Yeah, Schumer was betting on House Republicans not getting their shit together like they did the first Trump was in office and failed to repeal the ACA. I admit, I was hoping Chip Roy and the Free Dumb Caucus would be a pain in the ass along with some more weirdos like Thomas Massie breaking. But this isn't 2017 where the GOP had a bigge…
Yeah, Schumer was betting on House Republicans not getting their shit together like they did the first Trump was in office and failed to repeal the ACA. I admit, I was hoping Chip Roy and the Free Dumb Caucus would be a pain in the ass along with some more weirdos like Thomas Massie breaking. But this isn't 2017 where the GOP had a bigger majority. Johnson knew he couldn't spare to lose any votes. Don't get me wrong, the GOP kept the the Democrats on the Appropriations Committee completely out of the process and rammed this through but Schumer should've seen that coming. What's insane is even John Fetterman agreed with AOC that this was all performative.
Now I don't know how this Schumer cave plays out electorally for Democrats next year or even this year (I don't think it will for the Governor races or legislative races). But if the grassroots/base anger can materialize into recruiting real, electable (heavy emphasis on that word) primary candidates that can knock out incumbents, that's going to be the real test. It's very tiresome to explain what CRs and cloture and the whole process means to regular voters.
Yeah, Schumer was betting on House Republicans not getting their shit together like they did the first Trump was in office and failed to repeal the ACA. I admit, I was hoping Chip Roy and the Free Dumb Caucus would be a pain in the ass along with some more weirdos like Thomas Massie breaking. But this isn't 2017 where the GOP had a bigger majority. Johnson knew he couldn't spare to lose any votes. Don't get me wrong, the GOP kept the the Democrats on the Appropriations Committee completely out of the process and rammed this through but Schumer should've seen that coming. What's insane is even John Fetterman agreed with AOC that this was all performative.
Now I don't know how this Schumer cave plays out electorally for Democrats next year or even this year (I don't think it will for the Governor races or legislative races). But if the grassroots/base anger can materialize into recruiting real, electable (heavy emphasis on that word) primary candidates that can knock out incumbents, that's going to be the real test. It's very tiresome to explain what CRs and cloture and the whole process means to regular voters.
Not to try to get off topic a bit but we’ve gotta hand it to Paul Ryan:
1) He had it easier than Mike Johnson as House Speaker.
2) He left office while he could after Trump was first POTUS.
3) Never went MAGA.
4) Is now having a more lucrative and higher paying career in the private sector than he did after being in the House since the late 90’s.
Fetterman was going to vote to avoid a shutdown according to his own tweet.
He's been such a disappointment.