Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
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Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, in exchange for vague assurances of a vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies that amount to nothing. But my reporting finds that at the Thursday meeting of the […]

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How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

  • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auEnglish
    314·
    9 hours ago

    barely better than his GOP colleagues

    His GOP colleagues are trying to send anyone who’s Mexican to a prison camp and make it illegal to oppose them.

    Schumer is a bunch of dog shit smirking in a suit all hunched over like Igor, but they’re not in the same ballpark in terms of the damage they’re doing.

    • Mike D@piefed.socialEnglish
      41·
      5 hours ago

      This almost reads as if you are trying to defend Schumer.

      He continues to let these atrocities to occur as long as his nest egg is safe.

      • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        This almost reads as if you are trying to defend Schumer.

        I am not

        He continues to let these atrocities to occur as long as his nest egg is safe.

        Absolutely 100%. He basically doesn’t give a shit as long as he keeps getting a paycheck. Can we fuckin’ primary this guy? I would donate money to that.