Party leader faces backlash over his decision to support Republican-led bill to avoid government shutdown

  • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    987 months ago

    Schumer said: “No, absolutely not,” adding, “Our caucus is united in fighting Donald Trump every step of the way.

    He then further elaborated that each step would be six months apart and accept Republican demands.

    • Billiam
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      637 months ago

      united

      If people are calling for you to step down, you’re not united.

      fighting Donald Trump

      Oh? How so? Because from where we’re sitting, you’ve not even begun to fight.

      Seriously. When are you gonna start?

    • Tony Bark
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      117 months ago

      and accept Republican demands.

      That’s literately what you did with the spending bill.

  • BrikoXOP
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    807 months ago

    We know. You would rather stay publically humiliated but still get your bribes from your owners.

  • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Chuck Schumer has been in office since 1975. He’s been a senator since the Matrix came out. He’s also retirement age. As of 2025, Chuck Schumer’s net worth is estimated to be around $81 million.

    Just food for thought.

    • @alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      197 months ago

      That was my thought, too. He can’t quit, because he has to help Israel.

      To be honest, if I were an American Jew, I would be getting worried. Right now, everything might seem fine and dandy. The immigrants, muslims, Latinos, trans and leftists are being targeted, not Jews.

      But Yaakov Shapiro already warned, the Zionist messaging is painting a target on the back of Jews, by telling the world that they are loyal to Israel instead of their own country, the USA.

      And when the fascists really have the power, then they won’t care about deporting poor Haitian and latino immigrants. They’ll just let them work for slave wages.

      No, they will start setting their sights on how to take stuff away from rich minorities.

      You just know Elon Musk will gladly take over Meta and OpenAI from Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman.

  • Prehensile_cloaca
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    387 months ago

    The dems should just start bringing bags of feathers and pots of tar to their meetings. Real casual like.

        • @nomy@lemmy.zip
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          27 months ago

          Death? Tarring and feathering wasn’t an execution, it was a humiliation.

          • @Gnugit@aussie.zone
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            17 months ago

            I’ve been lead to believe that to be correctly tar and feathered the tar must be applied thickly and to the whole naked body. This causes a slow and agonising death via the complete shut-down of normal skin function.

            • @nomy@lemmy.zip
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              27 months ago

              I’ve found numerous cases of tarring and feathering and no intentional deaths. It was typically meant to humiliate someone rather than kill them, which is why it’s not considered a method of execution.

              What does “complete shut-down of normal skin function” mean?

              • @Gnugit@aussie.zone
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                17 months ago

                The skin can’t breath or sweat under a full layer of tar and ends up like a full body case of advanced trench foot causing numerous complications.

                The context was medieval full body and naked tarring though and it was something I was told as a child around 40 years ago.

    • ALQ
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      57 months ago

      Can we mandate he legally change his name to Schmuck Schumer?

  • @givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    207 months ago

    The only time a neoliberal plants their feet and fights is when it’s against Dem voters

    They’re not on our fucking side.

  • TacoButtPlug
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    16 months ago

    Well if he don’t wanna step, maybe he needs to be knocked down.