Posted on 10/01/2025 4:00:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The government officially entered a shutdown at 12:01 AM Wednesday after Democrats rejected multiple offers from Republicans to keep the lights on and pass a continuing resolution (CR). While both parties are predictably pointing the finger at one another, all signs point to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ultimately being the biggest loser of this standoff.
The full story of this shutdown begins with the CR passed in March of this year which extended government funding through September 30. At the time, Schumer stated plainly his belief that “there are no winners in a government shutdown” to justify his decision to vote in favor of the CR and bring nine Senate Democrats with him.
“It’s not really a decision, it’s a Hobson’s choice,” Schumer said. “Either proceed with the bill before us or risk Donald Trump throwing America into the chaos of a shutdown. This in my view is no choice at all.”
Well, apparently it is a choice, because when faced with another CR that keeps funding at the exact same levels as Schumer just voted for six months ago, he made the opposite call. So, what changed?
This headline from Politico may provide the answer: “Poll: AOC leads Schumer in head-to-head New York primary matchup by double digits.”
Following Schumer’s March vote, he was bombarded with attacks from Democrats’ progressive flank, including from some other members of Congress. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused to say that he had confidence in Schumer’s continued leadership – a dodge that can only be seen as a stunning rebuke of his Senate counterpart.
Then came the calls for primary challenges, with Schumer up for re-election in 2028. Just before the funding negotiations really heated up in late September, The Hill reported that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
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Agree 100%.
He’s already the biggest loser of government.
AOC sharpening her nails....
Trump is removing Chucks toilet and installing a Squat toilet
First Angus, and now this critter. If one didn’t know better, one might think the State of Maine is in play:
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/01/government-shutdown-democrats-jared-golden
I wouldn’t bet on it, he’s been in government since the Nixon administration.
Hey Chuck, even your own dog hates your guts at this point.
You can kiss your Senate seat goodbye, Jackass.
It couldn’t happen to a more deserving desiccated, shriveled up lizard.
What if the GOP took AOC up on “they are welcome to come into my office here and negotiated with me one on one.”?
Imagine the uproar to the old timers’ Schumer wing of the Dem Party. Top brass and the President acting like she is a head of state.
And Trump inviting her to look out the window as a formation of fighter planes and a Stealth bomber flies over her office.
No he won’t that jerk will still get paid his salary, his bribes, and miraculously well timed stock trades. And he will be re-erected (ht Schumer) until the wheel his stinking corps (Ht Obama) from the capitol building.
AOC the winner.
Even the communist RATs know it’s the”. Schumer Shutdown”.....and so does many Americans. Some getting their first-hand look at Schumer, The Shutdown artist: Free everyting for the illegals while hard-working Americans are taxed into oblivion for it...
The Democrats are shutting down the government because they want free healthcare for illegal invaders.
They are insane.
No matter what Schumer does, AOC is going to primary him; and, beat him.
Why does the shutdown begin 1 minute after midnight and not midnight?
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