A thorough summary of what’s going on. It’s up to the judiciary now. Will the Republican-appointed judges in the Supreme Court oppose him, either out of patriotism or pride? I’m quite concerned, because I didn’t expect the Republicans in Congress to give up that institution’s authority but they have done so. I don’t know if Congress will have any power left by the time the Democrats have a chance to gain the majority there in the midterms.
I’m not sure he actually did the wrong thing there - he has no fear of being primaried for opposing Trump (but rather the opposite) and a lot more political experience than most of his critics. Maybe it really was the smaller loss in a lose/lose situation.
With that said, the part where he opposed it before supporting it was weird. With things the way they are, I can’t even rule out that he was threatened somehow.
Even you perceive Schumer as the person who decided whether or not to go ahead with the shutdown, or else you wouldn’t blame him for not shutting down the government.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Letting tthe Republicans shoot themselves in the foot is very different than giving them everything they want on a silver platter.
Yeah, he has the political experience to know when to throw his party under the bus. My mom has been voting Democrat for 40 years, somehow that CR vote is what convinced her to go 3rd party next election. Only someone with that much political experience could have pulled that off.
I think it’s the other way around. The executive branch has signaled it will ignore the courts. If SCOTUS makes a ruling that Trump would later ignore, then the public perception will be that the courts have no power. If they go along with Trump, they at least get to preserve the facade.
A thorough summary of what’s going on. It’s up to the judiciary now. Will the Republican-appointed judges in the Supreme Court oppose him, either out of patriotism or pride? I’m quite concerned, because I didn’t expect the Republicans in Congress to give up that institution’s authority but they have done so. I don’t know if Congress will have any power left by the time the Democrats have a chance to gain the majority there in the midterms.
10 democrats and one independent voted with them. Including the senate minority leader.
and that will be precisely the moment historians mark as the point of no return for democracy in the US, fuck you Chuck Shumer
I’m not sure he actually did the wrong thing there - he has no fear of being primaried for opposing Trump (but rather the opposite) and a lot more political experience than most of his critics. Maybe it really was the smaller loss in a lose/lose situation.
With that said, the part where he opposed it before supporting it was weird. With things the way they are, I can’t even rule out that he was threatened somehow.
If it was the smaller loss, republicans wouldn’t have voted for it.
Neither side wants to be responsible for a shutdown.
Hogwash. Republicans revel in shutdowns, yet they voted against this one.
Idk how you can blame the Democrats for a shutdown when Republicans control all three bodies that can avert it
Even you perceive Schumer as the person who decided whether or not to go ahead with the shutdown, or else you wouldn’t blame him for not shutting down the government.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Letting tthe Republicans shoot themselves in the foot is very different than giving them everything they want on a silver platter.
Yeah, he has the political experience to know when to throw his party under the bus. My mom has been voting Democrat for 40 years, somehow that CR vote is what convinced her to go 3rd party next election. Only someone with that much political experience could have pulled that off.
I think it’s the other way around. The executive branch has signaled it will ignore the courts. If SCOTUS makes a ruling that Trump would later ignore, then the public perception will be that the courts have no power. If they go along with Trump, they at least get to preserve the facade.