Democrats despair as colleagues cave on Schumer – Latest News
Democrats pointlessly saved the federal government shut down for 41 days (and nonetheless counting!), purely to fulfill their squalling left flank’s need to do one thing to “resist” President Donald Trump.
After they shut it down, they opted to assert the purpose was to pressure the GOP to increase expiring Covid-era Affordable Care Act subsidies — although the Dems themselves had set the expiration date back in 2021.
Yet the true purpose was merely that Democratic grassroots activists and donors are livid that they will’t get their means in Washington, and insisted that their congresscritters specific their rage.
It doesn’t matter that they’re near-powerless as a result of they misplaced final yr’s elections.
That is, “saving democracy” by no means had something to do with respecting the desires of the bulk of voters; it at all times meant merely “Stop Orange Man!”
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The shutdown’s uselessness is demonstrated by the fury of those that need it to keep it going (and certainly are nonetheless delaying the Senate’s remaining flooring vote).
“People want us to hold the line,” thundered Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bx-Queens), livid that eight of her Senate colleagues crossed the aisle to get the federal government working again (at the very least till January).
Who responsible for the sanity caucus quashing the six-week tantrum? Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-Brooklyn) of course.
Sure he voted to keep the shutdown going, however he’s associates with the “traitors” and didn’t make them obey the calls for of the Trump-deranged.
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“Sen. Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,” postured Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)
Maybe Khanna, AOC and different Dem whiners are proper, at the very least as far as what their most fervid voters need.
Poor people, hungry kids, unpaid authorities staff and stranded vacationers, apparently, are supposed to only settle for their being drafted as props on this pointless “resistance.”
