Summary
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces mounting pressure from House Democrats to resign his leadership position after supporting a Republican government funding bill that most House Democrats opposed.
Representatives Delia Ramirez, Glenn Ivey, and the liberal group Indivisible have publicly called for his resignation, with more lawmakers potentially following suit.
Critics argue Schumer betrayed House Democrats by not fighting against a bill that failed to protect agencies from DOGE cuts, while Schumer maintains avoiding a shutdown was necessary to prevent Trump from downsizing government more rapidly.
Wondering, could it be some high stakes gamble by Schumer - let the Republicans gut SS and Medicare in the hopes of picking up massive support in the midterms? If it goes wrong and there isn’t a surge in support, then only 10 Dems ate exposed to voter wrath, and how many of the 10 are up for re-election soon?
The thing is, he’s playing chess while the Republicans don’t give a fuck what chess is and are just flipping all the tables with games on them.
Well, that certainly would be the typical Democratic strategy: concede the game hoping that they get a good sportsmanship award.
Only 10 dems. And a population now struggling with health an retirement concerns.
Not saying I agree with the strategy, just wondering if that was his thinking.
I would say that is unlikely.
I work with a lot of really really old CPAs and lawyers, and they are just completely delusional about how hard things really are for younger generations.
“Have you tried working harder?”
“How come you haven’t bought a house? We pay you [not] well!”
“My children are struggling too, I had to buy each of them their homes. Maybe ask your [destitute] parents for help?”
“Back in my day, we worked so much harder. You guys have it so easy! By the way, I cannot open this PDF and I need you to work 70hrs this week.”
“There is a right way to doing things-- even if that way completely fucks you over because you have no labor protections.”