Schumer keeps talking about how the public needs to “rise up.” We live in a representative democracy, Chuck. We elected you with the understanding that you would be the first line of defense here, not the guy hanging out in the back waiting for the mob to storm the castle.
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Aaron Rupar
Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."
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They are in denial so they don't change their strategies...
It's stupid bus as usual at the old folks home.
In Japan they have a noble if somewhat barbaric tradition of falling on their swords.
All you have to do is get out of the way.
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"Rise up" is a lie Dems tell.
I think what you're both asking for is outside of what the government was designed for
But I'm guessing that's a problem for him and Democrats at large, because it sure seems like it's a problem for him and Democrats at large.
Fuck that.
Holding rallies and campaigning when we’re in crisis doesn’t help.
https://bsky.app/profile/rosemaryandrock.bsky.social/post/3ll2lurxfzs2w
Maybe we should all ask our hand-wringing "leaders" to donate to Indivisible, Democracy Docket or Move-On.
Make sure to keep sending increasingly strident pleas for donations.
I would like to borrow that idea for a few minutes.
I'M begging: Can you spare $20 before MIDNIGHT?
Let's all put our hands out.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT. With as little as $5…
Congresswoman Jacob’s said this too… “you all need to rise up”… then said she can ✨only✨ do ONE public mtg a month & she’d be unable to do an irl town-hall earlier then 4/22. She also seems to think she can’t do a zoom & phone mtg same time as irl 🤷🏻♀️
But on the other side I am just so tired of his posturing and inability or refusal to read the room
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/
Sample template: Dear Chuck Schumer, I saw that you said that you won't step down as minority leader but we, the public, need to "rise up."
(Continued below)
Sincerely,
XYZ
Or are people just going to do snarky commentary while others protest?
I realized I misspelled his name just before I hit reply and then thought, "Well, that's appropriate, so I'll let it stand."
He's waiting for us to "rise up" against Trump before he does anything but please remember not to be demeaning or disruptive when you do it.
If shutting down the government benefited the Republicans, they would have done it.