Those who think @schumer.senate.gov did the right thing last week need to explain why he failed to persuade 37 Senate colleagues to join him and why he failed to communicate his thinking to House Dems.
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Chuck Schumer knows full well that a rogue govt, usurped by oligarchs & weaponized against the working class can do far more damage than a govt shutdown. What were Schumer's REAL reasons for voting in support of fascism?
He didn't try to persuade them. He knew he had enough votes to give Republicans what they wanted. I'm not saying he did the right thing, but do you want the government shut down that would allow trump to have complete authority, without the courts to at least try to check him?
I'm also pissed that my Senator Dick Durbin did the same. I now see that he's an imbecile. He wants to get rid of Section 230 of the CDA which protects sites like Bluesky from lawsuits over content.
That was part of the problem. He said 'no' and then turned around and voted 'yes.'
My theory is that he was always going to vote 'yes' but didn't want to have an argument with all the other Dems before the vote. So he lied.
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I didn’t like what Schumer did.
Most people didn’t.
But IMHO we gotta stop focussing on him.
We’ve got Shitler in the White House & Mike Johnson giving him carte blanche.
The Republicans are loving the attention on Schumer instead of their fascism.
Right, but without new leadership -- we can't fight back against Shitler and Mike Johnson.
It's not like we want to spend all this time reforming Chuck Schumer -- the party needs a super refresh and brand new energy NOW. And Chuck needs to step aside to make that happen.
Exactly. As I was struggling with accepting the decision Schumer made, I realized that the vast majority disagreed, and I had to conclude just what you said - 37 of them had to have weighed the pros and cons and knew how to vote for US
Deeply unhelpful though. Making Schumer the focus is not great. (Happy to have replaced leadership-wise for stronger against fascism—and corporatist big money interests—and free speech, including right to be critical of Israel’s actions but focus on dems here rather than GOP budget is not great.)
Understand but shutting down courts and everything else too really would have made much harder to try to stop Trump. Trump wanted the shutdown. No good way to go there and had urged all vote no but not sure it isn’t better that a few did vote for it.
The federal courts shut down when they run out of $ to operate: usually can keep going for a few weeks or longer by prioritizing cases. Schumer presumably knew this; so why wait to last minute to make his case? Why at last minute change his mind, breaking his deal w/congress. He messed up big time.
Be much better if we’re pressuring establishment Dems to adopt platform policies that are popular and will actually make things better for most Americans.
Like scrap the cap on social security. UBI.
And pressuring GOP & Dems both re what a national security threat Trump is and to verify the vote.
Well, I’m not talking to the media 😀 but I do participate in groups like Indivisible and others. Im not convinced that we’re losing the media and public perception over this. We seem to have lost it before last Friday. And Schumer has done himself no favors with his media outreach since.
I explained elsewhere on the thread why he did it in one day, & copied and pasted it another spot on the thread & I don’t wanna keep doing that. The plan was never to shutdown thr gov. The House Dems voted no not for a shutdown but cuz they thought the GOP could not pass the bill w/o Dem votes & 🧵
But many have said they voted No, knowing it could result in a shutdown, though of course everyone hoped it would not. So I appreciate your reading of the situation. But if they make a threat but don’t follow through they have to expect some members of the public & Congress to be upset.
in order to get Dem help, the GOP would be willing to renegotiate the bill and a better bill would be passed. That was the strategy. Dems lost their leverage when the house GOP passed the bill without any damn votes. To make matters worse, were Schumer able to negotiate some concessions & the 🧵
He was goading him. Remember—Trump is doing everything he can to have some kind of plausible justification for invoking martial law.
Understand frustration but urging cede that battle to win greater war (and that war is largely for public perception so the still talking about Schumer…)
What was Schumer’s chance to stop the filthy “CR”? (I put it in quotes because not really a CR.) can you specifically say what Schumer could’ve done? The Dems lost their leverage when, unexpectedly, this GOP (for the 1st time on a CR or any budgetary issue) had the votes w/o Dems. Any 🧵
concessions that Schumer could somehow garner would mean revisions to the bill. After the revised bill passed the Senate, it would have to be sent back to the House & passed by the house prior to midnight on 3/14. But the House was on recess. There simply was no time to recall the House & vote by 12
Thank you for a response. Filibuster for how long? Didn’t they have a 1 1/2 days prior to the 3/14 midnight deadline? You can’t filibuster the deadline. Once midnight happens, the gov is shut down. If the filibuster gets concessions for a better bill, it has to be drafted & voted on by the Senate &🧵
then sent down to the House because the House would have to approve the revised bill. But the House had gone out on recess so they would have to be recalled. I honestly don’t think there was time for any of this. Filibustering for what? If there’s not enough time, there’s not enough time. 🧵
His excuse was BS. No one is stopping Elmo right now. How is not letting the government shut down going to change him from firing and shutting down what he thinks isn't necessary?
Schumer - go home. You did some good things, but when crucial came, you absolutely did the 100% wrong thing. Don't care how smart you think you are. You were wrong. Get out of the way, you're parroting MAGA talking points. You lost majority and talk about winning. Delusions can be treated.
Here’s what I think may have happened. I don’t think he expected it to pass the house as it was, meaning r’s would have to negotiate with D’s for a better bill. When it did pass, he didn’t feel like the country could survive a shutdown, esp. with Doge shredding agencies and Trump wanting court /1
action to stall or get 86’ed. So he along with a few other D’s took the blame and allowed the rest to vote against the CR on principle. You can argue whether you think it was the right thing to do but that’s what I think may have happened. Just my thoughts from the cheap seats. 😉
Stop all donations to the Dem party until this fossil is no longer leader. EVERY time he opens his mouth to try and justify what he did, he only makes it worse. As an Independent, the Dems have lost my trust. Keep doing the same idiotic things and you'll lose my vote.
They can’t explain why @schumer.senate.gov only got 9 to follow! Huge failure from he who disrespects & disregards his constituents, as well as voices of criticism on the internet.
Wake up chuck. It’s how Americans get their indep news, voice their opinions, build alliances &
VENT OUR ANGER
Schumer is the king of dipschittz: just another corporate demochimp bootlicking his donors & doing their bidding.
Fvkk Schumer and every, single one of his dogschitt supporters.
Mehdi Hasan called him out 7yrs ago for the same thing: bending over for trump. Fvkk Schumer.
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.
That’s exactly the issue. He failed to gain any consensus within his caucus and then failed to develop & communicate a strategy. That by itself should force a vote by Senate Dems on his future as Minority leader.
Perhaps Schumer prioritized principles over persuasion. Not everyone follows the crowd. Sometimes, standing alone takes more courage than rallying support. Thoughts?
I think he was deathly afraid of being tagged with a shutdown and showed little courage as evidenced by the way he blindsided his House colleagues and did a Kabuki performance making it sound like he would prevent its passage the night before.
I don’t think he was afraid of being tagged with a shutdown. That would be politics as usual, and we are well out of politics as usual. A gov shutdown cedes all power cuz Dens can’t reopen the gov. And Don’s powers are greatly increased. He determines what is essential & nonessential. So I would 🧵
bet he’ll deem the DOE, SSA, Medicaid, Medicare, USPS, & more nonessential. The last shutdown was under Donny and the government was shut down for 35 days. It could be shut down longer. The longer these agencies are not functioning the more likely they could never function again. And the federal 🧵
courts have been helpful. I know people are down on the courts, but I feel they’ve been helpful and our best weapon so far at least in slowing him down. I’m glad the chief justice weighed in today and rebuked Don. The judiciary is its own branch but still is funded by the gov. There are various 🧵
pots of money that the federal courts dip into & combine during gov shutdowns to stay running—but experts say only enuf to stay open for 2 weeks maybe 3. Past presidents didn’t have the motivation Don has to shut down federal courts—so this has never been an issue. Now it is. The courthouses are 🧵
The reason why 37 didn't go along is because they knew scared Democrats who want to do something, anything would be outraged that they voted for cloture as your post is in evidence.
That doesn't change the fact that it was a bad idea. Shutting down the government would have closed the Courts.
We all want to fight Trump but we can't let our emotions dictate bad decisions.
Let's work together
I've been on 3 protests. I've written letters to representatives.
We can do this united not divided by fighting each other.
Chuck Schumer cares a lot more about his motherfucking stock portfolio than American citizens. He’s a fucking coward for canceling his book tour once he realized how angry we are at his profound betrayal. Yea, you ought to be scared Chuck. Sleep with one eye open, asshole!
Exactly. He folded cause he was scheduled to go on a paid book tour and didn't want to cancel or interrupt that. He thought our anger would blow over in a day or two. Well Chuckie baby it didn't blow over and we are mad as hell at your lack of leadership. Time to resign and go home.
His 24 hour 180 degree flip flop should have been thoroughly explained to the Senate. Then thoroughly explained to America. Instead he goes on tv days later. If not dishonest, he is still a wanker.
America, open your eyes! Trump is weakening our nation, helping Putin justify war, and pushing Russian expansion. His absurd claims about taking Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal? Just a distraction. Trump isn’t in charge—Putin is.
He failed because he know they wouldn’t buy it and would see right through his “favor” to Wall Street that resulted in an immediate market bump. Deferring the inevitable at the expense of Democracy.
Maybe also explain why he just gave away the needed votes without asking for anything in return.
Like he's been fast tracking judges for McConnell without ever getting anything in return.
Yes you could call him weak but his choice was not easy. Giving Trump the ability to destroy everything in the dark of night is not a good decision either. Stay FOCUSED!
MAGAT cultists, stay at home bothsiderist Independents and perfectionist one issue Progressives let Republicans gain majority control of the House and the Senate and the White House but now voters across the country wonder why minority Democrats aren’t doing more to save our Constitutional Republic
Senate Dem’s could have at least made of show of the "CR" vote -
Dem leadership don't understand the value of "performance" of opposition: Staging a bit of drama gives their voters a cause to rally around & makes it visible to the MAGA voters - MAGA media couldn’t hide it!
His argument was that during a shutdown, the federal courts shutdown, so there's nothing to stop Musk and Trump. At least right now, the courts are ruling against them.
I don't know if this is enough of an argument. Either way, I've long the @schumer.senate.gov needs to step down.
It happens in a caucus—they decide who can take the hit for voting yes. Many more were aligned with Schumer+9 votes than their NO votes indicate. They were either paying for something they got or will be given. And/or think if they leave Trump to his own accord his support implodes. Hard fail.
Basically, it was choice between Trump’s way and Elon’s way for the Senators. They’re both evil so 🤷🏽♀️ can’t blame them. For Schumer, he never even tried to get them more than those options, that’s why he’s the one getting attacked by us.
Not really, they were responding to their constituent's frustration and anger (rational or not), people who claim Schumer screwed the pooch need to explain what they believe would have followed had Democrats de-funded and shut down the government.
I have lost a lot of respect for him. He should never have agreed with the rethugs on passing this. We all know they would have been bitching about it but would have worked to avoid a shutdown as neither party wants it. I just hope he isn't going over to the Dark Side.
I have been wondering that since I heard Schumer on Chris Hayes. If it was that GD important to approve the CR then more than the bare minimum of senators would have joined him on the yes vote. Did the 37 vote no as some sort of useless platitude to the people?
those in power for long stretches seem to be marinated in all their experiences so changes and new realities not in their bubble which is all they know
Us Independents are watching...please do it right...we'd like you to run new people that have a plan and can enact to save our country. No pro-Apartheid Pro-Genocide candidates either.
Heard a clip of him speaking today on SiriusXM Progressive radio. He seems out of touch with reality and consequences of not taking risks. Not trying to be unkind…
Had he got the votes to stop the bill he could have had a negotiating tool to help all the Americans that trumps kicked to the curb…I don’t get his tactic at all…
So, you'd let Hochul let us have 3 months without a senator before calling a special election, then she'd give the maximum time allowed between then and now.... Are you not familiar with how Hochul operates?
If it WAS possible, I would prefer him not to be my Senator....going forward ,because he certainly might Vote again with the MAGA folks....and that's unacceptable.
And why he said his caucus was a unified “No” and then a ready later voted the exact opposite. All the reps that voted no and put their careers on the line were sold out by this guy. If you can’t trust your leader to tell the truth to you, you need to replace your leader.
Schumer seems to have had an ulterior motive in his decision to vote for the CR. If he was convinced of his decision, he would have discussed it with Jeffries.
Follow the money. Who are Schumer’s biggest donors? Where do his true loyalties lie? Why does Trump browbeat and threaten to stop aid to Ukraine but not Israel?
I have read about how my Senator had a Sophie’s choice& he chose the path that was least harmful to us. However, I’m going to trust
Pelosi/AOC on this who said it was a false equivalency &under no circumstances should any DEM vote yes. For years we have been asking him to move aside as leader1/2
I mean, he couldn’t even keep Sinema &MANCHIN in line, yet he never gets challenged. Never mind that Mitchell ran circles around him. Also,while Rome is burning, & country-is on life-support,he was going on a book tour! He is woefully naïve or a liar. When 🍊congratulates you, you made a miatske2/2
Here’s an explanation for you:
many senators didn’t vote “no” for cloture cuz they believed shutting down the gov was best. They didn’t want to take the heat from voters Schumer’s getting now & are grateful that Schumer got the votes for cloture without them. Politics.
this goal may be difficult for you. If there were many Dem senators that, as a matter of conscience really did not want to shut down the gov but feared a tough backlash, these Senators got major cover from Chuck. I don’t see then ousting him, unless they are completely feckless. Do you recall 🧵
who were the 2 Dems that voted for the hateful “CR” (not just for cloture)? I bet many people can’t tell you who they are but are red hot on Chuck doing the wrong thing. He gave them major cover too. Schumer’s been disappointing since 11/5—just not this time. Here he’s acted like a true leader.
There may not have been enough time to warn the other Democrats because Sen. Chuck Schumer got wind of the Republican’s & Elon Musk’s elation over the prospects of them voting for the shutdown!
Those limited few became the sacrificial lambs of the party. Musk wanted the shutdown to happen!
Either Musk hacked the election (possible but unlikely) or Democrats have lost favor with both Dems and Independents. That means we need to rebuild to win! Out with the old and in with the new. Schumer, thanks but you’re out!
I’ll push back on this one. This was orchestrated by the entire senate Dem caucus. Yes/no votes were carefully chosen. My WI dem senator voted no, but I’m not confident that’s her position. It’s more sinister betrayal than it appears. Every Dem needs to be primaried.
B/c they are listening to their constituents who dont really understand the severity of the situation. They dont want to insult their constituents’ intelligence by explaining that they don’t understand. They have to ride with them! But Schumer did what needed to be done 🤷🏾.
I say all that and i still agree that new leadership is necessary! Preferably not another stale white man right now. We need diversity of thought & diversity of ideas right now. We need people leading who care about minority voices because we just arent getting that right now.
You really have not answered the question. Not only did Schumer not persuad his Senate colleagues or talk to his House colleagues, he deliberately misled on his position the night before then caved. Weak.
And explain if you’re so pissed at him surrendering why his follower count on Bluesky has gone up. He doesn’t speak for us anymore. UNFOLLOW HIM - yes, you can still comment on his page
That's because he works for Israel not US... Trump and Israel are tight .... so that's why Trump congratulated Schumer at his state of the Nation speech...
He explained it on Chris Hayes last night and I thought the interview was good. It explained exactly why he didn't vote not. He does not feel at this time we are in a constitutional crisis.
WTF Chuck Schumer was on CBS this morning. I was struck by his arrogance. He said he is the best democrat to be leader, and he said he and Hakeem Jeffries had a strategy for the shutdown vote. Was it the House opposes while the Senate approved?
@schumer.senate.gov is a #Zionist & #AIPACWhore with deep financial ties to Zion Oil who want #LeviathanOil which is what this whole thing is about. #ResourceTheft & #GenocideofPalestinans to own land that's not theirs. #ZionismisFascism
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#AntiZionismisnotAntiSemitism
Take @schumer.senate.gov out of his leadership role, as a start, then harass the hell out of him-compel him to retire or resign! The old guard MUST GO...Enough of the greedy grifters. They're corrupt and WAY too comfortable!! 🤬
Honestly, i am trying to understand it all. Schumer says it was the lesser of two evils, that the Republicans and Trump admin could have made things worse with a shut down. I havent heard anyone on our side refute his specific points. I wish i could hear Schumer and AOC debate the issue!
Republicans, You took power with lawbreaking, violating our constitution, lying, KGB brainwashing, ignoring rules & policies, being obstructionists & saboteurs, ginning up hate & violence and generally being flaming disrespectful assholes. Hence, we are declaring you & your authority NULL & VOID..
The 37 who voted to continue debate & shut down the government were responding to a beautiful activist flood of calls & messages from angry and frustrated constituents demanding that they FIGHT and HOLD THE LINE and DO SOMETHING.
Looking at the damage already done to key agencies while employees are still on the job, he saw that DOGE could do worse, irreparable harm if ALL employees were swept out of their way by a shutdown.
So Schumer changed his mind & persuaded a handful of others to vote with him.
That's before we get to the compassionate argument about the people who would be in financial crisis if they miss even one paycheck, especially at the end of the month; and the low-paid contract workers & "non-essential" folks who never get back pay when a shutdown ends.
She's right! It was a choice between two bad choices. There is no proof Schumer is wrong. I'm no fan of his but I think he could be right. We need to hang together. That's why the GOP beat us every single time. We'll be arguing while they crown trump. These Dems are who we have to work with NOW!
The courts would have stayed open. Firings, removals and replacements can't legally happen for 30 days in a shutdown, and any removed have to be reinstated. There would be pressure from both sides to sit down and work out a better CR and get things running again the longer it went on.
All damage would be owned by the Republicans.
You're basically just trying to slowly rip a bandaid off, thinking it hurts less.
The pain will be the same, except the fix will take far longer to come around.
Firings, removals and replacements can't legally happen NOW but they are happening.
And what pressure would come from the Republicon side to work out a better CR? They benefit from a prolonged shutdown in many ways, especially when they get to blame it on Democrats.
1/ My problem is Schumer has not only failed to be an opposition, but failed to think strategically.
Look at how Rs in congress had fallen in line with Trump's demands on confirmation and the budget. Yet for the CR Schumer bet everything on Republicans fracturing.
3/ Rather than hoping problems will fix themselves in their own, a good leader would have been preparing for all of this. He would have started with the playbook McConnell used to instruct when Rs were in the minority. They would have tested resistance methods during the confirmation hearings.
2/ When it reached the Senate he hasn't done any planning either as evidence by opposing the CR, then flipping within 24 hours and gaining no concessions. What kind of message does that send to Republicans making plans for debt ceiling negotiations?
Schumer needs to RESIGN from being Senate Minority Leader. It’s either that or RETIRE. I haven’t heard many Democrats that think he did the right thing. ☮️💙
Supreme Court should be pressured to reverse their Presidential Immunity Declaration. This is our only chance to survive a dictatorship. Without this reversal no one will be able to stop the Felon.
Let's decipher the fallacy that is US democracy.
1. No democracy has only two parties.
2. No democracy has an Electoral College.
3. No democracy has a voting system as stupid as this one.
4. Real democracies get everyone to vote.
5. Compromising core democratic values away to fascists is idiotic.
I DON'T WANT REFORM!
I WANT A NEW CONSTITUTION THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE FROM THE START!
NO EC!
MODERN GUN CONTROL!
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE AS A RIGHT!
I WANT AN ACTUAL PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY!
CA, WA, OR SHOULD SECEDE WITH CANADIAN MEXICAN SUPPORT.
U have proven without a shadow of a doubt that this country does not work. It is utterly dysfunctional. And with unlimited military budget it's a military oligarchy controlled by corps who keep y'all blind in IMPERIALIST MILITARY control of half the planet.
Lol. U thinking this system will continue. That's cute. Voting is not happening. Free and fair elections will never happen for the safety and security of the republic.
Here's a deal for you, send the Republican Party to the political wilderness where it belongs, then we can see how much "reform" the Democratic Party needs.
You really think we need to focus on reforming the party instead of for once sticking together to fight for our country? Having parties won't be needed if we fail! No need for parties in a dictatorship.We are our own worst enemy. We need to unite & work with the Dems we have in office now! Ffs
Supreme Court should be pressured to reverse their Presidential Immunity Declaration. This is our only chance to survive a dictatorship. Without this reversal no one will be able to stop the Felon.
It’s been reported Chuck’s big money donors called with concerns that the markets would drop with a government shutdown. Ya just can’t mess around with rich folks wallets
What interfered w/ the plan decided upon w/ the House was that House GOP were able to pass the hateful “CR” w/o any votes from the Dems, which has not occurred since they got power. The thought the House GOP would need Den votes & negotiations would happen & a better bill would pass. The plan was 🧵
never to have a shut down. The plan was to force a negotiation and path a better bill. Wheh the House passed the bill—Dems lost their leverage. A 2d unexpected thing happened: Mike Johnson recessed the House for I think 10 days. Even if Schumer could get even a single concession & it passed in the🧵
Senate, the bill would still have to go back down to the House and the House would have to vote on the new revised bill and it would have to pass before midnight on March 14. I know people complain that tumor didn’t even try to get any concessions. But there was simply no time for this to happen.
Canadian here, it is abundently clear on this side of the border that standing down to a BULLY is NOT a good strategy! Especially one of the greatest con man of our time, perhaps the best con man ever, the greatest even. Nobody better. ( - )
Schumer knew most dem senators didn’t agree with him and he still thought he was right. The old school dems don’t know what to do now that fascism is in the house. AOC, Murphy, Sanders, Crockett—they are the new dem leaders.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer postponed his book tour for "Antisemitism in America: A Warning" due to security concerns following backlash from progressives over his support for a GOP-led spending bill to avert a government shutdown
I mean... overnight, he went from saying all Dems were united on a no vote and want a clean bill, to we must vote yes. What happened in that time? Who got to him?
Explain how a shutdown would have been better? Trump & musk wanted the shutdown; that would have enabled them to dismantle government even faster. They had no reason to bring govt back that would just prove their point it was mostly unnecessary. They could have whittled it down to their toadies.
The way I see it, Schumer was promised something in exchange.a Quid pro quo. Maybe he was promised a free Telsa, or a debt was paid off. Nevertheless, he has proven to Americans that he's a weak, self-serving, ineffective leader.
NYT reports that there were senators who agreed with him but he provided them cover so they could vote no. I don't know what the right decision was but Dave Troy argues that yes was the more strategic vote. That Musk WANTED a shutdown is a huge red flag imo. https://america2.news/to-survive-this-we-must-break-the-fourth-wall/
Thanks. It’s a view a lot of angry people yelled at me for but as an ex fixer of sorts, and knowing the players, I knew it was a dangerous trap not in favor of the eager Democrats and Progressives storming into a trap. We saw just today bureaucratic defiance and court resistance and reversals matter
Judge Roberts, Chuang, Ana Reyes, Boasberg all helped to provide greater checks, transparency, stops, reversals. If the NRx choose what’s totally eliminated/defunded first, and courts kept offline — that would be an accelerated nightmare for the resistance (unless with a million person armed march).
I’m not a Sen Schumer fan but he happened to be right and I thought it important people know why. I have no hopes of being able to save him from an angry mob that i guess wanted the courts totally neutered and Schumer 3D printing an AR-15 with auto-seer leading the march to Mar-a-Lago.
I'm not a Schumer fan either and I want to see him go for a number of reasons not least being his inability to communicate effectively. But I think, based on the NYT article I read about it, that he acted as a leader and provided cover for a number of other senators that wanted for vote yes.
I absolutely agree. The courts need to be funded and functioning at this critical juncture! Meanwhile, we the people need to get out on the streets and protest en masse.
And boycott the mega-corps. If all at once is rough at least Amazon Target Tesla. Many niche-sounding brands are actually U.S. Mega-Corp owned so I’d list what I normally buy out to see if there aren’t smaller corp alternatives, small biz alternatives or even foreign brand options.
Most boycotts are about messaging. This is about financial damage against those pre-obeying or condoning or cooperating with this criminal cabal in the White House. And not a permanent shunning but if they turn and support democracy we welcome them as an ally.
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Imagine that. The courts are the only thing saving us & checking the Trump regime right now.
A shutdown also could negatively impact the upcoming special elections on Apr 1 & we need those seats!
My theory is that he was always going to vote 'yes' but didn't want to have an argument with all the other Dems before the vote. So he lied.
I didn’t like what Schumer did.
Most people didn’t.
But IMHO we gotta stop focussing on him.
We’ve got Shitler in the White House & Mike Johnson giving him carte blanche.
The Republicans are loving the attention on Schumer instead of their fascism.
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It's not like we want to spend all this time reforming Chuck Schumer -- the party needs a super refresh and brand new energy NOW. And Chuck needs to step aside to make that happen.
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Of course not.
He is a Vichy collaborator with the Trump regime.
Schumer had a chance to stop this filthy CR, and he failed miserably, giving the Republicans a budget win.
But it’s losing the media and public perception battle to keep the focus there now. It’s exactly what GOP/Trump wants.
We really do need be savvier at that aspect of things.
Like scrap the cap on social security. UBI.
And pressuring GOP & Dems both re what a national security threat Trump is and to verify the vote.
Understand frustration but urging cede that battle to win greater war (and that war is largely for public perception so the still talking about Schumer…)
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Wake up chuck. It’s how Americans get their indep news, voice their opinions, build alliances &
VENT OUR ANGER
Resistance is Futile
#StepDownChuck
@schumer.senate.gov
Fvkk Schumer and every, single one of his dogschitt supporters.
Mehdi Hasan called him out 7yrs ago for the same thing: bending over for trump. Fvkk Schumer.
This is not a thriller, not a comedy—just a slow, stumbling walk into the Twilight Zone of political incompetence.
He showed Republicans they don’t need to listen because enough weak or fake Democrats will roll over.
Anyone who voted with Schumer needs a primary and much more pressure until then.
That doesn't change the fact that it was a bad idea. Shutting down the government would have closed the Courts.
Let's work together
I've been on 3 protests. I've written letters to representatives.
We can do this united not divided by fighting each other.
He’s like the townsfolk in “Blazing Saddles” when the sheriff threatens to shoot himself Schumer argues he just might do it.
“in the gym, you know, when you’re on that bike in your shorts panting away next to a Republican, a lot of the inhibitions come off”
Saying he can still work with Rs. But really he has the HOTS for Rs. Go figure 🤷♂️
Like he's been fast tracking judges for McConnell without ever getting anything in return.
Remove corrupt politicians from office.
Reverse the damage.
Reclaim US democracy.
#3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide #USProtests
Dem leadership don't understand the value of "performance" of opposition: Staging a bit of drama gives their voters a cause to rally around & makes it visible to the MAGA voters - MAGA media couldn’t hide it!
I don't know if this is enough of an argument. Either way, I've long the @schumer.senate.gov needs to step down.
I am really upset with Gillibrand.
Pelosi/AOC on this who said it was a false equivalency &under no circumstances should any DEM vote yes. For years we have been asking him to move aside as leader1/2
many senators didn’t vote “no” for cloture cuz they believed shutting down the gov was best. They didn’t want to take the heat from voters Schumer’s getting now & are grateful that Schumer got the votes for cloture without them. Politics.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/chuck-schumer-senate-democrats-government-shutdown-rcna196722
I responded to your challenge up above to explain why Schumer didn’t get more than 10 votes if he were indeed doing the right thing.
Are you encouraging people to call their senators so they can convince Chuck to step down from his leadership role? If that theory is right🧵
Those limited few became the sacrificial lambs of the party. Musk wanted the shutdown to happen!
I think it was more likely a case of the maggots screeching "we really want a shutdown" = "please don't throw me into the briar patch."
The fact is, the continuing resolution gutted all the recent court orders saying DOGE is illegal.
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RT Please
It’s done. Work directly with senators who can take over party leadership.
We’ve still got Trump’s actions to fight.
@schumer.senate.gov needs to be removed
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#AntiZionismisnotAntiSemitism
We need new, younger leadership - nothing to lose, make a change!
Sitting back and waiting for their term to end is madness and corrupt stupidity.
#EndFacists #EndOligarchs #EndNeoliberals
I would like to hear from constitutional scholars, but I think the media and media chasing politicians have prevented us from learning more.
The 37 who voted to continue debate & shut down the government were responding to a beautiful activist flood of calls & messages from angry and frustrated constituents demanding that they FIGHT and HOLD THE LINE and DO SOMETHING.
My Senators were among them & I respect that. /1
The Yarvin disciples were licking their lips at the thought of a shutdown making all federal employees stay home.
Indefinitely.
With no way for Democrats to call for reopening the government. /2
So Schumer changed his mind & persuaded a handful of others to vote with him.
A tough call. /3
Feel free to flame me./end
You're basically just trying to slowly rip a bandaid off, thinking it hurts less.
The pain will be the same, except the fix will take far longer to come around.
And what pressure would come from the Republicon side to work out a better CR? They benefit from a prolonged shutdown in many ways, especially when they get to blame it on Democrats.
Look at how Rs in congress had fallen in line with Trump's demands on confirmation and the budget. Yet for the CR Schumer bet everything on Republicans fracturing.
Did he? What makes you say that?
I also want to note that Schumer didn't vote for the spending bill.
He voted to cut off debate so that the vote on the bill would happen before the shutdown deadline.
Only Shaheen & King voted for the actual CR.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5197869-schumer-funding-bill-trump-musk-shutdown/
It's only leverage if the other party wants to avoid a shutdown.
Rcons WANTED a shutdown.
And once govt was defunded, ALL control over when (or whether) it reopened would be with the Rcons.
Dems would have NO opportunity to negotiate a better deal.
She lost any chance of a third term, with her yes vote.
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1. No democracy has only two parties.
2. No democracy has an Electoral College.
3. No democracy has a voting system as stupid as this one.
4. Real democracies get everyone to vote.
5. Compromising core democratic values away to fascists is idiotic.
I WANT A NEW CONSTITUTION THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE FROM THE START!
NO EC!
MODERN GUN CONTROL!
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE AS A RIGHT!
I WANT AN ACTUAL PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY!
CA, WA, OR SHOULD SECEDE WITH CANADIAN MEXICAN SUPPORT.
Yes. And I’d also take on this fight song…
We are the Democrats
Mighty mighty
Democrats
(Repeat)
😁
more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/chuck-schumer-book-tour-backlash
They owe it to the American people to do this quickly.
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@warren.senate.gov
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