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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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

I am not voting for him or gilibrand again

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Motherfucker is geriatric anyway. Retirement should be required.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

chuck Chuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Fuck two-buck Chuck

[–] [email protected] 93 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Put Bernie in charge. We need someone with a heart that beats.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 6 days ago (15 children)

I'm surprised that Sanders is older than both Trump and Biden but retains about twice as much virility as either of them and about four times as much sanity as Trump

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Torn on this. I see Schumer's point that shutdown could be riskier, but I also feel the Democrats need to do fucking something to resist the ruling party.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There are very much arguments for and against a shutdown.

The problem is that schumber blind sided the House (who had been behaving according to the plan they agreed on) and never bothered to actually speak to the American people outside of "I am going to support this because we will not allow the government to shut down" and did everything he could to legitimize this "bipartisan" budget.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Its time to chuck that turn cloak fuck!

[–] [email protected] 160 points 6 days ago

Remember, it's not just about policy.

Schumer publicly said he would support the shutdown, the privately lead a (very) small group of congressional democrats to vote for cloture. he basically led a mutiny against against the senate democrats he purportedly leads.

How can anyone- never mind fellow senators, and representatives- trust him to follow through?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

Growing implies that everyone didn't immediately demand it. Everyone not demanding it should announce they're not running for reelection.

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