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Summary

Democratic divisions intensified as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi sharply criticized Chuck Schumer for supporting a Republican-led funding bill to avoid a government shutdown.

AOC called Schumer's decision a "betrayal," urging Senate Democrats to reject the legislation backed by Trump and Elon Musk. Pelosi called the bill a "devastating assault" on working families.

Schumer defended his stance, arguing a shutdown would empower Trump and Musk further.

The controversy sparked suggestions among Democrats that AOC might challenge Schumer in a primary.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 hour ago

I hope she primaries him. Vote all those decrepit elders out of office.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 minutes ago

No "SLAM" this time?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The only silver lining here is the remote possibility of progressive Democrats breaking out to form their own party. At least then the US will have a legitimate opposition party.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 41 minutes ago (1 children)

You realize this was your last election right? It's not going back to normal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 minutes ago

Yeah they had their last election, ever, back in November. If they ever hope to get election back, they'll need to actually fight for it instead of sitting on their butts.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago

it's a lose lose, you either push the funding through, and lock in existing funding, and bypass any weird shutdown bullshit, or you push for a government shutdown where (apparently) the executive can just make up funding numbers and start moving money places.

So, take your pick:

  • do something: Maybe everything fucking explodes
  • do nothing: everything is already exploded, but we're atleast aware of what's happening
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

sharply criticized Chuck Schumer called Schumer’s decision a “betrayal”

That’ll show him.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

About half the seated Democrats right now need to be primaried hard. How did we have a more coordinated opposition party during Trump's first term? It's worse this time around and they are showing absolutely no will to fight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

what are you supposed to do? The congress controls the budget, literally as defined by the constitution, the executive is currently trying to pretend that isn't the law. And the supreme court doesn't exactly seem content about doing anything over it, so it's not like you can do much as the congress. You literally can't win here, we have to wait for all the lawsuits to hit for anything to begin happening.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

schumer has been a sack of shit for about as long as I can remember.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's why I'm shocked people are shocked. It's a shame they have to do exactly what he says.

😐

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

and they can haul Pelosis carcass out as they go. They should prop her up at the stock exchange where she really works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Some people get mistaken. I haven't been pushing for the dnc for 8 years because I think they are great people. I think they are very very flawed and find no reason to elaborate on that any longer. The point was always to protect my freedoms and the freedoms of others by stopping the spread of MAGA. Calling them NAZIs is a curtesy for people who aren't reading about them in history books. MAGA will suffice when all is said and done.

I'll be defiant towards MAGA until I'm dead. That's just who I am. When the polls open I'll vote repub lite if that's the group that stands a chance. The DNC don't represent me. They can try to "win my vote" but they are far from earning it.

So either way, people, you have to decide. If the DNC some how stops MAGA in it's tracks, how will you then deal with the DNC? I will die disgruntled and my only hope that there is still places where people like me can be disgruntled too.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 hours ago

Jefferies and Schumer need to step down. This is pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Schumer's argument is shit. They're going to go after government agencies with or without the funding bill. With the finding bill they get to choose. Without it they have to shut down everything. Passing that bill means they get more maneuvering room, not less.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 hours ago

And with a shutdown the Dems would get to shout about 'the GOP shutdown' for however long it lasts which would also help to galvanize the public against MAGA.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

I saw that Schiff and Padilla opposed cloture and the GOP spending bill. Called their offices to vocalize my support.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

As she should, and Every. Single. Member! Do better “America” or should I say “The illegal 1% trash”.

“Public servants cannot and will not use their public status to increase their own personal wealth”

SAID NO GOVERNMENT MEMBER EVER! They are not “for the people” they have more money than most will see and clearly they only care about themselves! Fuck ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT MEMBERS and actually clean the fucking swamp from greed and idiocracy! We deserve better!

[–] [email protected] 198 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Challenge him. He's has no business being a party leader if he's as spineless as the Republicans who pushed this bill.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Spinelessness is the chief defining quality of the entire Democratic Party. There are very few individual exceptions and those people need to start a new party. The US needs a real progressive party. The establishment Dems have made it very clear they won’t support a true progressive candidate, so what’s the point of bending the knee to these fuckers any longer?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Its hard to decide if they are spineless or complicit. Not that it amounts to much of a difference in the end.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

And honestly now is the time to do it. I have absolutely zero faith we will have honest elections in the next couple decades so splitting the funding between neo lib corpocrats and an actual progressive party for the people will not affect the crooked elections under trump since they won’t win anyway. The time for progress is NOW

[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

She would have to be in the senate to take over senate leadership in the short term. For his seat itself, there's been house members - including moderates - starting to support the idea her primarying him when his term is up in 2028

Several members — including moderates — have begun voicing support for a primary challenge to Schumer, floating Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) as possible candidates, three House Democrats said.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t want him out in 2028, I want him out now.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

He can realistically be stripped of senate leadership in the short term. Call your senators and tell them to support removing him from leadership

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 109 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Take his seat TAKE HIS SEAT TAKE HIS SEAT

For real girl, you can take him in the primary. You can do it.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 hours ago (10 children)

Primary Schumer, of course, but his term is up in 2028. AOC herself might be more focused on a separate race that particular year.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I would absolutely vote for her, and as much as I want it to happen, I’m genuinely not sure that’s realistic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

If she is ever going to be president, she has to win a senate seat. Thats where we find out if its possible. I think it is becauae she isbwilling to put in thw work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

In 28 the chance of fair elections is less than zero. I don’t imagine anything than every state being declared red regardless of outcome and of course nobody doing anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

He'll be 78 in 2028. He probably will bow out of politics by then to turn things over to a younger generation.

Wait, who am I kidding?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 hours ago

Dude you had me going at first lol

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

I’m genuinely not sure that’s realistic.

You're just saying that because an AOC win would conclusively disprove the DNC's mantra that Hillary and Kamala lost because of misogyny and not neoliberalism, so they'll be desperate to stop her from becoming the candidate.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Screw Schumer. If there’s one thing that might bring some people away from Trump - it’s having the government shut down for no discernible reason for an extended amount of time. Could be the last shot at doing things here the legal way

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

If Pelosi AND AOC agree on something, no one in the party has any business disagreeing. Schumer should resign over this moronic take.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This is exactly what my first thought was. If Pelosi and AOC are agreeing on something, the other side is being really really stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Theres an argument to be made that Pelosi is only agreeing because she knows that her agreement won't do anything.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

I read Schmuck Chumer for a second

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 hours ago

Apparently it's only "compromise" when it aligns with corporate interests. When it's about the benefit of the people, it somehow becomes "extremism".

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