Schumer on CBS claims "one of the Republican senators who knows said to us, 'you'll be in the shutdown for six to nine months until we totally destroy the federal government.' So the shutdown was a much worse alternative."
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Ok so we should just believe him because he says so? How come all the House Dems saw it differently?? Even if he's right it was a last minute change why aren't all the other Dems defending his decision to "save us"? Please
Leslie - you do not understand the code of the Senate, it is OK to destroy the country but it is very bad decorum to betray the trust of a fellow member of the upper chamber. but you can narrow it down to it being a white male piece of shit. My guess is he has anal warts and goes by Miss Lindsey.
"One of" them, huh? Why won't he name him (or her, but probably him)? Either this encounter never happened or he sees civility among Senators as more important than the fate of our country.
Since it's already been ruled that "corporations are people", they could argue that an entirely privatized government is still "by the people, of the people & for the people"!
They were threatening to shut down the government for 6 to 9 months & destroy our government in the process. Now they'll do just that but likely in less time. Thanks Chuck. https://youtu.be/fuBMVfSKe6I
Pretty lame..."republican senator who knows said to us..." What senator? Who's us?? That's a really vague answer, sir.
Did you weigh the options and figure 6-9 months was worse than 4 years, maybe longer?!? 4+ yrs of nonstop, chaotic government destruction and invasion?
That's your gamble for us?
Yes they would've done so. Complete darkness like an artic endless night cast over D.C. Today @wired.com magazine online volunteered to not paywall it's many FOIA based articles. But there'd be zero FOIA serviced, etc. They'd get: Total opacity. Total destruction. Half of blame, maybe less.
It doesn’t even matter if he’s right in this. He failed to message it, let the party work everyone into a froth, then slinked away from it. THEN gave a tone deaf & self-damning interview to the NYT — unprovoked. He can’t lead. He can’t read the room. He just misses his friends - the Republicans.
Why are elected officials playing charades? Who was this senator. Why not get ahead of the situation and express the situation to the American public, days before the vote?
If the GOP wants to keep the US in a shutdown for 6-9 months rather than negotiate with Democrats, then that will be their ultimate downfall as it potentially triggers a depression. Schumer needed to realize that was a massive bluff.
But the coward doesn’t name the traitor bc they’ve both been there too long & are best buds. That’s a problem. He’s putting friendship above his duty to the people.
Not buying the excuse. They will destroy it anyways. And, BTW, they are destroying domestic spending, science spending, entitlements, regulatory agencies, and many other necessary functions. They aren't touching the Pentagon or cutting off Israel. Democrats should destroy that.
I agree that trump's regime will not negotiate; will not consider the welfare of Americans. They've already demonstrated that. Until these people are ALL taken out, we are fucked.
Just so were clear - What if there was a full blown depression going on that they blamed on, lets say democrats-Would that give Trump & his admin cover for say 6 months & then they swoop in with billionaires to fix it, would you be grateful? Maybe make Trump King? - https://alphahistory.com/nazigermany/the-great-depression/
No I think if we hit a depression I think it would be covered correctly by most in media. Right now even Fox has anchors pushing back against the way the market is headed in terms of policy.
Just so were clear - this is 2025 not 1929 when most people in the US could grow there own food and were self sustaining - We live in cities now not on farms - it was bad back then -what do you think it would be like now? dystopian or apocalyptic perhaps? - https://alphahistory.com/nazigermany/the-great-depression/
He probably doesn’t care. He probably does care that whatever happens everybody will look to him and his vote as a catalyst and he knows it. His legacy is destroyed.
Not to the millions of federal workers and contractors that are still getting paid because he did not shut down the govt…it’s easy to want a shutdown as long as your check isn’t at risk…smdh
That’s great for AFGE but not do much for that GS5 that has kids in college or a mortgage to pay…how many actual workers wanted a shutdown…was there a vote?
By law they get paid back after a shutdown, whether or not they worked. And contractors still work, as does the military and any essential work. Yes, there's hardship, and many federal credit unions provide interest-free lines of credit to cover people during a shutdown.
But a whole bunch if federal employees, for the first time, stood up and said they were in favor of a shutdown. Many are going to lose their jobs because Schumer caved. Some of them are going to see their life's work destroyed, gleefully, but fascists set on tyranny. If this was a test, we failed.
I guess you’re just gonna ignore the actual workers who would be affected by the shutdown who wanted to shut down over them giving him what he wanted your defense is pathetic and irrelevant because people still losing coverage and jobs daily; now nothing to stop him
No I’m the only one concerned about the 2 million federal workers and contractors who rely on an open govt! The shutdown would throw everything into chaos and those workers would be without pay for who knows how long…I wouldn’t gamble with other folks 💰
Hey, now that they have given him exactly what they wanted. There is no negotiating anymore. They’re gonna do what they want. That’s the problem with what he did let me guess you’re getting paid to defend him?
The only thing that will stop him is the courts! And with a MAGA Supreme Court I’m not hopeful! The Senate Dems weren’t going to stop ish! The American public elected the criminal felon and his MAGA house and senate…so stop blaming Dems!
Trump is able to terminate their pay at will regardless. All the vote did was legitimize the reductions across the board to our safety net programs and demonstrate that Democrats are not interested in protecting people.
Again what is your plan after the shutdown? I don’t hear any plan just a bunch of performance bs while folks are losing their paychecks….MAGA will not make any meaningful concessions and will then blame the Dems and the media will follow along with them…it was lose lose situation….
It was a perfect moment for a fight. FElon Regime on the back foot defending idiotic tariffs, doge cuts, provoking allies, cutting EPA regs. Polls dropping, stocks tanking. All the chaos was on FElon. Schumer let them off at a critical point. We don't want to work w/fascists. We want to defeat them.
Really, 6 to 9 months. It's more like 6 to 9 days, when all hell would have broken loose. When Soldiers and TSA walked off their jobs with no pay. Come on, who is gonna believe that.
He won’t need them because it didn’t happen. It’s all designed to make us feel comfortable that he screwed us all over for a book tour and money from Wall Street. Can’t take that money when he dies and he’s a lot closer than he probably wants to be.
Federal workers and contractors definitely would be screwed if they didn’t get paid because of govt shutdown…anybody think of their feelings? Performance politics is good as long as it’s not costing Americans their paychecks🙄
Hey buddy, when they got Medicaid and Social Security and everybody gets fired, it’s not gonna matter and at this point we’re trying to prevent him from doing damage because he’s doing what he wants anyway at least this way he wouldn’t be able to do it with a blank check. You clearly don’t understnd
You don’t have any idea what happens after shutdown! You act like we’re dealing with rational people who gaf about the govt? Have you been living off grid? A shutdown is what they want! If you don’t know that I don’t know what to tell you! There would be no negotiation with an ignorant cult leader
Federal workers are already being screwed. He’s done nothing to stop it.
The theory that things would be worse is just that, a theory.
And what about DC. He just signed on to cut their budget $1B. The feel good bill reversing that will never get a hearing in the house or a signature from Trump.
All federal workers and contractors would be screwed! There are 2 million plus federal workers still on the job that would not be paid….why exacerbate the situation with a shutdown against a MAGA cult that likes govt shutdowns…you think they care?
So a MAGAt was delusional and instead of letting him own that (and letting us know who is willing to hurt us for his cult), you decided to take the blame instead.
First of all, everyone here should know that these Republicans do not negotiate. Secondly, if they were trying to negotiate, why would they advertise that they have no leverage? Third, read project 2025. Finally, read up on the powers of the National Emergency Act.
This is Democrat 101. Threaten voters with something worse so the tepid shit you actually did doesn't look so bad. This is their whole existence. Schumer is controlled opposition and an utter scumbag. Fuck him and fuck these appeasing Dems!!!
I believe him. And when I saw that King, Shaheen, Hassan, and Schatz had voted with him I thought, yeah, there must be something to this - those are all good level-headed Senators.
I believe there was no painless option. But, if a shutdown was really that advantageous and part of the plan, why wouldn’t Rs have just done it themselves? This administration and current brand of conservatives don’t care much about optics as long as their end goals are realized.
The NYT article about it said that several Dem Senators, names off the record, expressed relief and gratitude that Schumer and the others took the heat for this decision - they would have voted the same way if they felt they could.
Trump used the powers of the National Emergency Act to reallocate $8 billion in funds to build the border wall when he didn’t get what he wanted in Congress.
Declare an emergency and do whatever the hell you want, legally with no courts open to litigate.
@schumer.senate.gov if you really thought shutdown would have been bad, you should have let people see for themselves how pathetic Trump and Elon are. It definitely feels like you weaseled your way through this. At least out of respect for Dems step down.
I honestly don't take his claims seriously at all. They are destroying the federal government anyway. It wasn't the worse alternative: it is the inevitable alternative.
They’re not terrorists, they’re the government. They control all 3 branches because voters gave them control of all 3 branches. The GOP is not an insurgent force attacking the govt, they are the govt. There were only 2 options and both were terrible bc you don’t get much when you’re the minority
If they fully implement it, there will be riots at the very least. They will get destroyed in the midterms even worse than Trumps last joke of an admin.
They are already implementing it, on steroids, thanks to Musk and the Musk-rats getting into the act. Techbroligarchs and Christofascists, a match made in Hell.
That is if we can ensure we have sufficient voting rights left to win the midterms. We need to do everything we can to bolster voting rights before then, just as they did everything they could to suppress voting rights since 2020 and before.
It would also help if we supported the House special elections, two of which are coming up on April 1. I note that many big accounts of "Dem" pundits haven't mentioned those elections at all, preferring to kick the shit out of Jeffries and now Schumer.
Yea, that's the problem with a lot of them. All these ancients letting Trump get away with J6 for the "good of the country" has really bit them in the ass. I'm fairly certain Biden wanted Garland to drag his heels because Trump was a former president and blah blah blah the office.
This whole tv thing is a charade. It really doesn't matter what Schumer does or does not do. After Federal court yesterday, our constitution burned. Pretend on tv that Schumer is important. But in the end, no Senator or Rep of either party has any power anymore.
So Schumer takes his strategy from a Republican who threatened him and the country, and whose identity he then wishes to protect. Not only is he more cowardly than I thought (and I thought he was a massive coward) he's far worse and apparently deeply stupid to boot.
Chuck, Stop with the BS !!!
@schumer.senate.gov
They are dismantling agencies at a very fast pace, and our government is already being completely destroyed. What do you think he’s going to do now that his bill passed?
#StepDownChuck
Time for new Leadership
Ugh. The problem with his argument is half the country still believes in 🍊 lies and approves of what’s happening. They won’t stop believing until it hits them directly - like in a shutdown. His argument is essentially how to tell an abuser to keep abusing you, bc you’re too scared to say no to them.
I think, like many other long-tenured politicians, it has become difficult for him to disentangle what's good for him and his career personally, from what is good for the country. So he thinks maintaining his own power is "the right thing."
Basically I think we are in a moment where the "right thing for the country" may require principled politicians to sacrifice their careers (at least in the short term) to take a stand against the destruction of the constitutional order and to make that destruction unavoidably visible to Americans.
They are already doing it DonOld shutdown seven federal agencies right after he signed the CR Bill that ALL Republicans n TEN Senate Dems voted for to codified DoGD cuts into law n gave DonOld new powers to create military programs.
It’s likely why they pushed so fast to get Doge destroying the government because Trump knew the shut down was coming and that Dems might actually show some spine
@chuckschumer I will NEVER vote for you again.
Exactly 💯 DonOld never thought the CR Bill was going to pass especially bc of the poison pills purposely in the Bill to make sure it wouldn't pass but spinless coward ass Schumer made sure it passed it also cuts DC budget by $1 Billion dollars n now DC is scrambling to see what they can cut 🤦🏿♀️
To be clear: This dirty bill wipes away many funding directives, and will now give the fascist Trump the power to reallocate money as he sees fit without any fear of judicial or legislative pushback. So don't be surprised if the lawsuits against DoDG start getting thrown out of the courts.
But if the Executive is the one who then decides what's essential and what's not, then how're they gonna blame Dems for their choices? How was forcing the Executive to show their evil a bad move? I don't get it!
no doubt it was a bad situation but we are in a kind of shut down now--Trump is doing as he pleases with the budget now--you think that the Republicans can hold him back?
So you lost an opportunity.
I believe him and I think he made the right decision out of two horrible choices. That being said he has lost the confidence of the party and should step down.
Why do you think not being shut down is going to stop them from destroying the government anyway? Because it won't. They'll just go right on doing whatever they wanted.
It wasn't the right decision - it was a spineless one.
The only thing we have on our side right now are the courts. A govt shutdown would mean federal courts would shut down 2-3 weeks afterward for any NEW cases, which means no more lawsuits to stop executive orders or prevent firings of gov employees. And they could keep it shutdown indefinitely.
They could have fillibustered for a while (maybe even just the weekend), with Dem Senators taking turns to speak to American people about every terrible thing Musk, his Dodgie boys and Repubs in Congress are doing - get press, raise awareness, show they care.
The point of that, according to you, would be to send a message to the American people. No one would be listening beyond the people like us already tuned into politics on social media/cable news. Filibuster sessions don't get covered on national network news programs.
He should have named this senator at the time and should definitely name him now. Better still try to record someone saying this. Everyone needs to know this shit at the time it happens not as an excuse afterwards
He thinks the 240 some Republicans up for election in 2026 wanted a government shutdown that potentially goes into 2026? Either he's stupid or he thinks we are. All he did was take Dem ownership of shutdowns despite being the *minority* and make 2026 tougher for Democrats. What an idiot.
I could make a thousand post about the amount of stupidity in this clip. Jesus fucking christ....is this the best we have to fight back with? This is beyond utterly pathetic, the rage in my brain listening to this for the however many times now is reached the calm before the storm point. We fucked
They won't negotiate so we just gave them what they wanted lmao. Apparently, without Nancy standing there beside him with her hand up his ass he's a balless little bitch. Jesus fucking christ he's so fucking clueless. And him saying that he and Jeffries had a strategy is a bad fucking joke.
Should have let it shut down and hang it around trumps neck Ike last time. How was that so fucking hard but it proves that Nancy had the balls and he does not, nor Jeffries. After 2 weeks people would have been howling, yeah that's the point you fucking moron
Chuck Schumer was just interviewed by Chris Hayes and he made some compelling comments redirecting my criticism along with many others of what he did. Hear it if you can
I will do my best to be objective and give it a listen. That being said, I tend to trust Nancy Pelosi's judgment more than his. She is one of the most shrewd politicians that the Democrats ever had.
Really @schumer.senate.gov , that was fear he was instilling in you bc they themselves CAN NOT GOVERN, my goodness you’re a mummy and still can’t read the room.
So let me get this straight. In September they come back and say national abortiok ban. No aca. No social security. Or we shut down. What’s the answer ?
If true, I would have called that bluff and then proceeded to out that Senator. Then for the entire time the government was shutdown, continue outing that Senator and blaming the Republican party.
Yeah. But we will never know what they would’ve done. And if they indeed shut down Fed courts, it wouldn’t have to be for 6 months—Chuck always had the option to pass that bill later. Same humiliation but voters wouldn’t be so angry with Dems.
The CR that Schumer helped pass turned federal spending into a slush fund for Trump and Musk, surrendering congressional authority and empowering their sabotage; funds and empowers ICE to continue illegal extraditions to a Salvadorian concentration camp.
Not seeing how Felon, Elon, Vought and Doge-bag making decisions on what services and agencies function during a shutdown is vastly different than what is currently happening.
You didn't even get a single concession. And it wouldn't have been shut down for 6-9 months. You're just making shit up. The markets would have crashed and that would have forced republicans to make concessions.
#SurrenderSchumer desperately clinging to power and attempting to justify his vote for for the obscene Republican CR.
‘The Republicans told me’
LOL, bc the GOP never lies right Chuck you schumck.
Schumer, your response shoulda been to go on national TV and report "GOP Senator NAME just threatened me that if Dem Senators didn't fall in line, the GOP would shut the gov't down for 6 to 9 months until THEY totally destroyed the federal gov't. Dems WILL NOT BE BULLIED into voting for a bad CR"
If this were true, why wouldn’t the die hard MAGApublicans have voted against it to give Elon and the Felon what they wanted? Because it wasn’t. Chuck got played.
Yes. Trump would have called five Republicans and said “torpedo the bill” and they would have done so. This notion that Democrats forced Republicans to keep the government open is asinine.
Then u get out your trusty phone hit the camera app and then turn on the video and record. When finished post it to every social media and broadcast media. Let the American people see what the Republicans want to do to the economy.
No your wrong you should have stud your ground. Call out let people know what they have done fuck Trump I am ready to suffer for the greater good. No Dictator not a racist orange turd are couch boy . Mental I’ll Elon wake .
Do they realize it’s blatantly obvious shit didn’t happen when they say that one person said this and they don’t name names? Get the fuck out of our government @schumer.senate.gov
It is obvious that when Schumer and Pelosi were the major party leaders in 2016 that of the two, Pelosi was the strategist & therefore the reason that #45 got outplayed.
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Again, you proved you don’t deserve the power you hold. Someone with fight, with that information, goes public and MAKES A SCENE.
You held info in private that will hurt…
Thanks Chuck!
-Chuck “Chamberlain “ Schumer
https://youtu.be/EqLfXzzPB0g?si=FcunKdamSdzZlx8Z
Did you weigh the options and figure 6-9 months was worse than 4 years, maybe longer?!? 4+ yrs of nonstop, chaotic government destruction and invasion?
That's your gamble for us?
HE NEEDS TO GO.
He is the personification of the Dems weakness.
*looks around*
oh.
the reality is that the only way to have put even a fucking speed bump up was to resist and he rolled over.
#FuckChuck
They would’ve been clamoring to get out of the shutdown because of losing the majority in 2026.
The theory that things would be worse is just that, a theory.
And what about DC. He just signed on to cut their budget $1B. The feel good bill reversing that will never get a hearing in the house or a signature from Trump.
His act symbolized craven surrender.
Next question should have been: okay. So maybe we START with the END. The necessary end.
It’s a thought
Not helping yourself Chuck.
Seek help immediately man.
Make everyone aware of the MAGA GOP threat against The People.
Declare an emergency and do whatever the hell you want, legally with no courts open to litigate.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-emergency-powers-and-their-use
Air traffic controllers ended the last one after 30ish days by simply calling in sick (as they had missed 2 paychecks).
What a dumb mother fucker…
How Republicans don’t break out laughing every time they talk with Chuck.
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THAT'S quite an admission, coming not from Musk or Trump or Vought but from a *senator*.
Yes, @schumer.senate.gov, you COULD do it. So effing DO IT.
But, no, he panicked. No value judgment there; just too scared to do otherwise.
He's not a traitor. He's just not the right person for that position now.
…while they still totally destroy the federal government.
Resign!!!!!
In the @cbsmornings interview Schumer seems to be taking credit for the current grassroots efforts!?
And, he only DELAYED a shutdown- what is the plan for September when the CR expires?
Sweaty little corpo-weasel @schumer.senate.gov
Trying to cling to power like a stubborn turd on thback of the toilet.
#getthechuckout!
@schumer.senate.gov
They are dismantling agencies at a very fast pace, and our government is already being completely destroyed. What do you think he’s going to do now that his bill passed?
#StepDownChuck
Time for new Leadership
Trump's already destroying the government, doing this just said Democrats are not going to do anything to stop it 😔
The number of people who suspect some ulterior motive is troubling.
I just think he was mistaken.
@chuckschumer I will NEVER vote for you again.
So you lost an opportunity.
How come Republicans are so much better at the government chess game and checkmate Democrats at every chance?
I cannot imagine him ever standing up to Trump. Could you imagine how Churchill would have responded in this moment?!
It wasn't the right decision - it was a spineless one.
Even if Republicans let government shut down, they would own the chaos. Furthermore, it would be better than one led by domestic terrorists.
Let it all fall apart so we can rebuild without them. Don't give them any legitimacy!
You need to step down.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lknxmzkokk2e
Yeah, 'cause that's what we elected them to do. Dismantle democracy and keep the money.
Yeah that's it.
Its not like people opinions or the economy or laws matter anymore. America is a banana republic
‘The Republicans told me’
LOL, bc the GOP never lies right Chuck you schumck.
soon no more DEI THERE EITHER!!!
SPEAK OUT
Tell us who said that. Use that against the GOP
Grow a damn backbone