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Michael Goodwin: Toxic Dems Schumer, Pelosi get shut down – and Trump stands tall with one of his biggest DC wins
New York Post ^ | Nov. 11, 2025, 10:42 p.m. ET | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 11/12/2025 8:42:10 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

The collapse of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown gambit, when seven fellow Democrats and one independent broke ranks with him, serves as a humiliating bookend to the longest government closure ever.

It also simultaneously highlights one of President Trump’s most sweeping and crucial Washington victories over his most toxic opponents.

Ever since his first election in 2016, Trump has been thwarted, tormented, impeached and mocked by Schumer and Democratic former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

And now he has turned the tables on them in devastating fashion, with Schumer likely to be dethroned as Senate minority leader and Pelosi packing her money bags to leave Washington for good.

They fancied themselves the ultimate gatekeepers and, backed by leftist media, never stopped trying to gut Trump’s presidency and neuter his powers.

They acted as if he were some illegitimate interloper who had no right to the office and the full authority of the presidency.

Underestimated

Both, of course, were big proponents of the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax during his first term.

Schumer infamously warned Trump in 2017 that by criticizing the American intelligence agencies for spying on him, he was courting a devastating revenge.

“Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” Schumer said on MSNBC.

It was a chilling idea, that the CIA, FBI and others were prepared to punish a president who criticized them.

We learned later the agencies actually meddled in the 2016 campaign to help elect Hillary Clinton, yet Schumer seemed absolutely fine with the situation and never objected, even to the rabid effort to prosecute and imprison Trump during the Biden administration.

Pelosi would play an even more active role, by turning the Jan. 6 Capitol riot into an inquisition-like vehicle to try to put Trump in prison as a way...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; christinepelosi; chuckschumer; nancypelosi; shutdown; termlimits

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1 posted on 11/12/2025 8:42:10 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Schumer gambling with the safety of the country. He should resign now.


2 posted on 11/12/2025 8:51:44 AM PST by FreedBird (p)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

the big question is who will be the new leaders?


3 posted on 11/12/2025 9:01:22 AM PST by joshua c
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To: joshua c

Trash that stinks worse like AOC etc...


4 posted on 11/12/2025 9:04:10 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: FreedBird; Eleutheria5; NFHale

If Schatz replaces Schumer as minority leader, Trump won’t have to think of a nickname.


5 posted on 11/12/2025 9:07:30 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bkmk


6 posted on 11/12/2025 9:10:30 AM PST by sauropod
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

But that’s part of the fun.


7 posted on 11/12/2025 10:02:40 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
seven fellow Democrats and one independent

Actually, eight Democrats, one of whom lies to his voters to try to hide his Democrat ideology.

8 posted on 11/12/2025 10:08:21 AM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Nomen se ipsum insultat.


9 posted on 11/12/2025 10:39:25 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Chuck Schumer has his threat to the Supreme Court Justices to be his disrespect of the Court, “exhibit ONE!

Nancy Pelosi will always be remembered for her tearing. her copy of
President Trump’s “State of the Union Address,” while standing behind him!

Total disrespect of the office of the President of the United States of America!

Both Schumer and Pelosi have displayed their vulgar selves to all of We The People!
They should be tarred and feathered then run out of the USA.


10 posted on 11/12/2025 1:27:06 PM PST by BatGuano (Donald J. Trump, thank you!.)
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To: BatGuano

Schumer missis the Warren court’s leftist penumbras.


11 posted on 11/12/2025 2:12:26 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
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To: BatGuano; Liz; GOPJ; mass55th
Nancy Pelosi will always be remembered for her tearing. her copy of President Trump’s “State of the Union Address,” while standing behind him!

* * *

Absolutely the height of disrespect and decorum by the then Speaker of House!  But it was a mere shadow of the malicious and treasonous actions Pelosi took against our duly-elected President behind closed doors.

Satan has reserved a special place in Hell for Nancy Pelosi and her evil accomplices.

12 posted on 11/12/2025 2:13:02 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: poconopundit

Yes, by his side. They have been doing his work for decades.


13 posted on 11/12/2025 2:19:37 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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