IT’S WORKING: The Senate minority leader had initially said he would not lean on his colleagues to reflexively oppose every nominee, but changed his stance after the president’s actions generated heavy pressure from the left.
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duh. yes. These lawless autocrats must be resisted at every opportunity. Every single one. They will crush you just to show you they can. Fight, fight, fight.
If, as it has been reported, private security firms are being engaged to prevent members of Congress from investigating agencies they oversee, why not bring US Marshalls along to remove (arrest, prosecute if proper) unvetted individuals and their entourage? Would grab the attention of the media.
Keep up the pressure! Lean into your elected officials. They work for us. And they've got a cushy deal. It's supposed to be a part-time job but they've got full-time salaries plus full-time sick and vacation and health insurance and retirement. They have lost their way... lean on them hard!
So angry with schumer, just assumed he was doing the right thing. I'm going to keep calling him. So upset be waited till now, what was he thinking. Did he not understand the moment, or does he not care.
Schumer needs to step down, Jeffries too. They have been caught flat footed and are certainly not meeting the moment. We need folks who will galvanize and lead a resistance, not whine about guac and hope something magically changes in 2026.
I truly don't understand why the automatic default isn't to fight like hell against this madness. It's truly baffling to me how docile the Dem leadership is behaving. Good on ya, FINALLY, @schumer.senate.gov, but FFS, what TOOK so long??? And you, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social?? Let's GO dude!!! 😳😡
They need to work faster. The MAGA King set off a series of bombs and all the timers are counting down. Schumer doesn’t seem up to the task. He’s still living in the old era of partisan cooperation.
I'm sorry to say the senator was laughed at instead of being afraid of. It was cringe. That's not the attitude I want. I want strong language and strong aggression. I want the world to hear not laugh.
Thank god. But also … don’t these folks have a mind/morality of their own? My hope is that the progressive left seizes this moment to oust the passive senior citizens who only care about money — their own.
It may also be that he changed his stance after Indivisible and other groups lit up the switchboard, protested outside his residence demanded Dems stop cooperating. It’s working!
When people say Democrats are weak, they are talking about jackasses like Schumer. Dem leadership is so out of touch with the people. It's frustrating.
Now that all of the very worst are through, with Dem help. 🤷🏻♀️ At this point, the battle has moved on to whipping votes against the budget and especially the debt ceiling. Call your Senators and demand that they vote NO on both!
He’s 75 and younger voters are tired of seeing him as the face of this fight. I am too but I always like to offer a solution and I can’t think of anyone savvy enough to take lead 🤷🏽
Chuck Schumer needs to step aside and hand the gavel to someone who is absolutely ferocious for democracy no more Mr. nice guy that time is far gone done and over! We need sharp elbows at the table not soft hands!
Anybody younger than Schumer who can actually orate at the level of Newsom or Obama, et cetera would be so much better than a doddering old Mr. Nice guy who has failed to realise we are past the point of being nice.
And we need dirty tricks like stripping Pam Bondi of her license to practice law with a motion before the Florida Bar Association for abject absence of jurisprudence!
Please, Paging other Dem senators. @senatedemocrats.bsky.social
We need a new Dem senate minority leader. It shouldn’t take this long for a response. Thank you for ur service @schumer.senate.gov. We appreciate ur decades of positive work. Now is time to pass the baton. We have a deep bench of talent
Exactly. Project 2025 has been common knowledge for how long? And this is how prepared they show up when we need them the most? So shamefully inept it makes them look complicit.
They should be automatically opposing them. Its what Republicans do. We already know what their plan is, so I don't understand why we're wasting time trying to hear them out and give them an opportunity. Shut it down early and quickly.
Jesus. This fucking guy. “Ok. Well, I guess I’ll get up (grunts from standing up out of his recliner) and see what this is all about” Fuck off Schumer. Step aside.
On Wednesday, the day after Mr. Schumer urged the caucus to unite in opposition to the Trump appointees, just two Democrats broke ranks and voted to confirm Eric Turner as housing secretary: Senators John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Peter Welch of Vermont.
Shannon I have always respected you but this is simply too little. If they are not actively shutting down the Senate or grinding it to a halt then they are doing nothing at this point. Our entire democracy hangs by a thread and they are still acting like everything is normal.
John Fetterman did one good thing… He defeated Dr. Oz and we have one less TV personality in leadership. Now that this work is done, he can go back home.
Okay, but like, most of the really bad ones are already through. This feels like closing the barn doors after the Trojan Horse has already come in with Typhoid Mary throwing Small Pox blankets and..... anything else you can throw in there.
Dems have very few procedural options to stop these nominees. Where it will matter is passing the budget. The House GOP cannot do it without Dem help. We must not help the GOP on the budget unless we get concessions to end the madness with DOGE.
And when they do it they need lots of phone calls, emails in support & voters rightly placing the blame on Republicans. Dems fold all the time bc they 1. don't get off on hurting people & 2. don't want to be blamed. They are going to need a media blitz everywhere, even on Fox.
Fetterman is a snake who should have never won his primary but too many people got caught up in the hoodie and shorts image and decided that him chasing down a black guy with a shotgun and doubling down on it was okay.
Good that Schumer finally developed a tiny backbone.
but of course, the NYT frames this as "pressure from the left" (NYT makes every story, Dems in disarray).
It is not a partisan or even progressive cause--to state that the President is not a king and has to follow the law.
If your opponent is "gaming the game" and there are no consequences for doing so, you will not defeat them by following the rules. You will only feel morally superior in your losers' chair.
If you have no power to pass anything on your own, you don't hold House or Senate or Presidency, literally what else can you do?
Nothing.
So you better do this.
Make them own everything-every cut, every delay, every failed vote, even a govt shutdown.
It is all on them.
Saw him attempting to lead a chant. Most embarrassing thing from Democrats I can recall seeing. Stilted and felt like totally insincere and he actually choked on his words. Sadly, very emblematic of the DEMS
Schumer needs to hold the Democrats together and ALL VOTE TO OPPOSE RFK and Gabbard this week. No excuses. No confirmations for any while Musk grabs power outside of the constitution and Congressional authority.
Its working, however, he should of the had political savvy from the beginning. Dems joined with repubs confirming Sec'y of Treasury and now we are fighting in court to not have our gov gutted. We need new leadership and need it quickly.
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#WeAreTheOpposition
We need Dems to ACT LIKE IT‼️
40 days if you include
the recent j6 electors count
of an insurrectionist boondoggle
REPUBLICANS since they hold the keys! 😡
Where’s our political MacGyver?
Huh, Liz?
@warren.senate.gov
Obstruct! Continuously demand quorum calls and object to unanimous consent, to deny Senate Republicans the ability to enact Trump initiatives.
Stop all confirmations. Put holds on every Trump nominee.
Investigate Patel. Investigate Musk. Stop both.
Chris Murphy can do the job.
#ToppleTheDictator #ShutdownTheSenate #TheOfficialOpposition #FightForDemocracy
but we shouldn’t
have to say,
“PRETTY PLEASE CHUCK???”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even then is still all performative.
This lifer needs to be primaried. 🤔
Great work, Chuck.
We need a new Dem senate minority leader. It shouldn’t take this long for a response. Thank you for ur service @schumer.senate.gov. We appreciate ur decades of positive work. Now is time to pass the baton. We have a deep bench of talent
They got played and rolled again.
Schumer is not up for this fight
Chuck needs to go, he’s gutless, has poor judgement and lacks empathy
@schumer.senate.gov
They're ALL nazis!
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social VOTE NO on every nominee !!!
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but of course, the NYT frames this as "pressure from the left" (NYT makes every story, Dems in disarray).
It is not a partisan or even progressive cause--to state that the President is not a king and has to follow the law.
Nothing.
So you better do this.
Make them own everything-every cut, every delay, every failed vote, even a govt shutdown.
It is all on them.