The toothless watchdog won’t even growl.
Capitulation. There is clearly no winnable outcome within the system, because the system has been sufficiently broken. Once the military is purged …
Who keeps voting for this clown of a senator? We need actual opposition instead of his bullshit posturing and finger wagging. Between him and other turncoats in the Senate, our chances of resisting the rise of fascism is pretty much dead in the water.
Oh look - the Democrats are going to fight fire with lukewarm criticism.
Yes, that will surely work.
Surely more snarky tweets will stop fascism!
Blame the “voters”, silly.
Fine, we’ll do it ourselves.
That’s what “they go low, we go high” translates to from Hillary’s native tongue.
“They go low, we stand by.”
Some finger wagging and pearl clutching will do the job for sure this time!
They’re saving the finger wagging for the people that decided not to vote for them because their campaign was dogshit.
If the Dems aren’t punching left they’re begging them for money
Don’t forget Chucky’s patented glower. Few people can glower like him.
If you expected literally anything else, you haven’t been paying attention to democrats for the past 25 years.
They don’t need to fight when they know that BlueMAGA will keep coming back to them no matter what they do.
letting republicants bury themselves is risky and probably won’t work. the memory and attention span of the average voter just isn’t there to allow the play to work.
you cannot let lord diaper continue to set the narrative. as he does, repeatedly, on multiple platforms and networks, every hour of every day with those nice, easy to digest three syllable soundbites that are just perfectly-sized for the cult members to absorb.
you have to get out in front and be the narrator, the play-by-play, and the color commentator. and write the story you want heard of how trump and his comrades fucked you, the public, over. every single time he does it. he’s been the LOUD VOICE for a fucking decade now.
enough. is. enough.
Schumer you absolute fucking wilted parsnip this is why I will never give a single fucking cent to you, and this is also emblematic of why the Democratic Party leadership as a whole is absolutely and categorically useless.
Yeah, hence why I won’t ever donate a dime or volunteer for any Democrat. Just absolutely no fucking spine to do anything right. Him and Jefferies show how pathetic Democrats are.
The one time we actually need a shutdown
I can’t believe anyone still thinks Schumer is making a real political calculus based on harm reduction. He’s literally never reduced harm to anyone but party elites. Get the fuck out of the way old bitch and utilize the power of the courts before there’s only the executive. I legit feel like his reflex to play the victim while doing nothing is going to continue to his own death without a hint of regret.
Schumer is setting up a rake for Republicans to walk into, so I don’t know why the title is so miseading, but taking the exact same playbook where you have to play chicken with narcissists who have already outlived the purpose in the fascist party if they’re not willing to crash isn’t going to go well for Dems. They need to take real actions and get a leader who can shout louder than half measured dickheads with no imagination.
So the play here is to just give R enough rope to hang themselves with? Let them take a sledgehammer to the rule of law and then run again on the platform of “at least we’re not the ones who took a sledgehammer to the rule of law”? Do they genuinely think that that will work with a voter base with no object permanence? I didn’t know this was possible, but shit is getting sadder by the second.
It didn’t work before. Everyone who voted for Trump seemed to forget his first term and the damage done, including harm to those voters themselves. “This time will be different” is the stupidest take ever.
I don’t understand how they’re getting that out of this statement. His statement says it’s on Republicans to work with Dems to avoid a shutdown?
Legislation: As you know, the FY25 Continuing Resolution expires on March 14, 2025–less than 5 weeks away. Senate Democrats are fully supportive of efforts by our Vice Chair, Senator Patty Murray to secure a topline Appropriations deal – the way the process is meant to function. Unfortunately, Leader Thune seems to have already abandoned regular order forthe appropriations process, instead choosing to focus solely on confirming the Trump nominees and pushing through the radical Republican reconciliation plan. Democrats stand ready to support legislation that will prevent a government shutdown. Congressional Republicans, despite their bluster, know full well that governing requires bipartisan negotiation and cooperation. Of course, legislation in the Senate requires 60 votes and Senate Democrats will use our votes to help steady the ship for the American people in these turbulent times. It is incumbent on responsible Republicans to get serious and work in a bipartisan fashion to avoid a Trump Shutdown.
ITT people who do not read the article
What the hell are they scared of? Not like they’re actually risking anything.
I mean, one of the major things that needs to be stopped is Trump’s federal funding freeze. Republicans want federal employees gone, and a government shut down does exactly that.
If they do a shutdown, it wouldn’t surprise me if they never let a majority of them ever return.
Upsetting their donors
Has a shutdown flight ever actually worked for the minority party?
Yes, the republicans always get what they want and the rich democrats tell us to wait and that they will fight for everyone later.
And then fundraise on that
It works every time the Republicans do it. They get some concessions, and shutting down the government permanently is always their end goal.
It’s more fraught when Democrats do it though, because it’s the opposite of what they’re trying to run on and it inflicts hardship on (what they should actually see as) their voting base.
Inaccurate title.
Neither the headline nor the article say Schumer is avoiding a fight.
Looks like they may have changed the headline out from under you. Please make it match up or we’ll have to remove it.
Current headline:
"Schumer warns GOP against a ‘Trump shutdown’
The Senate minority leader also detailed ways he plans to counter the new administration."
