Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced during a floor speech Thursday evening that he will vote to advance the stopgap spending bill that must become law before Friday at midnight to avoid a partial government shutdown.

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    1 month ago

    With such amazing leadership skills, I can see why chucklefuck schumer has been senate minority/majority leader for almost a decade.

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    1 month ago
    1. It doesn’t matter what they do, Republicans will always blame Democrats for everything. They blame Democrats for the results of Republican policy, so why are you concerned about a blame game?

    2. Republicans have control of every part of the federal government, The House, Senate, Presidency, and Supreme Court. As long as Democrats just vote no and don’t impede legislation (which they should also do, but I digress), their messaging should be “look how fucking incompetent your leadership is. They have every tool at their disposal and still can’t run a government effectively.” Why is it the Democrats job to assist them? It’s not like Republicans would do the same

    I know the answer is that Democrats exist to placate people while Republicans continue enriching the wealthy but man it’d be nice if they grew a fucking spine

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    1 month ago

    What is the point of being scared in a government shutdown when Trump is currently dismantling most major services workforces?

    Chuck is a coward and doing the work of his donor class.

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      1 month ago

      The dismantling goes into overdrive if they send all the juges who can stop it on vacation. I really want them to shut it down but I don’t think it would help.

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      1 month ago

      That or someone has dirt/bpackmail on his ass, which should mean he should be ineligible for the house minority leader position.