Posted on 03/15/2025 3:36:13 AM PDT by Libloather
Furious Democrats are pushing “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to primary Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he agreed to vote with Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, according to reports.
Progressives see Schumer’s sudden decision to support the legislation, which would fund the government through September, as “surrendering” to Republicans and as a “huge slap in the face” to them. It is leading many to encourage AOC to run for his seat in 2028, according to reports.
Democrats convening for a retreat in Virginia this week are “so mad” that they are “ready to write checks for AOC for Senate,” one House Democrat told CNN.
In an interview with the outlet on Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez, 35, did not answer a question about challenging Schumer, and instead said, “I think what we need right now is a united Senate Democratic Caucus that can stand up for this country and not vote for cloture and not vote for this bill.”
AOC, who reps parts of the Bronx and Queens, told reporters Thursday that seeing Senate Democrats “even consider acquiescing to Elon Musk … is a huge slap in the face and I think that there’s a wide sense of betrayal.”
Republicans hold a 53-vote majority in the Senate and needed 60 votes to avert the government shutting down Friday at midnight. Sen. Rand Paul opposed the House GOP measure but Schumer and nine other Democrats joined the GOP to overcome a filibuster.
Just Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Angus King (I-Maine) broke from their caucus on final passage of the bill.
Schumer originally slammed the bill — but reversed course, saying “the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse.”
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Lose lose situation
They can try but she doesn’t seem like a Senator, she is barely credible as a Congressperson.
Is Chuck eligible to run again, now that he is a Palestinian?
Well done!
This is probably a good thing for the GOP. Schumer, for all his many faults, actually did the right thing — albeit kicking and screaming.
The likes of AOC and Jefferies won’t. They will take the Dem party approval down into the 10-20s. Basically they will leave everyone behind but the hardest of their hardcore base.
It is kind of predictable. They can’t move away from their lunatic base so they have to continue embrace it ever tighter.
You must be looking at a picture of AOC and Schumer with Hackeem Jeffries and the entire Squad standing between them.
Why would we need a Muslim woman in charge of the Democrat party in the Senate? Let’s just stick with Americans, please. We can’t help what Brooklyn does, but we can help stop it from multiplying.
A way to get rid of both of them ,LOL
Why not - she’s already the brains of it.
I’m (almost) embarrassed to say that I’m on their side. I was praying for a shutdown, clearing the way for cancelling Federal courts, and also clearing the way for DOGE to do their job more easily.
Schumer “got it”. He helped save their hide and gets no thanks for it. LOL!
Totally agree. Sandy Cortez. I believe that’s what she went by when she was a bar maid.
Nope.
She’d get crushed in the state.
Won’t even be close.
“Fantastic. AOC needs to become the face of the democrat party.”
Precisely.
It’s not ‘Pin The Tail On The Donkey’
Its’ put AOC’s face ON the donkey...
**They branded her for a political future. Just like Obama was groomed and branded.**
Very good.
**As a Congresswoman she seems young, immature and unprofessional. As a Senator she would be way out of her league as they tend to be older, dignified and statesman like.**
Doesn’t matter to the left. It’s NY.
** She doesn’t present well. Maybe this will be a way to get rid of her.**
It happened with Howard Dean.
Schumer? He’s too old to run again. Front door will be wide open. NY’s like that.
Nobody in the democrat party is worth being in politics a wretched hive of scum only know scam actions that last for years.
The democrat private banking system was created many years ago they should have at least gave the tax payers a Bend Over notice.
She should be referred to as Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez. Few will know who that is. Make her spend the next couple of years building the Ocasio-Cortez brand.
She won't like that just as Obama didn't like it known that his name was Hussien.
“Not AOC.Refer to her as Cortez.”
Great post!
Before seeing it I added post 37.
What???
I understand your point, but with those we have populating elected office these days that's a stretch.
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