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Chuck is a schmuck.
You don't negotiate people who have a proven history of not dealing in good faith.
It's exactly like Collins and Manchin. They put up a big show of fighting and then just vote for it anyways.
The DNC must be abolished if this is their version of opposing the destruction of our civil service.
Seriously. They honestly think that they can help move along and destroy the country and that 1) everyone will forget in 18 months that they voted to capitulate and won't remember if they voted for a shutdown, and 2) that they will STILL easily pick up wins in 2026 if they capitulate.
Why the hell do dems think republicans are just gonna play nice? And why vote for this fucking bill? Are they idiots?
God, fucking useless.
We have tried to tell liberals for decades this is what their party is. And they kept punching left when they should have been listening
I’m so fucking angry at this. They all have to fucking go.
These fuckers are so spineless. It's no wonder the US has gone full fascist.
Schumer has a spine. Granted it's only when working class people try to enforce the rules on him.
Aaaannndd......
There's the predicted/expected fold.
Continuing to help with Chump's agenda at every opportunity.
Fucking feckless spineless wimps demonstrating once more they are not here for the fight, they are not here to attempt to save democracy, they are not here to help us.
In fact, I've no longer any idea what actual use Dems are anymore. 🤦♀️ 🤷♂️ 🖕 🖕
It's long been said that the Democratic Party is the place that movements go to die. I have believed it since I started paying attention to politics in the late 80s and it has only gotten worse. Talked myself blue in the face about it for literal decades and was met with denial or the equivalent of people plugging their ears and going "NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH I CAN'T HEEEEEAR YOU!" And here we are today. I hate being proven correct.
"Always vote blue." AKA, Stockholm syndrome. I always hated seeing people say that independently minded people are terrible for voting against the Geronocrats.
This is where unwavering loyalty has lead us: betrayal.
They couldn't do worse if they tried.
We need to revisit this comment in five years. They will do worse.
Doing nothing at this point would be better.
They sold us out long ago.
Literally so embarrassing for them. I just don't understand what they're doing at all
This article headline claims the opposite of what it sources state:
"I think we're going to all be 'no' on cloture unless we get an agreement to propose at least this 30-day clean [continuing resolution] amendment and maybe a couple of others," Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia told reporters Thursday morning. "So we'll be 'no' on cloture unless we get an agreement to do that. I'm not aware of whether the Republicans have agreed to that yet, but we'll be 'no' on cloture if we don't get it, and I think that's a unified position."
"There's basically one path to keep the government from shutting down and one door to unlock, and Democrats have the keys," he said. Thune filed cloture on the House-passed measure Thursday night, setting up a Friday vote.
No, that's factually synonymous with what this article is stating, just a difference in presentation.
To rephrase Kaine's comment with this article's perspective
"I think we're going to all be 'no' on cloture unless we get an agreement to [at least allow us to have this fake fight, then, yeah, enough of us will flip yes to get it across the finish line].
[at least allow us to have this fake fight, then, yeah, enough of us will flip yes to get it across the finish line]
But this part was entirely made up and not stated by the source.
This is what "vote blue no matter who" gets us.
Well we knew dems sux its the gop that suxed more and shouldn't even have a chance. Vote blue until no more red.
Schumer has to go
The fossils are selling us out. We’re fucked in a way that has no precedent.
They like trip and his plan. They’re complicit.
If you are commenting or reacting, take the 2 minutes to call your senators and tell them how useless Democrats are showing themselves to be. 5calls.org.
If you haven't figured it out, they don't listen to us
I knew the corporate dems would cave. Especially Gutless Chuck do-nothing Schumer.
My expectations are in the basement at this point. And yet, they still fail to meet them. Jesus fuck.
This spineless, gormless, feckless idiocy shouldn’t surprise or disappoint me any more at this point, but here we are. I must admit to feeling spikes of fury at the thoroughly manifest incompetence of our “opposition party”.
AOC should have run against him when she had the chance.
This country still has centrists (GOP lite) for some reason. The Democratic party would spend as much money as they need to make her lose.
Or illegally collude like they did to Bernie.
Was it illegal?
Morally bankrupt to say the least
No, it wasn't. Political parties have no true legal requirements to hold primaries or anything such thing. They are private clubs that get to set the rules.
Primaries allow for the illusion of choice.
Great, we have a coalition in power. Except that coalition is formed of the Nazi party and the Democrats who capitulate to their every whim
The primaries will be a blood bath for Democrats. I’ll bring the bath bombs and soap for the bubbles.
Dems roll over at the promise of a belly rub
Primary them all.
Democrats need youthful leaders who are actually willing to work.
Democrats are enabling again. Why do we even have 2 parties at this point
What what that about not both sides again
JFC WTF GFY U POS.
Its like they literally never want to win an election again.
I've said for years our goal is to never win an election, but to keep leftists from winning.
If we somehow make it through this all these fucking spineless democrats need to be held accountable for enabling these traitors and recalled.
Mind cluing the rest of us in on your 4D chess plan, Democrats?
I actually can kind of see what they're doing? So what's the strategy here? Are they wanting to do the cloture and move for a vote to the floor? But then that would mean that they are hoping GOP is going to flip that would ultimately push to a shut down. They're really hinging on GOP to have enough non-Trump loyalists to do that but I can't really see it happening.
So yeah this kind of shit is also what is caving faith in for democrats.
You're overthinking it. They don't in any way expect Republicans to sink a Trump bill. Hell, they already have a yes vote from Fetterman. They just want to lose without it looking like full complicity.
The Republicans could have made this a majority vote. They get a few of those each year, but they didn't want to blow one on a continuing resolution. Luckily the Democrats are here to give them that for free.
Make Repubs cave - obstruct obstruct obstruct!