Posted on 03/16/2025 2:40:23 PM PDT by Libloather
MSNBC's "The Weekend" unloaded on Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Saturday over his support for the bill that keeps the government open and avoids a shutdown — calling the move a stain and a "black mark" on his leadership.
MSNBC host Michael Steele asked his panel, "What are Republicans thinking right now about their ability to absolutely punk Schumer into making this move the way he did, when he knew that that's not where his party was?"
Schumer supported the bill on Friday despite his numerous disagreements with the House-passed stopgap spending bill, arguing that a government shutdown would be a "gift" to President Donald Trump.
"The reality here is there was no message, no strategy, and, at the end of the day, no leadership. And this is really a black mark, I think, on Chuck Schumer," former Democratic lawmaker Donna Edwards, who is now an MSNBC analyst, said. "You cannot signal on Wednesday that you want to fight, and then on Thursday, you cave. And so now Republicans know that all they have to do is play Democrats, and it will work."
"I'm pissed," MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend said, referring to the contents of the spending bill. "There's actually little that the Senate Minority Leader can say, and the 10 Democrats that voted with the Republicans can say, to appease somebody like me. I'm going to change my registration to Independent."
A government shutdown was averted on Friday just before the deadline. Senators voted 54-46 to pass the stopgap spending bill, which only needed 51 votes to be approved. Nearly all Republicans backed the measure. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted against the bill along with nearly all the Democrats, except Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine.
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If that's true it's the best news I've heard in a while. I bet cashed out is the basic principle there, trusting the Schmuck amassed millions mysteriously on a Congressional salary like too many of his cohorts.
But I object when they say Schumer's opposition to a shut-down is a "black mark on his leadership". That would be rather redundant when his entire political career has been a brown streak on our Constitution.
MSNBC has a doctor in the house to bring them to for such events.
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