing of Inspectors Generals and top FBI officials, as evidence of democracy in peril.
Chuck was dismissive of the backlash against his decision.
I don’t like that.
He should absolutely listen.
He’s not and that’s the problem.
He’s leaning hard on the courts and the public — and said as much.
He’s stuck. It’s all business as usual with him — And that’s apparent.😳
And that was practically just a single day! Schumer doesn't think ICE disappearing people ia a sign demicracy is at risk. Not threatening Canada, Greenland, and Panama. Not Musk adding unknown algos to our systems. Not Trump saying Bidens pardons don't count. His "friends" in GOP will come around.
“It worked in 2017,” will be the best plan you’ll ever be able to get out of Schumer. Not the person for this moment, he’s close to understanding our peril, but is incapable of acting in a manner commensurate with the accelerating closeness of the danger of collapse. Shrug 🤷 the courts will save us
This proves that Schumer is delusional and not able to lead the opposition against the dismantling of our country and civil rights. Schumer needs to resign.
Meanwhile Trump’s approval is going up while the congressional approval rate goes down and they don’t care because they want a supplicant congress anyway
Chuck Schumer has done his civil duty for many years.
We've entered a new dimension of government in America. We need a voice that can be heard above the oligarchs divisive fear mongering & the media!
He is a part of that oligarchy. THATS the problem. Always looking out for the best interests of his investments and rich buddies, never the American People. #FuckChuck @schumer.senate.gov
This was the interview of a man who doesn't get it.
He can't conceive that his way is wrong. He can't conceive that his methods are no longer appropriate. He expects to do everything the same as he always has because he sees himself as proof they work.
Yeah, that's probably the problem with having a senate where the average age is 64. Hardly surprising these people are not agile in their thinking. Dunno why US is so obsessed with voting for decrepit senile husks.
Yeah, he is dinosaur unable to adapt. His methodology might have worked in the pre Reagan era, but it has become more and more obvious that he is incapable of rising to the challenge. The days of bipartisanship are long gone.
🇨🇦🇺🇦🤔 He is in a state of DENIAL.
He’s looking at it through a political view instead of a genuine threat of war.
You see as Canadians, we see Trump as declaring war on us.
And our response is:
Fuck YOU-
Who do you think you ARE?
We ain’t standing for it!
Sadly Chuck doesn’t see the threat on his…
…heritage either.
Donald Trump targeted & attacked him as a Jewish man as if to incite hate and antisemitism.
Chuck didn’t even stand up to that!
You teach people how to treat you!
I agree with. your post thoughts. Very very poor interview by Hayes. Throw softball questions and avoid the real problem (Schumer himself). Schumer uses Trump instead of focusing on the real problem: the Republican party. Trump wouldn't get away with anything if they didn't support him
After watching this interview, I’m positive Senator Schumer is not the man for this moment. His hubris and arrogance vibrated throughout this interview. He is severely out of touch.
Who should Americans believe?
LOSER @schumer.senate.gov - who's gotten EVERYTHING WRONG.
or @judgeluttig.bsky.social - who says the U.S. is ALREADY in a constitutional crisis. https://bsky.app/profile/judgeluttig.bsky.social/post/3lkq3ezdlgk2x
I believe Judge Luttig.
LOSER Schumer must GET OUT of the U.S. Senate - NOW!
#DumpSchumer!
LOSER @schumer.senate.gov MUST GO!
If Democrats fail to rid themselves now of Schumer, there's no more point to the Democratic Party. It's over!
Schumer has been WRONG at every turn.
#DumpSchumer!
"Chuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would ‘expel’ Trump" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/19/chuck-schumer-trump-book
When Trump's U.S. Attorney General & her Putin-owned boss are saying they'll keep defying U.S. court orders, we're in a constitutional crisis, Chuck!
RESIGN!
I like this, as I think the spork is a terrible utensil in almost all cases. Pointy spoon isn’t spooney enough for spooning things. Fork tines are too stubby for forky things. It’s the perfectly wrongest tool in almost all situations.
Schumer needs to go. They need to put forth a primary challenge to him. He is incredibly, unconscionably out of touch with what's going on right now. His ideas are NOT going to help. If this were Mitt Romney or even John McCain, then maybe, but this isn't. This is a fascist regime. Treat it thusly.
2017 had massive democratic led protests in the streets in January. Schumer and Jeffries literally did everything they could to tamp down *any* protest. Such a shifty little lawyers move he’s pulling there.
This is an old entitled white man absolute and righteous in his belief that he knows best. He cannot for one moment, listen to opposing views, and consider any merit. He is stubborn, he is dismissive, & he is completely out of touch with the people he's supposed to be representing.
This interview was both an unmitigated disaster and a blessing. The former is obvious. The latter is because it makes it clear--inescapably clear--the a change is required, and required right now.
He is obvious in 2 spots. He didn’t have the same control of the SCOTUS back then as he had now. He was still testing the waters back then, now he does not give a fuck. And back then he still had some GOPrs like McCain with a spine. Those days are over.
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Goodbye America 😢 Stay strong folks
Has a journalist asked Schumer
how far they have to go before he'll change his "approach"?
Or is there ANYTHING that would cause him to do so???
We need a new generation of Dem leaders for this moment…
And where are other Dem Senators? Why does he still have a leadership position. The sound of silence from other Dem Senators is worse.🤦♂️
Hayes: “They are trying to create a Presidential dictatorship.”
Schumer: “Yes, so here is our plan — we are going to do nothing but sit around and wait for their approval numbers to come down on their own. Oh, and we are also going to FUND everything they are doing.”
Nobody wants him
Not even his constituents
Who will replace him?
He was right about gov shutdown (IMO). He's wrong for the moment.
This is why we can’t primary people like Schumer, big money will keep all newcomers from being heard.
Hayes: it's different this time. you see that, right?
Schumer: this worked in 2017
Hayes: ...
We know, Chris. We know..
I don’t think it’s comforting to know that Trump is just taking a bit longer.
This is not a thriller, not a comedy—just a slow, stumbling walk into the Twilight Zone of political incompetence.
He’s just doesn’t get it.
#DON’TBUYSCHUMER’SBOOK
@schumer.senate.gov is a fucking #MAGADEM
Under “USELESS CUNT” in the urban dictionary is photo @schumer.senate.gov
#NOConfidence
@schumer.senate.gov WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE WE'RE NOT IN A HOSTILE GOV'T TAKEOVER?
WE ARE, SO PLEASE CUT THE, "THIS WORKED IN THE PAST" ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!!!
Is what he's doing now what worked in 2017? I don't remember it that way. But even if it did, 2025 Trump and 2017 Trump are as different as 2005 Bush and 2017 Trump.
His game playing w/the CR and his disdain for those who disagree is despicable.
Another old, grifting dinosaur clinging to his power as our country burns. A Trump toadie.
🤡🖕
Tell me you don't understand a fascist coup without tel... Oh forget it.
FFS @schumer.senate.gov you are not cut for this time. Your world is already passed, you're obsolete. Go back to 2017 (or Vichy 1940) and let people who have a grasp on the situation deal with it.
Criminetly!!!
Schumer doesn’t look at the shutting down of government agencies, firing thousands government employees, the placement of unqualified, loyalists to VERY important positions, the firing of Inspectors Generals and top FBI officials, as evidence of democracy in peril.
I don’t like that.
He should absolutely listen.
He’s not and that’s the problem.
He’s leaning hard on the courts and the public — and said as much.
He’s stuck. It’s all business as usual with him — And that’s apparent.😳
They’re making it harder for women:
Married Women Could Be Stopped From Voting Under SAVE Act
https://www.newsweek.com/married-women-stopped-voting-save-act-2029325
There is no other way to defeat fascists. You have to overthrow them.
I wish more Americans had paid attention in history class.
Does he not see at all that we're not getting back to normal if Trump dies or something? He's got backup and a backup to the backup infinity.
He actually said that
We've entered a new dimension of government in America. We need a voice that can be heard above the oligarchs divisive fear mongering & the media!
✌️
Brilliant.
He can't conceive that his way is wrong. He can't conceive that his methods are no longer appropriate. He expects to do everything the same as he always has because he sees himself as proof they work.
This is not a person fit for the occasion.
Def a prob in my red state.
We're gerrymandered
You don't know what you're talking about.
He’s looking at it through a political view instead of a genuine threat of war.
You see as Canadians, we see Trump as declaring war on us.
And our response is:
Fuck YOU-
Who do you think you ARE?
We ain’t standing for it!
Sadly Chuck doesn’t see the threat on his…
Donald Trump targeted & attacked him as a Jewish man as if to incite hate and antisemitism.
Chuck didn’t even stand up to that!
You teach people how to treat you!
Schumer must step down.
Senate Dems need to get out of DC, get away from other D Senators, & listen to their constituents.
LOSER @schumer.senate.gov - who's gotten EVERYTHING WRONG.
or @judgeluttig.bsky.social - who says the U.S. is ALREADY in a constitutional crisis.
https://bsky.app/profile/judgeluttig.bsky.social/post/3lkq3ezdlgk2x
I believe Judge Luttig.
LOSER Schumer must GET OUT of the U.S. Senate - NOW!
#DumpSchumer!
If Democrats fail to rid themselves now of Schumer, there's no more point to the Democratic Party. It's over!
Schumer has been WRONG at every turn.
#DumpSchumer!
"Chuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would ‘expel’ Trump" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/19/chuck-schumer-trump-book
RESIGN!
Right now, all @schumer.senate.gov is doing is trying to hold on to his job. He's useless!
Schumer needs to go! https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lkoodbkcoi2c
@schumer.senate.gov you are a BRAINLESS man
Really really so done with these guys. Get me out of here.
We are all Chris Hayes in this moment.
I vote Chris Murphy, personally.
Problem is this GOP isn’t going to give a shit about approval ratings when they don’t plan on holding fair elections ever again.
Eyes wide shut.