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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] 16 points 50 minutes ago

We will NEVER make progress by compromising with those who will not compromise with us in return.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 minutes ago

AOC needs to form a new party or at least go independent with Bernie. I'd really like an alternative to the Democrats because I'll never be voting for them again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 minutes ago

Democrat voters are tired of compromising. MAGA thinks they want to burn the US down so they can "own the libs" ... well let's fucking do it. Let's test their theory in the laboratory of life.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 43 minutes ago

Unfortunately, he's not up for reelection until 2028, at which time he'd be 78 years old, so probably wouldn't be running anyway.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 hours 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] 12 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

I guess we will see won’t we. I’m still voting in 2026 and 2028. I’m not going to be discouraged by all the nihilists on the internet that are trying to convince me I’m powerless. Maybe I’ll find that process is finished but I’m not rolling over or giving up. Hell you could be a Russian bot trying to make us feel apathetic about voting by just vaguely going … “ you guys realize it’s all over right ? Yea keep on sucking on that copium pal! 😈”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour 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] -2 points 29 minutes ago

The same New York Democrat machine behind all the establishment Democrats put AOC there too. Meet the new boss same as the old boss.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 47 minutes ago

We can't afford slamming anymore

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 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] 3 points 2 hours ago

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

That’ll show him.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 hours ago (3 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.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 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] 8 points 3 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] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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] 31 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 71 points 7 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] 38 points 7 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] 13 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 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] 207 points 11 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] 24 points 8 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] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Sufficiently advanced cowardice is indistinguishable from complicity.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 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] 70 points 10 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] 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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] 8 points 6 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 115 points 11 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] 57 points 10 hours ago (25 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.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 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

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