I am begging you to get my party rounded up and sink this budget bill. I cannot take any more taxes. Please get your house in order and do this. Be the force!!!
So are you voting for cloture? Are you lying to us? Are you really going to turn this country into a fascist oligarchy? Thank you for nothing you creep
Dude, you're nothing but chicken shit 🤬
Snowflake dems like you is the reason your country is in this shit because you think you can fight "stick" with "carrot"
Dickless coward 🤮🖕
Any backing down by any Senate Democrats that allows Republicans to ram through their budget CR will be regarded as weakness, failure and a betrayal of all those being victimized by the turncoat president and Musk. We are in a fight for our lives. Act like it.
More than ever before, I want the Democratic party to fight. And I haven't talked to a single person who feels otherwise. Please do not cede one inch of ground to these criminals.
Senator, you NEED to vote no on the CR AND VOTE NO TO CLOTURE. This CR is essentially giving the executive branch more unconstitutional power over YOU, the Senate.
Stop pretending to play "optics". This isn't your granddaddy's GOP anymore. They'll vote no to a 30 day CR AND pass their shitty one.
They are already destroying everything...... FIGHT
You are weak.
Trump is overthrowing our democracy, ignoring the judicial & legislative branches of government. Democrats should not normalize this by voting with MAGA Republicans.
This is a great point. The government is shutting down anyway. The Republicans aren’t going to honor anything Schumer does. What the hell are senate democrats doing? Make them earn it.
Please hold firm on this. A government shutdown is not desirable for anyone, but Musk and Trump are basically shutting it down anyway. Dems losing their spine on this is worse for the country in the long run.
Senator please step it up! What are you doing?! Do NOT vote for cloture. Do NOT give them 30 days and give up the filibuster! We need actual assertions on what can and cannot be cut. You will DOOM us all. We need stronger opposition against this awful regime!
I say let the government shut down. It won't be for long. Maybe once they see you mean business they'll give you some concessions. They are running around firing everyone in the federal government they don't care.. stand tough vote NO..
If you vote yes - you need to resign as the democratic leader in the senate and let someone else lead that will put the constitution and the American people first and who will fight for us!
I'm gonna need all democrats to call chuck's office and raise hell! I don't care if you're not from New York. You can call anywhere from around the country, if you're a democrat and tell him to grow a damn backbone!!
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"Chuck Schumer is hoping Democrats can get an amendment vote that would ease the way for his members to agree to a GOP-led government funding effort" - Politico
Well? Politico is reporting on you. Listen to your party constituents, they are saying NO.
But not one of these sources provides evidence and they all seem to stem from the Politico article. It's possible but at this point, the immediate credulity and condemnation without then doing anything is troubling to me.
So what happened? YOU caved. AOC put it well: "Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next."
Schumer is a disgrace to the democratic party and should be kicked out of the party.
His vote FOR the GOP budget bill is disgraceful!
Democrats in the senate should choose a new leader NOW en kick Schumer out of the democratic party!
Do not give them an inch. Government is shutting down already with illegal and unconstitutional decisions by unelected unvetted individuals with unchecked power. Do not compromise or appease.
Senator, respectfully, no one is going to blame the Democrats for a shut down. People barely know what day it is. They are going to blame the President and his party. Please have courage.
Thank you @schumer.senate.gov ! We have your back, stay strong. To pass this CR, in any fashion, is a vote to relinquish your power to Elon where you may never get it back.
Hey bud you think we are dumb? I know what bullshit you guys are trying to pull off by trading cloture for a bunch of dead on arrival amendments. Then you guys can claim political cover. Cowards
Voting yes to pay for Muskrats to blow up rockets and pay 6 figure salaries to small balls and the other wet-behind-the-ears minions? The Dems are blowing it big time.
Thank you for all your service, we are so lucky to have someone so honorable representing us. Please stand firm and DO NOT VOTE for this terrible CR. Fight for our Democracy and if it means feeling pain then that is okay by us. DOGE is Decay Of Governmental Equality- Trump and Musk are evil
You guys need thicker skin! If the government shuts down, it's because the Republicans are trying to ram their agenda through, which hurts anyone who isn't wealthy.
Let the Republicans own it. They will blame Dems, so what. It's still their government.
This is another member of the Tribe addressing you: any act of cowardice is shanda fur di goyim! If you allow cloture, you will be insulting your ancestors. Shut it down!
Come on! You should've made this a thread on Bluesky instead of screenshotting it.
That's lazy, Chucky.
But it's in character.
Screenshotting a tweet instead of going through the effort to split it up is a lot like taking billionaires' money instead of relying on donations from average people.
I just read that this provision was added to the CR that is coming to the Senate. “each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies”
So they are giving up the ability to end a National Emergency??
@schumer.senate.gov, you better listen to your constituents, the Democratic base. We’re not tolerating any more weakness and enabling of fascists. You either stand for democracy and the Constitution or you stand with the fascists. There is no in between. We are watching.
You better listen to your constituents, the Democratic base. We’re not tolerating any more weakness and enabling of fascists. You either stand for democracy and the Constitution or you stand with the fascists. There is no in between. We are watching.
Yet the news is reporting that you are going to cave to the GOP and vote for the CR they put forth. Why? Whose side are you on? Why should we support you when you don't support us? We keep hoping the Dems will wake up and fight, realizing the GOP isn't playing by the rules, but no, you always cave.
His career is over if he caves. When we can't tell anymore whose side someone is on, what their position REALLY is, they shouldn't be in that position anymore. Bye bye schumer
Arrrgh!! Sooo disappointed in Chuck Schumer right now!! He is letting this country down! No a shut down is not what anyone wants, but the government is already shut down for all practical purposes!
You are giving it all up in exchange for a vote on an amendment you already know will fail. Then, Republicans will pass their own CR. And all you got was a lost vote.
This is pathetic. You need to be kicked out of office.
Stick to the plan Senator Schumer! The musk/trump regime has already committed so many unconstitutional and illegal acts, unless the Senate holds the line the Constitutional power and role of the Senate AND house will be damaged and weakened forever. We the People are sick of musk/trump et al!
Please explain what a performative ask accomplishes? Why are you going to give them cover for destroying the country? Why are any of you so sure there will be elections in 2 yrs and there will be anything left to save by then? Why don’t you ask McConnell how he’d handle it?
Or Nancy Pelosi for that matter. She shut the government down & got Trump to cave. Why people think women are the pushovers in government is beyond me.
Dear Mr. Schumer,
“The time had come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things—of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.”
The 1990s era of bipartisanship is, alas, long gone. It’s not merely resting, but has passed on. It’s time to fight.
This limp excuse of a response is why I am no longer willing to vote for Democrats. I may hate the Republican party and what they're doing but I'm also not going to just support a group of people that couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag just because they're the only other option.
🙏 Please do not allow one Senate Democrat to vote yes. Hold the line. Shut it down. Your voters are watching. We need fire and a backbone from our leaders if we want to survive. No more lame signs and singing! Roll up your sleeves and meet them in the gutter. American lives depend on it.
If you now vote YES I’m done with democrats. No more money. Registration will change to independent. I WILL NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE. I will not support anyone who does.
Your job right now is to vote NO on cloture and rally every single Democrat in the Senate to block the Republican budget. Grind the gears of government to a halt for as long as it takes to stop the fascist take-over.
We are more afraid of Musk/Trump getting more power and ruining our government. But now, you are going to vote to advance the bill? What are you doing?
Yes. The cr gives congressional power to the executive branch @schumer.senate.gov & you will never get it back. Wtf are you doing? He's already destroying the stock market, people's lives- and you're going to let him destroy democracy for 6 months- and you think he will give it back in sept? Never
There's a bunch of reporting out there saying Dems are actually going to vote for cloture to pass the Republican bill though! Could you please say clearly that you will not vote for cloture on the Republican CR?
He’s saying clearly that he will vote for the Republican dirty CR because shutting the government down may help trump. It won’t if the dems tell everyone the GOP, trump, and musk own the shut down.
Schumer was just on w/ Chris Hayes. He explained his decision. If the gov't shuts down, DT, EM, + RV will have the power to shut down anything + everything. Dems/courts won't be able to reverse what they do. I read about this yesterday but didn't understand. Now I do. The lesser of two evils.
It seems this statement from Chuckie is turning out to be quite deceiving in that if the Dems get their vote for a 30 day CR, and it gets defeated as expected, then the Dems WILL in fact vote for the House CR.
Oh if that happens, I pity the fools who thought that won't piss off the Dem base!
Thank you,Mr.Schumer. I’m vulgar harsh and blunt sometimes…most of the time actually. It’s because these are vulgar&harsh times and I see the untapped potential of the Democrats,but sometimes it’s as if the party is terrified of its own progressive and populist potential and instead chases the right
That said, don’t you folks dare ruin this by folding to Trump at the last minute. Keep united in lockstep in opposition to these clueless maniacs. And keep an eye on Fetterman.
I can’t believe you folded. Actually, I can. What I can’t believe is that I fell for the act that you actually gave a damn. Your legacy is one of weakness, failure, cowardice, and disappointment. You’re a disgrace. Nobody should ever respect you. You’re the Neville Chamberlain to America’s Hitler.
Stupid me I thought when you said our caucus is united, I stupidly thought you meant you were united in opposition. Instead, your united in capitulation and appeasement. If you really do vote for this I hope someone like AOC or Jamal Bowman takes your senate seat.
Your excuse about Musk somehow being the one who decides what stays open wasn’t a problem on Wednesday or the day before when you were postured like you would vote to oppose. The thing we care about is Medicare Medicaid, and Social Security. The bill cuts these programs for a billionaire tax cut.
Your excuse is you have to vote to privatize Social Security and make cuts to Medicare and Medicaid because otherwise Elon Musk will close Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in an effort to privatize Social Security and make cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. #ResistOrResign get out of the way.
No on cloture, Senator. NO. Again: NO. No more I'm acting like I'm standing up while being a nice guy. We don't need the Dem versions of Murkowski and Collins. Like so many, I have to rely on you as my senators are completely corrupt failures impervious to care or reason.
Allowing the government to remain open is green-lighting Musk/Trump to continue illegally blocking disbursements of Congressionally-approved funding contrary to the Impoundment Control Act.
First precondition to any negotiation s/b the 4th Reich releasing those funds.
I urge you to stand firm and block the Republican spending bill!
Don’t let fear of blame for a government shutdown deter you from protecting these programs. Decorum should not take precedence over defending the rights and livelihoods of everyday Americans.
I’m not sure what makes you any different than the gop at this point. You are spineless. A liar. You don’t care about us. You just care about the wealthy donors who buy our elections while us normal people just suffer paycheck to paycheck. Go home. Enjoy your elderly life like you should.Not in govt
Give them, no votes. Zero. Worried they’ll blame problems on you? Don’t be. They’ll do that anyway until such point as they don’t have to worry about placing blame anymore.
We want a clean CR. We want no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and SS. We want no Elon Musk. We want Congress in charge of the purse. We want no tax cuts for the wealthy. These are common sense policies for Americans. Stand with the people @schumer.senate.gov
FFS. Do you have a spine?
If you are going to lead by pissing all over yourself, step the fuck down. We need a LEADER, not a coward like you are proving to be.
My biggest concern is that the CR allows T$$$p to have impoundment. If this passes, y'all might as well pack up and go home, as you will have ceded your jobs to him. PLEASE stand up for every day Americans- do everything you can to stop this madman.
Hold the line... Don't be a gutless wonder. Doge is already shutting down the government. Make them own their shit heap. If you cave on this This will be your legacy
Mitch McConnells legacy is sitting in the fucking white house selling cars.
He is a gutless wonder. If something tough comes up, he deactivates his office voicemail. He did it when he refused to even attempt to get Manchin and Sinema line, and he's done it again. It was active earlier this session.
It's fucking ridiculous! I called All of his numbers - no vm. It's enraging.
I left a message at the DNC number. If they pass this shit, they are all complicit.
At least Mitch actually made things hard for the Obama administration, as his job entailed. Chuck and the rest of the Democratic leadership are keeling over and allowing Trump to do whatever he likes. The Democrats are barely acting as an opposition party at all.
Please! We need an opposition party 2 hold the R’s responsible. Don’t let Musk/Doge run r government into the ground. Be a hero, stand up, show courage, fight 4 what most Americans want. Don’t cave, these aren’t normal times. We don’t care abt bipartisanship, we care abt democracy & the rule of law!
No Democrat, who voted for Harris wants you to vote with the Republicans at this point in time! If you’re too weak to fight get out of the way. This is not the leadership we need.
I'm gonna need all democrats to call chuck's office and raise hell! I don't care if you're not from New York. You can call anywhere from around the country, if you're a democrat and tell him to grow a damn backbone!!
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Vote no on cloture!!!! This is all performative. We see you and if you think this is going to provide some kind of cover you are wrong. You are not dealing with a normal government and the republicans will never negotiate in good faith. You are throwing us under the bus Senator and we see you.
Chuck - we see what you are up to. Oh my the Dems have a difficult choice to make. You think some amendments is going to make the republican bill acceptable? This is such naive thinking I can't even. We see you and we see the rest of the democrats. No to cloture, no to the CR.
NO. This is a ruse. Do not support anything these fascists are doing - nothing they do will in anyway be a bipartisan negotiation. Just vote no. Shut down the government. You Senator Schumer are past your time and are not up to this task. We need younger people (except for Bernie) who are.
You'll go down in history as weak sauce. Whereas Nevill Chamberlain was naive, he was also trying to buy a bit of time to rearm, you're just capitulating outright.
If you don't vote NO on cloture and allow them to win with a simple majority, your performative BS amendment means nothing. Democrats will be equally responsible for our total collapse into fascism and the poverty that ensues. #VoteNO #couplicit
Please do NOT vote yes on the Republican cloture!!!
Stand up and resist!!!! We need STRONG leadership NOW not status quo. Obstruct, grind everything to a halt etc etc. TIME is NOW
Why are you lying to democrats about your approach, Chuck? Use your power in the opposition or we’ll have trouble seeing what the point of the party as it’s currently constituted is. Stop the anti-constitutional chicanery while you still can.
Stand your ground on this. This is fair proposal. If the GOP won't do it then they own the shutdown. The CR is awful. Dems had no voice in the CR so they give no votes. Period. If you can't stand up for us, you need to step down as leader.
Thanks for doing as I asked when I phoned you. Now keep it up. You’re not a leader unless you lead. Total opposition is needed in this ongoing emergency.
FFS. You wonder why those of us who voted for you are frustrated?! Stop making it so easy for them. I literally cannot with the “leadership” of this party.
Yes Chuck you should do that. Why flip flop? Stick to your original plan. Rolling over and playing dead will make MAGA LAUGH. You are playing right into them. Don't be a pansy Chuck. Stand up for us, for America, for New Yorkers.
What the hell are you doing? Are you going to spinelessly allow T and Musk to pillage our government? You don’t negotiate with them. You bring them down. The good ole days are gone. Ask yourself what rat F McConnell would do in this situation and do that: it wouldn’t be to give in. Useless! JC-Quit
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Snowflake dems like you is the reason your country is in this shit because you think you can fight "stick" with "carrot"
Dickless coward 🤮🖕
Stop pretending to play "optics". This isn't your granddaddy's GOP anymore. They'll vote no to a 30 day CR AND pass their shitty one.
You are weak.
Trump is overthrowing our democracy, ignoring the judicial & legislative branches of government. Democrats should not normalize this by voting with MAGA Republicans.
"No" on cloture.
You can be an American. Or you can be a Quisling.
Choose wisely.
If you vote yes - you need to resign as the democratic leader in the senate and let someone else lead that will put the constitution and the American people first and who will fight for us!
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If you can't do that, resign your leadership position, as you will have failed in your Oath to uphold the Constitution.
If he won't change his mind you can always put enough pressure to send him over the edge.
If you let him become the next Manchin it's on you. Gloves off. The more dirt I see under your fingernails the better.
Well? Politico is reporting on you. Listen to your party constituents, they are saying NO.
You don’t need a Rosetta Stone to see what’s happening here -
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5191954-senate-democrats-government-shutdown/
Right now, this is unconfirmed stuff. It could be one way it plays out. It might be it does not. We just need to call our reps.
Also, perhaps not read Politico and be wary of articles that speculate.
They own what happens next."
His vote FOR the GOP budget bill is disgraceful!
Democrats in the senate should choose a new leader NOW en kick Schumer out of the democratic party!
We’re all paying attention and none of us like this.
Let the Republicans own it. They will blame Dems, so what. It's still their government.
Shut. It. Down.
We see your 30 day stay as an empty gesture.
NO CLOTURE.
Elon on Voight will keep violating the constitution.
This is why the Republicans are in power and will continue to be for a long time.
That's lazy, Chucky.
But it's in character.
Screenshotting a tweet instead of going through the effort to split it up is a lot like taking billionaires' money instead of relying on donations from average people.
So they are giving up the ability to end a National Emergency??
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2025-senate-democrats-vote/
This is pathetic. You need to be kicked out of office.
We need elected officials who:
1) Find apartheid and genocide unacceptable and evil.
2) Actually take action to mitigate climate change.
3) Fight as dirty as the republicans but for good.
4) Understand technology and grifts. (The elderly don’t)
“The time had come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things—of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.”
The 1990s era of bipartisanship is, alas, long gone. It’s not merely resting, but has passed on. It’s time to fight.
Stop with the milquetoast nonsense.
Oh if that happens, I pity the fools who thought that won't piss off the Dem base!
https://www.commondreams.org/news/call-democratic-senators
https://bsky.app/profile/cat-linc.bsky.social/post/3lk7tmy2rs22a
We are already in a government shutdown courtesy of FOTUS/Musk/complicit Republicans. This is an administrative coup!
Democrats cannot back down! You know the House bill is chock full of “poison pills,” and it must NOT pass the Senate! Period.
It's not in your office Chuck. Read the room. See the heat map. Figure it out.
You're fighting against mad men willing to risk everything Risking everything is table stakes.
Don't seek bipartisan credit for MAGA failures.
Mr. Leader, please lead.
Allowing the government to remain open is green-lighting Musk/Trump to continue illegally blocking disbursements of Congressionally-approved funding contrary to the Impoundment Control Act.
First precondition to any negotiation s/b the 4th Reich releasing those funds.
It’s the American CR vs. the Musk CR.
The American CR fights for the American people by providing a necessary check on Elon Musk’s power.
The Musk CR fights for the wealthiest 1% of Americans as they wage war against Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Don’t let fear of blame for a government shutdown deter you from protecting these programs. Decorum should not take precedence over defending the rights and livelihoods of everyday Americans.
PLEASE TURN LEADERSHIP OVER TO SOMEONE PREPARED TO FIGHT & SAVE AMERICA.
Not all are right for any situation. You’ve done good work in the past, but are placing us in danger now.
If true, you seriously need to resign.
#FightBlue
If you are going to lead by pissing all over yourself, step the fuck down. We need a LEADER, not a coward like you are proving to be.
Mitch McConnells legacy is sitting in the fucking white house selling cars.
Don't be him!!
I left a message at the DNC number. If they pass this shit, they are all complicit.
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STOP THEM!
He has no idea just how angry and motivated we are.
NO CLOTURE
Stand up and resist!!!! We need STRONG leadership NOW not status quo. Obstruct, grind everything to a halt etc etc. TIME is NOW
You suck so bad it would normally be hilarious, but you're chamberlaining trump so bad you might as well be tying his shoes.
THEY ARE, AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING YOU OLD MAN. Like a fiddle.
Get out of government.
Bipartisanship died in 1994.
These monsters are burning the government to the ground, you need to do everything in your power to stop this.
This country is poised to erupt if the regime is not uprooted!