Love this from @pocan.house.gov on our pod: Cory Booker's filibuster resonated so deeply because it matched the energy the public is feeling right now. Time for Dems to do more to match that energy. Also note the criticism of Chuck, which is pretty sharp: newrepublic.com/article/1935... - ThreadSky

gregsargent.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Love this from @pocan.house.gov on our pod: Cory Booker's filibuster resonated so deeply because it matched the energy the public is feeling right now. Time for Dems to do more to match that energy. Also note the criticism of Chuck, which is pretty sharp:

https://newrepublic.com/article/193516/transcript-trump-suddenly-set-cut-musk-loose-wi-loss-roils-maga

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sturgeonmouth.bsky.social•7 days ago

My senators @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov, as well as @schumer.senate.gov and others helped relieve @booker.senate.gov

Then, rather than "disrupting business as usual", all of them gave unanimous consent at the first opportunity. Kabuki Theater.

oeishik.bsky.social•7 days ago

Booker shook the country awake. Now it is up to us to either stay awake or go back to sleep while the country burns. https://youtu.be/8LRobl2l8ZI

jakemadtown.bsky.social•7 days ago

It could be a lot sharper from @pocan.house.gov. He didn't call for Schumer to be gone from leadership, which begs the question - WHY ARE WASHED UP CLOWNS LIKE SCHUMER THE "LEADERSHIP" TO BEGIN WITH?

Cmon @baldwin.senate.gov - it just takes you and 23 other Dems to get a new public face. So do it!

bluemeade7.bsky.social•7 days ago

Schumer made a big show of his capitulation and appeasement. My big toe has more leadership qualities than him.

albadawn.bsky.social•7 days ago

Honestly, it seemed as though @schumer.senate.gov showed more righteous anger over his book tour being cancelled than anything else. Hope whoever manages his social media reads the room before he exhausts the Cory momentum by doing nothing (yet again).

lea3193.bsky.social•7 days ago

Sen Booker's fillibuster made me even more convinced that schumer needs to go. After he spent 25 hours speaking to delay Senate business, all the other dems had to do was deny unanimous consent to continue the fight & they didn't. To me, it seemed like they were saying, "we did a thing, now shut up"

pamwalkerstl.bsky.social•7 days ago

💯%

left4bed.bsky.social•7 days ago

Maybe I’m misreading this, but it sounds like he thinks people would be fine with them rolling over as long as they performed a little kabuki theater in the process making it seem like they fought. If so, that’s still misunderstanding what people want.

chickpea7.bsky.social•7 days ago

It's fine to do townhalls and filibuster, w/e gets you out of bed in the morning. Just know, it's talk, it's stylistic. People need to vote this madness down and apparently they know that. They got themselves to the polls in Wisconsin to vote for Crawford before Booker opened his mouth.

fifisaysstuff.bsky.social•7 days ago

Poland is antisemitic. His opinion is meaningless.

carrieonbaggage.bsky.social•7 days ago

He stood to speak in the face of cowardice and conformity.
Now seize the day.

mikecalamari.bsky.social•7 days ago

Starting with Carter's "lower your thermostat, wear a sweater, to Bill Clinton's Third Way Dem leadership drifting to the Right of voters.
Then they wonder about mediocre turnout.

carrieonbaggage.bsky.social•7 days ago

Too comfy with their big donors, big dinners, and 'Norms'.

vantablackpharaoh.bsky.social•7 days ago

Nothing is going to stop that energy now, this whole disaster is going to pollute the GOP for generations. EVERYONE will blame the GOP for what happens for generations. The only way to win as a Republican will be to come back towards the center again.

The era of Reagan Republicanism is dead.

mikecalamari.bsky.social•7 days ago

No Democrat no matter how Progressive/FDR leaning gets a cent until Chuck Schumer gone as Minority Leader.

moniquelussier.bsky.social•7 days ago

Besides town halls, what will Congress do? What actions will they take?
Loved the filibuster 🔥 but what ACTIONS will result because 🇺🇸can’t just wait for the midterms to flip Congress.

ericleitzen.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ya know what else would resonate deeply with the public?

stillraptor.bsky.social•7 days ago

Too little too late?😟

hunnybun100.bsky.social•7 days ago

I think Cory Booker has good intentions but they haven’t shown they’re cut out for this fight.

https://bsky.app/profile/brandonfriedman.bsky.social/post/3llw7wk6dzs2f

hunnybun100.bsky.social•7 days ago

Booker voted for Bessent. No Democrat should have voted for him. No they are tarnished with it like the Iraq votes. They’re playing cute in a war

hunnybun100.bsky.social•7 days ago

And yeah it absolutely did matter that Chuck gave them Cloture and didn’t shut down the government! You think Trump would be doing these tariffs if the government was shut down??? The pain was worth it.

pkellynova88.bsky.social•7 days ago

If @pocan.house.gov thinks 25% of progressives would have voted for the CR, he’s saying 25% of progressives want to eliminate. the Legislative Branch. That’s what the CR did - it shifted power from the Legislature to the Executive. If you support that, you are part of the problem.

dropthet.bsky.social•7 days ago

The 21st century Enabling Act.

uppidywoman.bsky.social•7 days ago

It’s time to fire Chuck Schumer. Time for new leadership.

katie-did.bsky.social•7 days ago

We have needed someone* to show us that our legislators think we are worth fighting for. We've been PLEADING for this.

*Someone other than AOC, Bernie, Jasmine, etc; they have been dragging us with their efforts waiting for others to pitch in. This was finally a sign they REALLY see us as worth it

arcoar.bsky.social•7 days ago

IDK man. It feels like every engaged Dem voter I know of is screaming and pleading for leaders to use the few tactical maneuvers they have to actually thwart GOP—unanimous consent, filibuster, holds—and this is another "We get it! You want to see us on TV more! Well more media hits are on the way!"

chriscesq.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yeah it's definitely that "we want you to be on TV" and "we want you to do things that get you on TV" is a difference without a distinction to people who think being on TV IS doing something.

stillraptor.bsky.social•7 days ago

Get out in the streets protest! HANDS OFF RALLY this weekend, BE THERE!

arcoar.bsky.social•7 days ago

Messaging and attention (including what Booker did) is good and important, but it must used in service of concrete achievements, which is the primary ask, instead of being used as an alternative to them. Nothing in his comments, including equivocating on the CR itself, suggests he gets that.

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