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This guy obviously sucks at Math!

Via #RawStory

Defiant #Senate Minority Ldr #ChuckSchumer defended his decision Fri 2 vote in favor of cloture 4 #Republican-backed #FundingBill that would avert a looming government #shutdown, & brushed off threats 2 his leadership position

In an interview..shortly after his vote roiled his fellow #Democrats, #Schumer stood firm, [insisting] that “as bad as the [continuing resolution] was,” a government shutdown “would be far worse.”

rawstory.com/government-shutdo

Raw Story · 'Proud I did it': Chuck Schumer touts Dem-breaking vote on GOP bill 'act of courage'By Erik De La Garza
Continued thread

⬆️ >> #Appeasement, Thy Names are Chuck #Schumer and Neville #Chamberlain

"Schumer argued that #Democrats would ultimately lose a #shutdown #fight."

So why bother to #fightBack at all?

via @newrepublic

#Pelosi has issued a statement against following #Schumer's lead.

Congress has the “false choice between a shutdown or a blank check,” Pelosi wrote. “Neither is a good option. But this false choice some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable."

newrepublic.com/post/192787/na

The New Republic · Nancy Pelosi Sets Her Sights on Chuck Schumer After Shutdown SurrenderThe former House speaker is attacking Senate Democrats thinking about voting for the government funding bill.

March 14, 2025 LIVE
Democratic House Leaders Hold News Conf. Amid Looming Gov't #Shutdown

House Democratic Leader #HakeemJeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference as the Senate considers a continuing resolution to fund the government before a midnight deadline.
#cspan #pressconference
c-span.org/event/news-conferen

C-SPAN · Democratic House Leaders Hold News Conf. Amid Looming Gov't ShutdownBy C-SPAN

#Unpopular position:

I'm as frustrated as anybody else about #Democrats' inability or unwillingness so far to put up real #resistance to the reich-wing agenda. Perhaps more so: my wife works with refugees; every day her clients are being screwed and her colleagues fired.

I'm not sure that Schumer is wrong, though, to decide this isn't the hill we die on. Maybe and maybe not, but it's a little funny to say he "folded" or call him a "coward" when he had to know how unpopular his move would be with his own constituents.

Maybe Schumer was right, maybe wrong. But I think we have to look at the #consequences of a government #shutdown and decide if they would promote or damage our goals. Schumer clearly believes the latter, and he isn't an idiot.

That said: whether this was the hill to die on or not, there are issues worth fighting for, and it's taking waaaaaay too long for Congressional Dems to do so.

#cloture#CR#economy

**Final edit: both MA senators voted NO on cloture. Call to thank them!**

Massachusetts Voters:

Warren and Markey are both unclear on whether they are going to vote for cloture on the CR although rumors are they will vote no. Regardless, call them to encourage them to vote NO on cloture and NO on the CR.

Markey: markey.senate.gov/contact

Warren: warren.senate.gov/contact/offi

www.markey.senate.govContact | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of MassachusettsThe Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts