Posted on 11/11/2025 9:27:08 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
For the record, Chuck Schumer voted against the motion to proceed on a government-reopening measure that is likely to bring his eight-plus years as Senate democratic leader to an end, probably sooner rather than later. But that doesn’t seem to matter. Democrats angry over the abrupt abandonment of a Senate filibuster that seemed to be working in the party’s favor are blaming Schumer, either because they believe he quietly encouraged the eight Democrats who defected, or because he couldn’t keep them in line.
The denunciations of the deal are coming in so fast that it’s hard to keep track of them, many from the very Democrats who will face voters in key 2026 Senate contests, as Politico reports:
Across the Senate map, opposition spanned Schumer’s handpicked recruits — who’ve been largely silent about the shutdown — to the insurgents who’ve called for his ouster.
“This is a bad deal for Ohioans,” former Sen. Sherrod Brown said in a statement. Maine Gov. Janet Mills panned “the promise of a vote [on the subsidies] that won’t go anywhere.” Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper — Democrats’ best chance for flipping a Senate seat and the last major candidate to weigh in on the deal — said in a statement that “any deal that lets health care costs continue to skyrocket is unacceptable. …
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said in a video, “we deserve so much more than this bullshit. …”
“If people believe this is a ‘deal,’ I have a bridge to sell you,” said Flanagan’s rival, Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), adding that she’s a “no” when the measure comes up for a vote in the House. “I’m not going to put 24 million Americans at risk of losing their health care.”
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The Shutdown was the clinical definition of a Fools Errand.
There. Fixed it.
Bkk
“Senate filibuster that seemed to be working in the party’s favor “
The little rats at MSN actually believe that BS.
Schumer, Schumer
What’s the latest Rumor?
We need you (like a tumor!)
Where’d ya get those Ayes?
(To the tune of Jeepers Creepers)
Don’t let the door hit you Lizard King. I guess we get Low-IQ Spice next.
Poor Chuck, he led this shutdown just to look tough for reelection and now it was all for naught.
AOC, pick up the curtesy phone.
Schumer is toast. He’s done in the senate. You can smell the blood in the water.
Hopefully!
And the dumbest thing the Democrats have done is put themselves in a position where both of their leaders in Congress are from the same state — and the same CITY.
This is probably his last term anyway. He’ll be running for re-election in 2028 at age 78.
No Ed Kilgore, Dems were losing badly
Old age has never stopped them from running for re-election. Look at all the old coots in the Senate and House. I read a story about how some are even calling for Biden to run again, as if he'll be around in '28.
They had to cave before Thanksgiving. If people were denied the chance to visit family over the holidays via air travel, the Dems would take the majority of the blame. Their failure was not shutting down the government until after the holidays.They could have waited until the next CR was up for renewal in January.
Noooooooooo!!! Need him there for arrest and trial for treason and subsequent punishment. The evil can NOT be allowed to continue.
To heck with the rules - allow AOC to leapfrog right into the Minority chair! What? You say she’s not a senator?.....is that an actual requirement or just a formality? I mean, she went from barkeep to honcho House Rep in the blink of an eye. /s
Like I posted yesterday, it’s time for Chuck-you to “spend more time with his family.”
They are already being blamed, they just won’t accept it just like they won’t accept there are only 2 genders.
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