Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
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Grandpa ‘Nazi collaborator’ socks and shoes. A liar, a traitor, a doddering old fool in on the grift.
Never again donating to Dems until they get their head out of their ass and put Schumer and other losers out to pasture AND put @aoc.bsky.social Jasmine Crockett & other fighters up front
#Vichy
Schumer out of leadership NOW!
Lying traitor,, playing games while Americans (from both blue and red states) are under attack.
He is not a leader, he is a coward.
#Despicable #FireSchumer
Schumer may have crazy foot-clothes, but he actually made a thought-provoking point on Chris Hayes tonight: a government shutdown would allow Trump to close the courts. That would be a disaster, since the courts have been standing in the way of some of the Trump/Musk Regime's worst actions.
I share your frustration, but court orders have been making a difference. Some of the funds that were illegally cut by DOGE have been paid and some of the employees who where illegally fired are back at work.
No, that's why if he says he wants something, it's probably either very bad for us or it's a shell game he's playing. They're constantly being overruled by the courts, just wondering when that will actually matter.
We will barely have a recognizable country in September!! Does he have so much money that he is insulated from the real hurt this will cause? Including bankrupting DC?? WTAF???
Dems continuous weak strategy and gerontocracy is why we are in this mess. MAGA GOP feeds on weakness like sharks. It shouldn't take a PhD to realize the obvious after 8+yrs. By September, Schumer and company might as well be wearing Russian flag socks instead. No balls=no democracy.
This is so stupid. He is the opposition party who is unwilling to stand up to Trump and he thinks the guys on Trump's side will at some make believe point? No wonder we are where we are.
Honestly, Democrats could just pack it up and go home permanently and they'd be as effective.
The latter is more what I mean. I don't think he personally feels unprepared but I think in a historical sense this is a man who has failed to understand the context of the time he is in.
"Let the dementia-ridden orange clown and his nazi wormtongue loot the country for 6 months and then we'll see whether Congress can claw back any of its power"
Democrats will also be less popular - has he considered that? The fact that they're so willing to throw DC residents under the bus is just typical. Going forward, I won't be donating to any umbrella Democratic organization (DNC, DLCC, DSCC).
It doesn't need #Schumer to think about some grand strategy with future predictions; we just need him to vote against the executive branch stealing spending discretion from the legislative branch.
Schumer doesn't understand when you are losing a battle, you don't calculate, you don't plan for a honorable loss, you go with your guts, you fight hard, you sacrifice what's dear, so you can keep heart of the people for future battles. He has lost the heart of the people.
Goddamn right he does! I know in his heart & mind he thought he was doing right by the American people, but the road to hell is paved with plenty of that kind of sentiment.
Fuck what he thinks in his mind and heart. He has no heart and doesn't give two fucks about us. You do not cave when nazis are asking you to capitulate. You act accordingly and fight like hell. The peoples blood and death are on @schumer.senate.gov hands
Good news everyone! Chuck has consulted his crystal ball and has seen the future! Not necessarily the future of this reality but it’s something i guess
So Chuck thinks the repubs will try to jam again, but the very same repubs will be easier to work with? Chuck. You're an idiot and this is why you keep losing.
What the fuck is the point of being a Dem Senator if you are just going to wait around for the GOP to take your side! The fuck is wrong with these people. Use the power you have to deny Trump what he wants!
But no, let's just give him what he wants and hope for the best next time. Fucking losers
Doesn’t matter how unpopular Trump is, he controls the Party apparatus via Lara Trump. They obey or get Primaried. And they like their life in D.C. more than they care about their constituents.
Schumer doesn't need the guidance of Republicans to make his own decisions. What a pathetic old man refusing to advocate for his party. He's gotta go, old and useless.
Ah yes.... the old "if we wait our opponent might be weaker 6 months from now" strategy..... even though there is literally no sign that the GOP will abandon Trump.
Politico 2022: “Both of Chuck Schumer’s daughters work for the tech giants: Alison Schumer works as a privacy and politics product marketing manager at Facebook parent company Meta, while Jessica Schumer is a registered lobbyist for Amazon in New York state.”
We heard this same shit line of reasoning for why you had to support some of Trump's cabinet picks so reasonable Republicans would vote against the worst of them. How the fuck did that work out Chuck?
Dammit Schumer get a backbone shut him the hell down don’t let Trump win this it’ll be on him not us help us stand up for the Americans. We don’t wanna live like Russians
Look at the damage Trump/Elon has done in under 3 months, and he thinks handing them all the budgeting power in this CR for months is a winning strategy? My Agent Orange Marine loses all of his disability/care under this CR. Just a few more months and the U.S.A. will no longer exist.
@schumer.senate.gov is risking well-being of the country. Problem with his approach it leaves the very people the party should be representing—caught in a game of political chicken. Dems end up looking weak, complacent, and ineffective.
@schiff.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov
These optics suck. A party leader in the United States Senate, pictured in a deep chair, hunched over, looks like he's waiting for lunch at the nursing home. Can't stand Trxmp, but to his credit he'd never set himself up to look like that. J. F. Christ.
Schumer is always wrong about this kind of thing. He's been appeasing Republicans for more than a decade, and it's never gotten us anything. He thinks he's some kind of dealmaker, but he's not. He's just giving the bad guys what they want.
Call them. I am a NYS, western side, resident. I did. They work for me.
They need to be maga here. They put us in this situation by not being prepared even though they knew about 2025 last year. If not, both will be primaried.
Yup. Every expert on authoritarianism is very clear about this: we need to act fast. Every day that goes by makes it harder and harder for the opposition.
Democratic leadership needs to go. From Schumer and Jeffries to the DNC. They’re weak.
We need strength. We need defenders. We need fighters.
Chuck Schumer's big donors are high networth investors and business owners. Ironically they will all financially benefit from Trump's tax policies and gutting of government regulations.
why does he think that six fucking months of the past six weeks are going to make things EASIER. unfuckingbelievable inability to see that we are off the fucking rails
“If the government shuts down, Trump will at least temporarily have more power over federal operations. That’s because in shutdowns, presidents enjoy wide discretion on exactly what to close, furloughing employees, and what to keep open, making workers perform their duties without pay.”
How does defunding DC's public schools & giving Elon Musk a blank check to continue destroying agencies, & giving Trump a win & no accountability for 7 months ... how does that stop destruction of our institutions?
The alternative is doing what the constitution anticipated, when you don’t have the votes, you negotiate with the other side and compromise. Or you let the other side take the blame. This is doing the opposite.
Oh yeah that’s a fair assumption based on the last ten years—EVENTUALLY republicans will stand up to him. Right. Okay. What an unreal take—if I didn’t know better I’d think it was satire.
Feckless. Just a complete inability to get out of his beltway mindset and read the fuckin room. But I'm sure he'll keep enjoying all those business donations and lobbyist dinners.
Schumer actually made a thought-provoking point on Chris Hayes tonight: a government shutdown would allow Trump to close the courts. That would be a disaster, since the courts have been standing in the way of some of the Trump/Musk Regime's worst actions.
Not necessarily. The courts can operate without any additional funding for about a month. They’re also classified as “essential” which means they get priority for funding. Also, OPM has no authority over judicial employees.
I hope you're right. My fear is that Trump and Musk will not follow past precedent and would take advantage of a shutdown to freeze all funding to the courts.
The Courts have been preparing for this type of occurrence in recent years and the AO (Administrative Budget of US Courts) has cash on hand. They would be fine for at least several weeks. In any case, judges and clerks would keep working and get back pay later. I know this. I was a clerk recently.
House Republicans voted unanimously to pass the CR. I believe all Senate Rs plan to aside from Rand Paul.
If there was some ulterior GOP plot to intentionally shut down the government, they wouldn't need Democrat help to do so. They could just not pass a spending bill all on their own.
The part where "the judiciary" is among the things it gives a president the authority to defund on a whim.
(Of course this would be moot if anyone would enforce the 14th amendment and remove the ineligible shitbag from an office he's disqualified from holding, but that is a separate issue)
He is going to fire everyone no matter what. And if Dems vote to approve and shit hits the fan over the cuts in it, they are 50% responsible. If the Republicans won’t make a deal to get the Dems to sign and shut down- 100% on the GOP.
We need to be focused on beating the authoritarians. The question is whether a government shutdown would help or hurt the resistance. Smart people may disagree, but no matter how Democrats vote, there is no way they are even 1% responsible for the Trump/Musk coup.
Dems will be held responsible for collusion if they vote with the Republicans. If they vote no, THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR TALKING POINTS OUT NOW AND MAKE IT CLEAR.
Good God they suck at messaging.
Republicans would hurt people. Dems voted against it. The shut down is 100% on the GOP. Dems vote for US!
By september, he will have declared martial law. PM Trudeay from Canada stronly believes that the tariff insanity is just a step towards annexation. He was led to this conclusion after his phone calls with Trump in which he questioned the legitimacy of a 1908 treaty on borders.
Tell him he’s a fucking coward and he better wake the fuck up before the golden years of his life involve being hated and relentlessly heckled with righteous anger every time he dares to show his face in public again.
"I'll do my job when it's a little bit easier. Maybe later." Home boy has to gooooooooooo home. Your job is to stand up to Trump. If you cannot do your job it's time to leave and go work somewhere else. If a dentist cannot fix a tooth, it's time for him to call it, same for Schumer. WRAP IT UP.
I mean he is just saying it outright here — “EVERYTHING will be handled and determined by the Republicans here. Don’t look to Democrats — we will just be sitting here in these chairs watching what happens like the rest of you. The fate of our future rests ENTIRELY in the hands of the Republicans.”
Hey @schumer.senate.gov Republicans will never do the right thing and oppose Trump!! Were you asleep the last 4 years when they all repeated his lies about the 2020 election being stolen?? Like WTF! Coward!!
Republics thrive on hypocrisy. If you think you’re going to shame them into doing the right thing… you’re wrong. They do not possess an ounce of shame.
@schumer.senate.gov sold out country. He is no leader. He has betrayed people who sent Democrats to DC to fight for literal survival of our republic. I will not give a single dime to Democratic Party; I’ll only support those Democrats interested in doing their damn job of *representing the PEOPLE*.
Hilarious that this fucking moron @schumer.senate.gov thinks we're going to be able to vote or do *anything* "normal" in September. Jezuz you fucking idiot, Chuck, read the goddamn room.
HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
In September, one assumes there will be another reason not to fight right at that moment, but surely next time--next time!--he would lace up his boots and fight.
It’s been like 10 years and I have never seen a repub break from Trump. I’ve seen anti trumpers become trumpers, but I’ve never seen a trumper break once converted.
Schumer and any other Dem who vote yes on this dirty AF CR can add themselves to the list of lawmakers who refused to stand up to FOTUS. He can’t act like voting for this as a Dem excuses him from that sentiment.
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Never again donating to Dems until they get their head out of their ass and put Schumer and other losers out to pasture AND put @aoc.bsky.social Jasmine Crockett & other fighters up front
#Vichy
Lying traitor,, playing games while Americans (from both blue and red states) are under attack.
He is not a leader, he is a coward.
#Despicable #FireSchumer
Note that Musk thought that taking over the government was going to make him even richer, but his net worth is plummeting.
Read the room!
also relieved there ain't no tassels, neether !!
I guess he thinks he's patriotic too. He just really really misunderstands the moment. It's time - past time - for him to go.
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HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
He may as well just say MY NAME IS REEK and nothing else ever again
Honestly, Democrats could just pack it up and go home permanently and they'd be as effective.
Unless you mean the backlash. Then yes, he was definitely unprepared to receive this much backlash.
Democrats put Charlie Brown in the driver's seat during our most pressing need to fight.
Fuck it just resign because we already know he's incapable of standing up.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
Is he fucking serious?!?
He just needs to NOT COOPERATE WITH A COUP.
#Congress #TrumpUnfit #MuskyCoup
Keeps young people with new ideas out.
But no, let's just give him what he wants and hope for the best next time. Fucking losers
He won't stand up now and won't stand up then.
Joe Lieberman part two.
He might as well caucus with the Republican party.
Schumer is a pathetic fool.
Every one of these fuckers who voted yes should be primaried.
A literal rock could do a better job than these Republicans in pride flag clothing.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2022/02/22/lawmakers-family-connections-to-tech-spur-scrutiny-00010468
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
Really, I think he is in on the conversion to oligarchy.
"What is he? My meshuggah uncle?"
How can he even say this? He didn't even try at all to force their hand.
@schiff.senate.gov @democrats.senate.gov
Chuck: “Settle for nothing now / And we'll settle for nothing later”
These folks will stomp on graves!
They need to be maga here. They put us in this situation by not being prepared even though they knew about 2025 last year. If not, both will be primaried.
Democratic leadership needs to go. From Schumer and Jeffries to the DNC. They’re weak.
We need strength. We need defenders. We need fighters.
Intentional destruction of the FAA? Not sure. They tend to fly out of smaller airports, like Van Nuys, which could see ATC privatized fast.
WOW.
the republicans are avoiding the CURRENT lack of popularity by not holding town halls. they did not care about the lack of popularity after j6.
A vote for cloture is an endorsement of all actions taken by Trump and DOGE to this point.
What part of that can’t you wrap your head around?
If Trump and Musk are as bad as you admit, how can you give them a single vote for anything? Ever?
The alternative is doing what the constitution anticipated, when you don’t have the votes, you negotiate with the other side and compromise. Or you let the other side take the blame. This is doing the opposite.
Send the message:
IF THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO US, THEN WE WILL NOT BE LISTENING TO THEM.
RENDER THEIR BLUESKY ACCOUNTS USELESS.
AND YES, ALL OF THEM. IF THE "INNOCENT" ONES DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAN TAKE IT TO THE FASCIST COLLABORATORS.
If there was some ulterior GOP plot to intentionally shut down the government, they wouldn't need Democrat help to do so. They could just not pass a spending bill all on their own.
I'd rather take my chances with two weeks of court in a shut down.
(Of course this would be moot if anyone would enforce the 14th amendment and remove the ineligible shitbag from an office he's disqualified from holding, but that is a separate issue)
Good God they suck at messaging.
Republicans would hurt people. Dems voted against it. The shut down is 100% on the GOP. Dems vote for US!
(from life)
The damage the MAGA/GOP and DOGE have done in 45 days is just the tip of the iceberg.
Schumer lives in a fantasy world. Senate dems need to elect a leader, not a surrenderer.
GTFO, Vichy Schumer!!
HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
HEY HEY!
HO HO!!
CHUCK SCHUMER
HAS GOT TO GO!!!
#FightFascism
GOP has been doing this to him for more than a decade and he hasn't learned a single lesson
GET HIM OUT OF LEADERSHIP
Y’all, we’re in deep crap.
He's a pile of Pablum in a suit and when he opens his mouth it gets worse.
What's the opposite of charisma?
McConnell, Garland, and now sadly we add Schumer who should have told the Dems NO and loudly.