Senate Democratic leadership essentially played dead today and greenlit the Trump-Musk-Vance coup. What is the point of the Democratic Party if it doesn't actually act like an opposition party? Hello?
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💯 - it is demoralizing to see the Democratic leadership (to be fair, not the whole party) being criminally derelict in their duty. I get that there can be accountability for these actions, but what will be left of our institutions, rule of law and country by the time we get real Dem leaders! 😨
Respectfully disagree. People presume a shutdown would be like a shutdown during normal times— markets get jittery and two sides agree to move things forward. This is different— the NRX are ok with de facto institutional and court collapse for a second chance at fascist blitz.
As a collective, the Dems would have had to have been very organized to win something either way. If the CR had failed, Dems would have been blamed for all of the firings the junta wants to do anyway.
We need a new party to rise up. If the Democrats are acting like Republicans, and the Republicans are acting like Fascists, it's time for a party that represents the people!
To stay in power to ride it to destruction to bend of knee kiss the Ring!
If We fail to keep this Democratic Republic they the Turncoat 20 brought it upon us. History will judge.
I’ve followed you for at least ten years, and I’ve always felt it was a shame that you choose not to run for office. Democrats could really use more voices like yours
They didn't play dead they actively voted against what the majority of Americans wanted and against our freedom. Dems are complicit and probably put the nail in their own Congressional coffin. Dictators always work alone.
They have not been a separate party in decades. You know the ratchet effect. They explains how we got here. I will not vote for another one. We need a progressive party that means will really fight. They need to do it now!!!
👎on you Bob. You know the leadership vote was not playing dead today. I'm not a Schumer fan, but he made a decision & a GOOD argument if you shut down the Government **Trump gets to decide who is an essential employee and when it opens back up.**
He convinced me it was the better of 2 bad choices.
Call Schumer a coward, playing dead or call for him to be replaced on any other vote, but not this one. IMO 9 people had to vote Yes, and the others got to loudly protest with a No vote.
The government & courts have to stay open--these are not normal times.
I agree. I saw the Schumer interview on Chris Hayes last evening. He stated that both options were horrible but in a shutdown, Trump could’ve closed the courts and we would had no recourse to their cuts in the federal workforce.
Dems continue to play by Marquess of Queensberry rules while Trump, Musk the the Right are street fighting. They gotta take the gloves off and fight for our democracy!
There is no point. Which is why I’m disaffiliating. Unless and until the party is burned to the ground and rebuilt with entirely new leadership, I’m never voting D again. IF we ever actually have another election, I’ll skip it if voting for Ds just means a free pass for anything Rs want to do.
NO. No I'm not handling losing my healthcare, SNAP, HUD, and social security elegantly. No, I'm not graceful about these losses. No I am not magnanimous about this. NO, I'm not being a nice n polite smiley happy democrat through this Auschwitz level loss that will befall 79 million of us. No
NO. No I'm not handling losing my healthcare, SNAP, HUD, and social security elegantly. No, I'm not graceful about these losses. No I am not magnanimous about this. NO, I'm not being a nice n polite smiley happy democrat through this Auschwitz level loss that will befall 79 million of us. No
NO. No I'm not handling losing my healthcare, SNAP, HUD, and social security elegantly. No, I'm not graceful about these losses. No I am not magnanimous about this. NO, I'm not being a nice n polite smiley happy democrat through this Auschwitz level loss that will befall 79 million of us. No
The corruption within the Democratic Party is in plain sight now. I’ve been attacked for saying it, told I’m creating ”in-fighting” and “improper focus”…. but how can we effectively fight when we have active saboteurs at the top of the party? Cut the rot out and put fighters in charge.
Sharable Google Drive link with the office numbers for the 10 Dems (I'm including King) who voted for cloture. Clickable office, FB, IG, and BlueSky links too.
A broad coalition of political parties and other entities whose members would commit to mass violence targeting Republican officeholders and their collaborators, the better to restore American democracy.
No point.
Democratic party should dissolve & a new party should form that is not afraid, has a spine & has a clear & cogent vision for America.
If Schumer is remembered at all by history it will not be kind. He is not a leader.
😢The tears won't stop today - What doors are Trump's minions knocking down sending out to concentration camps, denying medical help to children How many lives disrupted damaged denied food and shelter lost jobs by this mad man and his followers now enabled by cowardly Democratic Party leadership -
The harm already caused may be insurmountable for so many - I doubt Americans will ever regain our loss We are no longer welcome anywhere To some only seen as to be pitied To others what, a failed nation?
The rise of "these people" is growing worldwide
We are, essentially, self-destructing as a civilized, sustainable planet
The microplastics in our RAIN WATER, infecting our ground, our waterways, our very food - let alone the heat from petro industries
It's now all happening in real time 😭
The caving of a handful of Democrats is a devastating blow. It was not a surprise. We’ve been walking toward today for decades. Few understood the danger. Fewer took it seriously. This is the result.
The incompetence of Democrats has me at a complete loss. They are not serious politicians. I’ve been a lifelong Democrat, defended them at their worst, but Trump’s presidency has exposed them as a sham party who have abandoned Americans to fend for themselves against Trump’s worst impulses. Insane.
Trump is not the main problem.
The 77 million base voters is the problem.
The dead-letter-literal-interpretation of the Bible evangelical white nationalists is the problem
The anti-abortion anti-gay anti-immigration etc., is the problem.
Jim Crow 2.0 voting laws is the problem
Anti-science problem
No point. There seems to be no point to the Democratic Party right now. We’ll take the Progressives and go our own way. Time to blow up the two-party system.
Much as the Whigs ran their course and were replaced by the (1850s) Republicans, maybe it is time for a new center-left party to replace the one led by Schumer and Fetterman.
Let the Tax Cut go through.
Deficit goes higher due to less tax funds.
Let's the CR go through because now that we have less tax funds, we "need" to cut programs.
Both times, just lets reconciliation bills go through so a simple majority can pass them and then they can perform about how awful it is
In reality, they probably believe more in Republican politics than Democrat ones, but they want their comfy jobs where they just have to point fingers and perform.
Oh yeah, I’ve read about a party named that somewhere in my childhood history books or the fiction I used to read. Those were the days.
Well, I’ve gotta get going, those dumpsters won’t dive themselves. Maybe today I’ll find some food scraps if I can avoid the Company Cops long enough.
Bernie said we’d get no help from the Democrats. Adam Schiff on YouTube trying to explain away why they did this. They need to leave DC go our in the US and explain why the have no courage.
You fucked us @senschumer So now you and your 8 comrades including DICK can enjoy getting ousted. No matter where you go we will be there to remind you every fucking day until you’re gone. Gutless.
I called both of my Oregon senators to ask they call for Schumer to step down. No more donations or volunteer work for Dems until we have leadership that’s up for the fight.
America has a “Uni-party.” Democrats that are complicit today are demonstrating they are willing to be complicit to power, and can be useful in the Neo-fascist state
it has proven to be controlled opposition. if it wasn't these 10 dems, it woukf of been 10 others. if they needed 20, they'd have 20 dema voting for it. this is a game to them. they only care about their jobs and connections.
I will do everything I can to make sure we get someone better in that Senate seat. Being a Pennsylvanian and American is awfully embarrassing these days.
No idea. I could be fine with a moderate or center Dem, but this is all so out of touch. Pennsylvanians need to remember all that he's done and show up at the polls when his term is up.
Shutdown is what trump wants to do so is playing into his hands shutdown huge mistake it will make u FEEL GOOD but a strategic loss. Schumer fell on sword so DEMS could vote no.
The midterms are coming. Like them, we are sitting out and letting things happen, why should we put them in office when they do NOTHING for us. DT can just take the country.
If Germany had chicken s*** politicians like that, no wonder Hitler got away with the s*** he got away with. We are watching a coup, and everyone is sitting around and letting it happen.
I honestly think its time to have the Dem party go further left, if that means getting those green party voter’s ass over to vote for Dems then its time.
Sadly, one of my senators, Gary Peters, caved like the fucking bitch he is to this disgusting bill filled with hidden revolting surprises that may be irrevocable. All you MI residents, write to his website expressing your outrage. I did.
They're NOT an opposition party. They've made that very clear. They made it very clear today that they're working toward being just as Corrupt as the Republicans ... even if sometimes they're a little more polite about it.
What the point of paying federal tax if everything is being shut down? Since the Dems have ignored the only leverage they have, maybe it's time to refuse to pay.
I cannot express my disappointment. This is why the Democratic Party suffers. Thanks for selling out the American people. Someone create a new party with people I can have respect for and faith in.
Embedded in this law was Congressional sabotage that prevents them from ending emergencies that Trump manufactures to invoke his racist Q-ANazi agenda.
There is no point to the Democratic Party.
How is this so hard to realize that a new party of opposition is needed to replace this failure?
They have sold out America. They have gone full Vichy.
This is a party that hates anyone who primaries on entrenched interests.
They are Collaborators.
They're probably making a bundle on the stock market. They don't mind crossing america, but they don't want to cross trump. I hope they have no peace, all 10 of them and they quit!
Just a total capitulation, they took their lone instance of leverage and did nothing but piss off their own base. Everyone involved should look for work in another field.
There's a difference between the old Democratic guard (like Schumer & Co.) and the new ones (like AOC, Ilhan, etc.). Democrats should chart a unified definition of who they are - long-term devastation to the economy and social services (healthcare, education, etc.) is occurring.
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The American people don't have a voice in Congress. Who the hell does Chuck Schumer actually represent!? I doubt very much that a majority of his constituents agreed with handing unchecked power to an out of control Donald Trump regime.
While thousands of citizens sacrifice time and and money and risk arrest to protest to preserve democracy the Democratic Senators whose job it is to oppose tyranny decided to roll over and do nothing and ask for nothing in return and vote Yes to hand unchecked power to tyrants. What a disgrace!
Pfft there is no dem=left wing. Could you IMAGINE if we had an ACTUAL left party? Wouldn't have had an internal quibble over"should I vote with the fascists or against them" like we saw today. But no, here we are
They played dead because just enough of them are such institutionalists that the idea of letting the government shutdown just goes against who they are.
Also supposedly Schumer is going to go on some book tour or something. So a shutdown interferes with that.
the part that to me is in some ways more depressing is that (among those not retiring) those who voted with the GOP on this are probably still going to wind up staying in the senate.
Amen, I’m a lifelong dem voter in almost every election and midterm. But that just changed, I’m done. I will not be voting dem unless it’s Pete, AOC, or Jasmine.
This is an open letter to all Democrats. You just gave Hitler the Sudetenland. This country is going to a much darker place as a result. I am disgusted. Don't even think of asking me for money until you dump Schumer and get a leader who understands the current situation.
Sen. Schumer is a good representative of NYS, however, he is lackluster as a Senate minority leader. The choice was a double edged sword, yet Trump and Musk will continue to blow up the federal Government regardless of whether the CR was passed or not.
I guarantee you that if roles were reversed, the Republicans would not have given Democrats votes and a standoff and shutdown would be in effect. Then they would have news conferences and appear on every weekend “news” show and blame the Democrats. They play hardball and don’t give a fuck.
I don't like it either - I would prefer a fillibuster. But, I think the risk was getting blamed for a shutdown with no believable counter argument, and trump doing something even more illegal and dictatorial as a result. At least now, if this CR is as bad as claimed, trump/GOP gets the blame.
The GOP will NOT get the blame. 10 motherfucking democrats voted for this abomination. It will be rightly called a BIPARTISAN bill.... Dems own this shit.
No guarantee that any Democrats will vote for the actual resolution - this was the closure vote, I believe. So they CR might not be bipartisan in the end.
These Dems voted for cloture motion which allows GOP to pass the CR w/a simple majority. They think we’re stupid. Then they did not vote for the CR so they can say that they didn’t vote for it but they have effectively voted for it by passing cloture which allows for simple majority. TRAITORS!
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Doesn't Schumer understand that?
If We fail to keep this Democratic Republic they the Turncoat 20 brought it upon us. History will judge.
We have to save ourselves. Sign up now!!!
He convinced me it was the better of 2 bad choices.
The government & courts have to stay open--these are not normal times.
Meanwhile, people like me on SSI SSDI, are wondering, are we going to have enough, to pay the bills?
Are we going to have Medicare coverage?
I will consider contributing to specific Dem candidates but I am done with the Dem leadership.
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Democratic party should dissolve & a new party should form that is not afraid, has a spine & has a clear & cogent vision for America.
If Schumer is remembered at all by history it will not be kind. He is not a leader.
We are, essentially, self-destructing as a civilized, sustainable planet
The microplastics in our RAIN WATER, infecting our ground, our waterways, our very food - let alone the heat from petro industries
It's now all happening in real time 😭
“I know that this entire team, each one of you, is ready to go out there and fight tonight.
But I want you to focus on the Homecoming Game two years from now.
So just focus on that.”
Dems are disjointed, disconnected and fail to have clear, cohesive messaging while acting like we are not facing a full-blown coup.
It's herding cats with handgrenades.
Sign me up for the clear, simple and united messaging service. Please 🥺
The 77 million base voters is the problem.
The dead-letter-literal-interpretation of the Bible evangelical white nationalists is the problem
The anti-abortion anti-gay anti-immigration etc., is the problem.
Jim Crow 2.0 voting laws is the problem
Anti-science problem
Deficit goes higher due to less tax funds.
Let's the CR go through because now that we have less tax funds, we "need" to cut programs.
Both times, just lets reconciliation bills go through so a simple majority can pass them and then they can perform about how awful it is
Ridiculous.
Please?
Well, I’ve gotta get going, those dumpsters won’t dive themselves. Maybe today I’ll find some food scraps if I can avoid the Company Cops long enough.
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#Protest
#FightBack
And he’s 5!!!!!!!
You fucked us @senschumer So now you and your 8 comrades including DICK can enjoy getting ousted. No matter where you go we will be there to remind you every fucking day until you’re gone. Gutless.
Shoulda checked with us constituents
None of them should be re-elected. Not a one.
We the people have NOBODY.
The dunce’s dunce.
King Dunce.
Dunce of all dunces.
And then there’s Schmuck Schumer. 🤪😵💫🤡
replace them all.
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Fuck you Robert.
Let's form a #shadow government and cabinet soon to counter these EVIL PEOPLE in power!
Today, they made him a king.
Bernie, AOC and others fighting we are counting on you now.
How is this so hard to realize that a new party of opposition is needed to replace this failure?
They have sold out America. They have gone full Vichy.
This is a party that hates anyone who primaries on entrenched interests.
They are Collaborators.
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Also supposedly Schumer is going to go on some book tour or something. So a shutdown interferes with that.
Oh, wait. I think Shumer just ended its ever holding power again, as if that will do any good.
They will never fight for the workers.