Schumer and the Senate Dems were put in an absolute no-win situation: a vote for the CR is a vote to enable Trump and Musk, whereas a vote for a government shutdown would have handed a potentially effective attack line against Democrats (and Senate Democrats in particular) to Trump and the GOP.
Schumer and the Senate Dems were put in an absolute no-win situation: a vote for the CR is a vote to enable Trump and Musk, whereas a vote for a government shutdown would have handed a potentially effective attack line against Democrats (and Senate Democrats in particular) to Trump and the GOP.
Schumer would have been better off caving from the outset instead of feigning a shutdown threat and then caving, which has done nothing but enrage progressives and hyperpartisan establishment Dems (a big part of the Democratic base) and make Schumer look comically weak. At least Jeffries got all but one member of his caucus to hold firm!
Republican House + Republican Senate + Republican White House = Republican Shut down. Schumer going along lends them bipartisan cred and plays right into the "both parties are the same" crap. Lord know what will be demanded and caved to in the next crunch moment.
Schumer and the Senate Dems were put in an absolute no-win situation: a vote for the CR is a vote to enable Trump and Musk, whereas a vote for a government shutdown would have handed a potentially effective attack line against Democrats (and Senate Democrats in particular) to Trump and the GOP.
Schumer would have been better off caving from the outset instead of feigning a shutdown threat and then caving, which has done nothing but enrage progressives and hyperpartisan establishment Dems (a big part of the Democratic base) and make Schumer look comically weak. At least Jeffries got all but one member of his caucus to hold firm!
Republican House + Republican Senate + Republican White House = Republican Shut down. Schumer going along lends them bipartisan cred and plays right into the "both parties are the same" crap. Lord know what will be demanded and caved to in the next crunch moment.
Exactly.