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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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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day 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.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (2 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?

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 33 points 1 day ago

Dude you had me going at first lol

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Headline in 2035: The corpse of Chuck Schumer is considering retirement from politics

[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who would have guessed that "Weekend at Bernie's" was a documentary.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They've already done it. I forget her name, but the Democrat that was so old she was in a wheelchair and non-responsive for a long time. She passed away within the last four or five years, which finally ended her political career.

And then theres McConnell, the turtle who has had a couple strokes on live television. Keeps on chuggin.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

you mean diane feinstein, she died from herpes zoster, aka shingles encephalitis, immunocompromised people are more likely to get meningitis, and encephalitis from shingles(which are typically painful rashes normally), one of the severe form of shingles. the other ones are usually also rare.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 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.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would love it if she did win and disproved it. I’m just cautious of assuming that it’s a slam dunk. And I am also very cognizant that she is a conservative boogeyman, and that she’s made a LOT of staunch enemies in the DNC establishment (I hope that last bit won’t matter as much in 28, but who knows)

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

DNC establishment candidates are proven losers IMO. Only Biden won as a DNC establishment candidate in the last 20 years. The rest of the milquetoast horseshit from the DNC has lost national elections regularly and thoroughly.

Obama won despite the DNC, not because of it, and he largely sat outside of its apparatus for his entire two terms. John Kerry was garbage. HRC was garbage. Harris would've been somewhat exciting if she'd been 2020 Harris, but instead she was a DNC robot candidate that had flipped all of her progressive positions to appease the DNC apparatus...with predictable results.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

It always breaks my brain when people talk about Bernie as Democrat, let alone establishment Democrat. He's Independent, and only joins them to run in their presidential primaries.

This is not a criticism of Bernie by any means. He just realizes you have no chance to be president if you aren't part of a party.

I wanna be clear: I am absolutely NOT defending DNC leadership. They are feckless in the extreme.

[–] NimdaQA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Agreed, neoliberalism needs to be discredited and thrown into the trash bin of history like Nazism mostly was.

[–] formulaBonk@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Then why are you even discussing electrical politics? If that is what you really believe, then you should be building bombs, not discussing politics.

[–] formulaBonk@lemm.ee 0 points 8 hours ago

One because i won’t encourage anyone to build mass death devices? But two because I want to and at least for now we’re allowed to? Who are you the fucking discussion police?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

the amount of rigging from the last 2 election was not addressed one bit, and the MSM for obvious reasons will never report it as well.

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 1 points 22 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.