The Senate Democratic leader said Trump’s decision to accept a meeting shows Republicans “feel the heat.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that Congress can prevent a government shutdown when money expires this week, but only if Republicans engage in a “serious negotiation.”
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Schumer told moderator Kristen Welker that he called Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Friday to encourage a meeting, which the White House accepted on Saturday evening.
Schumer said reaching a deal “depends on the Republicans.”
You’ve picked the wrong side. It’s either socialist utopia or burn it all down. We can’t negotiate continued funding of government services to the poorest Americans with fascists! Instead, we need the situation to get worse until there’s rioting and a violent overthrow of the fascist government. Then we will execute the neoliberals and have one-party rule only long enough to make sure the fascists can never return to power (see: the PRC).
The last thing we want to do is help the voters, who strongly preferred that Trump get another chance to MAGA, to see that the Republicans are the problem. We must muddy the waters with “both sides” rhetoric every time terrible Republican policies are brought up.