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In reply to the discussion: Trump Won the Shutdown [View all]dem4decades
(13,390 posts)104. My guess is Schumer orchestrated it, he knows how to count votes, and cover his own ass.
Schumer has to go, he's not the leader we're looking for.
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He was using all the Americans as hostages. And he was threatening to kill them all
yellow dahlia
Sunday
#22
They should have held the line, and dug in deeper. Repug voters have not felt enough pain yet.
Hotler
Monday
#88
Peculiar that the Trump admin undid the Biden rule against reporting medical debt on peoples credit scores.
ChicagoTeamster
Sunday
#66
More property for them to buy! Vance and Thiel are more than ready to sell all our land
travelingthrulife
Monday
#91
4d chess. Republicans refuse to pass the ACA extensions, and we can blame them...
Lancero
Sunday
#26
Yes, the republicans pitted federal workers against SNAP recipients vs those benefiting from the ACA
fujiyamasan
Sunday
#46
What happened is that the private jet donor class set was about to be inconvenienced by the real world repercussions of.
Hugin
Sunday
#10
This is the correct answer. The donors were about to be inconvenienced by airport shutdowns. They forced Dems to cave.
LonePirate
Sunday
#53
Reagan was nothing compared to this fascist clown and his lemmings that control all branches of government.
ForgoTheConsequence
Sunday
#56
This is garbage - for starters Schumer couldn't lead a toddler to the shitter after this fiasco . . .
hatrack
Sunday
#59
the GOP could have ended it on their own. This is absolute bullshit. Make them end the filibuster god damn it.
Jbraybarten
Monday
#90
Yep, fascism won and they even poured cold water on Tuesdays victories, we are back to zero as in zero hope. nt
yaesu
Sunday
#42
I was proud to be a Democrat again for all of four days. That's over with as of today.
flashman13
Sunday
#43
They wanted that last batch of donor money. They're probably going to leave. Durbin is retiring. Had nothing to lose.
ChicagoTeamster
Sunday
#54
The fact that two retiring Dems voted for it tells you that a lot more supported it
Prairie Gates
Sunday
#58
This analysis also exposes the falsity of the argument some have made that Schumer
RockRaven
Sunday
#67
Exactly right: this is a choreographed vote - Yeas and Nays on the Dem side negotiated with Leadership
Prairie Gates
Sunday
#70
My guess is Schumer orchestrated it, he knows how to count votes, and cover his own ass.
dem4decades
Monday
#104
And they *still* can't figure out why people are leaving the party in droves?
LearnedHand
Sunday
#72
No he didn't. If anything, he really, really, really lost. We saw him demolishing the people's house for his
Vinca
Monday
#86
If the government isn't open, you can't take a vote. Stay in shutdown and the GOP is happy as a clam because
Vinca
Monday
#112
Another thing to consider is that this funding is for such a short period of time, we could be right back in
Vinca
Monday
#115
I think when John Stewart asked Chris Hayes and David Plouffe after Tuesday's elections,
Ol Janx Spirit
Monday
#100