whoah whoah whoah obviously the man is too busy fighting trumps efforts to gut the american government to explain why he voted for the gop bill that gives trump unprecedented authority to gut the american government
YES. He's supposed the be the "great communicator", the explainer, the smart young guy who does social media. But then suddenly goes silent and throws in the towel with Fetterman, Schumer, GOP. WTF?! Zero transparency.
Total game changer. He is no longer leader material for this party.
What a clown. Democrats have a real arrogance and holier than though problem. A lot of average Americans are turned off completely by this stuff. It’s a big piece of why Trump’s shtick works.
Perfect example! Nothing makes me want to vote for someone more than when they act like a condescending dick instead of just politely not replying to stuff they think is dumb.
I’m thinking that I’m not going to donate to the DSCC or directly to any Democrat who voted for the House CR—so don’t bother asking! I’ll focus on the House Democrats in 2026.
Tell them
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Brian Schatz 202-224-3934
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Maggie Hassan 202-224-3324
Gary Peters 202-224-6221
Think this win would have happened with a shutdown? Think again. Trump/Musk would have stalled federal court cases indefinitely and furloughed critical staff. For now, a functioning judiciary is our only effective defense. https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3lkh7oqceas23
Save it, I don’t want to hear it. He talks a good talk, but when the moment came, he slinked away like Neville Chamberlain into the night. Save it for your book tour
#Betrayal #10Sellouts #10Primaries it’s like Sinema joined with Manchin & had 10 minions! #Shame
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you don’t get to be an officer of the dem party if there was any risk of betrayal in a moment like this. schatz’s loyalty is to the party structure, nothing else.
This is a hollow excuse. The largest Federal Employee Union begged for them to vote no. I had dinner with several federal employees this evening and all of them wanted the Dems to stand and fight for them. We gave away everything for absolutely nothing.
"Flawed bill". "Flawed". Granting the chief executive the express power to impound allocated funds without Congressional approval for the first time in US history is a 'flaw'.
He’s too much of a fucking coward to give honest answers to any questions from regular people. He seemed like one of the good ones during the first Trump term, but apparently too much exposure to Dem leadership turned him into a piss-soaked sack of shit
Who cares? Either he made a deal for his 30 pieces of silver, or he's a coward. The end results are the same. He and the other 9 betrayed us, and handed congressional power and our democracy over to king trump
After the cloture votes yesterday, you can see him getting into a very heated exchange with Chris Murphy, who is having none of his shit. It starts at 6:42:00 in the below video. Continues for about 15 minutes. Things seem to come to a head at 06:53. https://www.youtube.com/live/MW5GDm5SxBg?si=hcAdRS43ZrzDBeS9
So so disappointed by him. He’s always struck me as one of the more savvy Senators who also isn’t afraid of a fight. Shoulda been more like your pal Sen Murphy, Sen Schatz.
Yes!! @schatz.bsky.social you still owe me, your constituent, an explanation. I call, I leave messages, and still, nothing. You owe us an explanation. 'A'ole, senator.
WEAK. What we want is to not be yanked around and bullied by this administration, and for them to take responsibility for their full control (and failures), NOT for you to help them in any way.
Although I’m upset about the utter capitulation, I believe Schumer fell on his sword to help Dems. I also thought about the Alsop & Bernard rulings ordering the reinstatement of Federal workers - they would have really gotten screwed if the government closed.
I don’t know if they’re gonna tell you, but I know Senator White House did the whole deal was to break the Democratic Party and you guys are complying never trust a Republican, no matter who they are. But know this if we shut down the government all of the court cases we have would end
He wasn’t. For some reason, a guy I used to really respect decided it was ok to be on the wrong side of history, and to enable Trusk to continue destroying our country. Everyone on that list needs to know, if they had greater aspirations, they killed them today.
I assume because he think it’s honorable and b) I’m curious why Hirono who has been pretty staunch in her anti-Trump votes was such a late no, I kind of wonder if there were special Hawaiian considerations at stake
He smart and articulate, so a whole feckin’ lot is riding on the credibility of the defense if his choice. I’m reserving for an argument I respect, but wouldn’t put money in it…
They are heavily armed, fanatically devoted to Trump and most are religious zealots who believe that they are fighting a battle against the enemies of God.
Their ministers preach that anyone who isn't them is either a literal demon, possessed by demons or manipulated by demons.
Psychos and heretics. Using God or Christianity as an excuse for violence or mistreatment of others is antithetical to Jesus' teachings.
Have we learned *nothing* from history? How do we disconnect these pieces in their minds? How do we reprogram?
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This is way too complex for 300 characters. LOL.
I hate to say it but for the true, dyed-in-the-wool Zealots, there's nothing we can do or say to change their minds. End of story.
These are people who's identity FROM BIRTH is wrapped up in these belief systems. Their family, jobs, friends...
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... are all part ofthe deal. To break away, you have to give up EVERYTHING in this life. Moreover, if you so much as QUESTION, you risk spending eternity in Hell (which is as real a threat to them as getting shot or hit by a car.
Because they threaten to come to your house & KILL you and your family if you defy tRUMP.
@housegop.bsky.social & Senate GOP have said they are AFRAID of their own base bc of death threats.
Maize is a bad ass. I love her 💕 Brian just broke my heart. So f-ing unhappy about what he just f-ing did to us.
I like Jill Tokuda, our Representative. Town hall was 🤙
We finally got a good one.
After Tulsi & Kahele 🤢
that may take awhile, since “i gave cover to others who wanted to hasten the destruction of democracy because voters will forget about this in the increasing chaos and still vote for me in 28, so it’s a good move for me in leadership maneuvering.” is pretty insulting
Yeah, Honolulu. He used to chair my neighborhood board ages ago; talked to him a few times after meetings. I know what he's thinking, so much of our economy depends on federal money, especially on Oahu, but (further) shredding the constitution isn't the way to go.
Yeah, I don't get it either. I imagine it has something to do with him being Deputy Whip. I'm more surprised that he and Murphy (who've normally been close to a tag team) ended up on opposite sides here.
Those ten are the only ones with the guts to take the telephone calls. I at least respect them for that. All the cowards who voted no, and hid behind those ten votes....they are even worse.
What can he say? He linked arms with Hitler 2.0 and the antiDemocracy MAGAt nazi party and stabbed Americans in the heart.
Americans will die because of him and he doesn’t give a damn.
Are you ok? This is SO NOT YOU! What the hell happened to see your name on the "list of 10 Dems" is NOT anything I would have believed...but here we are. "Traitor?"
Yesterday I said Schumer knew he had the YES votes before making his announcement. It was worse. Dem Senators colluded so that YES votes were cast by NO ONE RUNNING IN 2026. They were protected from being primaried. Chuckie got what he wanted & bets our rage is forgotten by 2028. I now trust NO ONE.
He's fled to X because he treats Democratic constituencies with contempt and humble, salt of the earth crypto scammers and debate club neo-nazis with dignity and respect.
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Total game changer. He is no longer leader material for this party.
Weirdly Musklike behavior on his part.
Your legacy.
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Angus King 202-224-5344
Maggie Hassan 202-224-3324
Gary Peters 202-224-6221
Markets soared today.
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What we have done so far to me appears to not be working, why not try new ways?
Shocked he voted for the CR
#EnemyCollaborator
The government and courts being open was also what allowed us to stop this -
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/15/us/trump-news
If you have to ask....
They're not.
Thought he was a fighter.
This was a bad day on many levels.
Their ministers preach that anyone who isn't them is either a literal demon, possessed by demons or manipulated by demons.
It's a death cult.
Have we learned *nothing* from history? How do we disconnect these pieces in their minds? How do we reprogram?
This is way too complex for 300 characters. LOL.
I hate to say it but for the true, dyed-in-the-wool Zealots, there's nothing we can do or say to change their minds. End of story.
These are people who's identity FROM BIRTH is wrapped up in these belief systems. Their family, jobs, friends...
... are all part ofthe deal. To break away, you have to give up EVERYTHING in this life. Moreover, if you so much as QUESTION, you risk spending eternity in Hell (which is as real a threat to them as getting shot or hit by a car.
Their hardwired this way.
@housegop.bsky.social & Senate GOP have said they are AFRAID of their own base bc of death threats.
Pathetic betrayal by someone from a SAFE BLUE STATE.
unironic technical joy
I like Jill Tokuda, our Representative. Town hall was 🤙
We finally got a good one.
After Tulsi & Kahele 🤢
https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-statement-on-voting-to-avert-government-shutdown
Now I’ve lost all respect for him. We don’t need seat warmers in Congress at this time of peril for our country, we need courageous fighters.
Schatz should resign.
So disappointed.
He's disappointed so many of us here.
I swear I hope there's some behind the scenes stuff going on that we're not privvy to.
Bet his father would have stepped up.
Sob.
Americans will die because of him and he doesn’t give a damn.
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Did not, however, mention protesting.
Morons.
@schatz.bsky.social is a hypocrite and a traitor