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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] 6 points 27 minutes ago

As she should.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

Ya'll really still think they aren't all playing on the same team, huh?

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

Hopefully she will run for his seat in the future.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago

His vile cowardice is something I'm seeing people talk about, but the sheer stupidity of it isn't touched on.

CHUCK. HE IS GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU! THE D NEXT TO YOUR NAME MAY AS WELL BE THE STAR OF DAVID ON YOUR CHEST YOU DUMB FUCK! DICTATORS DO NOT LET "OPPOSITION" PARTY MEMBERS LIVE. NO MATTER HOW HELPFUL THEY WERE IN GIVING THEM POWER!

Like are you fucking stupid?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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] 4 points 1 hour ago

No. She's on a path that will shape the democrats of the future. If she leaves she will become irrelevant, and she knows it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours 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] 33 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

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

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] 1 points 1 hour ago

And by then all of the positive things our government used to do will have been demolished we'll all be too sick and exhausted to care anymore.

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

Is this your first time? American politicians don't give up power just because they are old. Feinstein, McConnell, Biden, Thurmond are just a few examples.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 12 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] 13 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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] -4 points 2 hours ago

Quit sucking your own dick

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 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] 75 points 16 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] 40 points 16 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] 38 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Any dem that has been in an elected position longer than 10 years is the cause of this.

[–] [email protected] 220 points 20 hours ago (5 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] 74 points 20 hours ago (4 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] 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 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

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

I am an Independent and think both sides suck on the whole political spectrum in this country. I'm also from NY and both of my Democratic senators voted to pass this blank check to Trump and Elon.

The Democrats have gone about dealing with Trump and his disciples in Congress the completely wrong way from day one. They try to be civil and favor the traditional ways of solving things in Congress. They have basically been bringing a pink plastic toy baseball bat to a gun fight this whole time that Trump has been in office this term.

And because of that, here we were with 2 horrible choices for them. But one choice would have shown that they had enough of the B.S. and had some kind of a spine. The "right" thing for Chuckie to do was to be united and stand firm that they wouldn't approve this CR and force a shut down unless they had a say in some of the solutions in the bill. Pain was coming either way, why not go down fighting and show that you were on the right side of history?

Given the past month and a half (holy shit it feels like it's been a decade) and the track record of Elon and Trump so far, I am very afraid of what is coming in the next month and a half -- let alone when this budget fight resumes in September.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

You force the shutdown, otherwise Congress has abdicated it's role.

Somebody got to Schumer IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 121 points 20 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] 60 points 19 hours ago (36 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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