Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I’m really not sure. We know there has been lots of frustration with him over trying to play nice with the Trump administration, and it’s impossible. They are not going to change. They are certainly not going to change when someone is nice to them.
They are the sharks circling, looking for any sort of weakness they can bite. They are the people who epitomize the “give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile” – except they won’t take just a mile. It will be much, much more, and we won’t know it until far too late. We thought that maybe Trump 2.0 would be the same as Trump 1.0. But when Trump pardoned the J6ers as the first action when he became president again, it should have been all bets are off.
Yes, minority leaders are at one helluva disadvantage in Congress. We know this. There is only so much we could do when Republicans did nothing and let Trump stomp all over Congress and the country. Still, we needed strength, and we needed to show it. But at times it felt like “boohoo poor pitiful minority us”. That’s not what we needed. And the time has come that we need answers from Schumer, at the very least. We need him to explain his actions. We also need Jeffries to explain his actions, although he had some flashes of brilliance. But we are not discussing Hakeem Jeffries.
With thanks to Raw Story:
Senator Chris Van Hollen:
In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption. To deliver, we need new leadership. This isn’t about any one person – it’s about answering that call. That’s why I’m running for Senate Majority Leader.
Democratic strategist Paul Begala was baffled by the challenge:
“Schumer just helped deliver his party the greatest victory they’ve had in 52 years,” Begala said on CNN. “Why fire him?” he asked. “I mean, I think contests are healthy, but I don’t see this going anywhere.”
Seems to me it was Trump who helped deliver this massive victory. Rage with Trump drove a lot more voters than we were expecting. I cannot remember anything that Schumer has done over the past 2 years except to get a 100% vote yes for the Epstein law. Please correct me if I missed anything.
Now, going the other way, Schumer has a whole lot of experience in the Senate. A *lot*. He may have a whole bunch of “aces in the hole” that we haven’t seen yet. It would be nice if he gave us some hints. We want to know if he’s up for the job and if he can *do* the job. He insists he has the votes to remain the leader. But he’s been pacifistic for the past almost 2 years. Give us some information, Mr. Schumer. Show us what you’ve got.
Friends, I know everybody begs you for money. I promise you that, of all the outlets bugging you for spare change, we are the smallest and the hardest-working. We’re a bunch of old, disabled people, except for one writer in his mid-50s. But the rest of us are in our sixties and seventies, and this is a labor of love. All we’re asking is the ability to keep telling the truth about Trump and help ensure democracy survives. If you can help, please do. Thank you. Ursula
Is Mr. Schumer, regardless of his smarts and history, that well liked, at this point in time?
Right now we need someone who is an aggressive fighter, willing to take the initiative and get their hands dirty to grab the bull by the horns and fight for Democracy and We the People.
While there is a time and place for someone who is “pleasant and charming at cocktail parties”, this is NOT that time.