Chuck Schumer: "Enough."

[Miles Archer]

Jordan Fabian
@Jordanfabian

Schumer: "When President Trump uses a trope that has been used against the Jewish people for centuries with dire consequences, he is encouraging—wittingly or unwittingly—anti-Semites throughout the country and the world. Enough.”

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

1. We know, Sen. Schumer; we know

Could you tell that to the Senate Majority Leader, please?

[Zoonart]

2. THIS!!!!

Okay... so enough. What action wil you take?

[Eliot Rosewater]

51. What can Schumer do? If you mean McConnell, different question

[Zoonart]

52. Every single Democrat that can get in front of a

Microphone should be demanding MF45 resign.
In order to pressure the Rethugs and the media. This should be the drumbeat...not hearing it from anyone.

[Eliot Rosewater]

54. Every one I have heard has said something similar.

Did people think any house member can be on all news networks anytime they want to be?

Not how it works.

[Zoonart]

55. They don't need a microphone when they have thumbs.

[Eliot Rosewater]

57. What? Thumbs, as in voting? IS there a vote I am not aware of?

[Zoonart]

58. I'm talking about twitter.

[Eliot Rosewater]

60. Have you read all D House and Senate members tweets? Dont almost all of them

criticize him and his actions daily? All of the ones I see do.

[Zoonart]

61. Eliot, I think you misunderstand me.

I have of course seen their criticism. I want to see them demand resignation. Just like the rethugs did to Clinton.
It was the word, resignation, that moved the needle with the MSM at the time and forced the impeachment. I believe that word can move the needle for us now.
Agree or disagree. That is my opinion.

[Eliot Rosewater]

62. I dont disagree but this is very different from Bill.

Rump, because of the FILTHY 45 million who follow him, has made it meaningless for a decent politician to challenge him and ask him to resign.

I think our people consider it a waste of time, but 127 of them now are saying MORE Than that by asking for impeachment.

Here is the simple reality, as long as that many Americans are willing to support a fascist traitor, the party not in power can do nothing especially if the Justice Dept is gone, and it is.

But yes, I would love for them to do that and more too. But BLAMING them even slightly is the LAST thing any of us should do.

[Zoonart]

64. We agree on this.

I dont view this as blame, but rather exhortation.
I think we appear weak and need to step up our rhetoric.

[Iliyah]

4. My opinion . .

Why should he have to tell the Senate Majority Leader - he is suppose to be an American and care about this country. Unfortunately, he does not care.

[MontanaMama]

3. It was enough a long time ago.

Keep up Senator.

[dalton99a]

12. No shit.

[Newest Reality]

5. Right!

That begs the serious and important question: What are we, (you, anyone) going to DO about it?

It seems that it can be important to nip things in the bud. The earlier you catch a problem, the easier it is to solve. When it gets too big, it may be too late.

It's starting to look like a very dire and critical situation. If we prognosticate about the continuation and increase of the current behaviors, it seems that has come down to a radical juncture and there needs to be action, not just words.

[PandoraAwakened]

8. Exactly. n/a

[FirstLight]

9. I agree 1000%

What do we DO? I was gonna say torches & pitchforks, but he'd just think it was a KKK rally...

Seriously though, do you think we could even GET the kind of turnout like in Hong Kong? Or would it lead to the civil war that they all seem to WANT?

I'm so fucking OVER allowing our "checks & balances" to work themselves out, especially when HALF of those in Govt have apparently sold out.

I guess our country is gonna go down like the planet...in flames...

I honestly don't have anything left. Every day it's another disaster or 20... Most of us are fucking exhausted and helpless by now. AT least I know I am

[Newest Reality]

15. You said it.

In college, this poem was a part of an English class I was taking. The imagery, (despite the religious connotations) is rather stark and apropos. The spirit of it seems to fit these times well.

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

THE SECOND COMING

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds.

The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

[sharedvalues]

16. Senate Dems could do something if they chose.

Chuck could bring all the Senate Dems back to DC to vote on the background check bill. Do it in a hotel room if McConnell denies you the Senate building. But just think of the media impact— the POLITICAL impact— that would have. Why isn’t Chuck doing that? It’s within his power. And Senate Dems want it.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

32. Because he can't

Only McConnell can call the Senate back into session.

[sharedvalues]

34. What? Chuck could tell every Dem to come back.

Hold a Dem only session in a hotel room if necessary. Invite the GOP. Who cares if they don’t show up.
Invite the press.

Of COURSE Chuck can do that.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

36. So you want him

to make a useless gesture for a photo op.

[sharedvalues]

39. Welcome to DU! Don't cite NY post

And please don’t preach the despair gospel at DU. (Your NY Post citation is below.)

You’re saying in this post “there’s nothing to do”. That’s a rightwing talking point: they wish to spread despair, saying there is nothing we can do. Please don’t do that! Be constructive.

Chuck can easily do what I said. This would be an effective political move, because politics is tightly related to public messaging. This would be public messaging, and thus useful and effective.

In fact, call your Dem sens and suggest this, and I will too.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

42. Don't censure my posts

And I'm not saying that there is nothing to do. I'm saying your suggestion is a useless gesture. There's a difference.

[sharedvalues]

46. Life_Long_D-youre citing a rightwing source: the Murdoch NY Post

[Life_Long_Democrat]

48. As well as CBS

Is that a right wing source too?

And please point out anything that is factually incorrect.

[sharedvalues]

56. You're posting Murdoch-press rightwing sources here.

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NY Post is designed by Murdoch to hurt Democrats.

He often does that by WHAT he chooses to report as much as the content. By choosing issues that reflect poorly on Democrats, selective reporting can harm Democrats even if that story doesn’t include a lie.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

59. Sounds like censorship

If it is a violation of the TOS, report me.

[sharedvalues]

63. You're proud of posting Murdoch's rightwing lies?

When you’re pushing rightwing sources, you’re harming Democrats. We should all strive to be better than that.

Why do you persist in defending Murdoch? What about the NY Post do you like so much?

[Life_Long_Democrat]

65. What where the lies?

Please point out what in that article was a lie.

[Mme. Defarge]

6. Another day, another "Enough!"

More righteous outrage!!!

Meh...

[dalton99a]

19. Well, you gotta let the waiter know when to stop pouring

[smirkymonkey]

7. So let's see some action.

We've heard enough talk from you.

[sharedvalues]

14. And he CAN do something

See post below. Bring Dems back. Vote.

[nolabear]

10. That's usually followed by something. C'MON, people!

Jesus I’m tired of this.

[dalton99a]

11. Again, with feeling

[sharedvalues]

13. Tell your Senator, Chuck. And act. Here's how.

Chuck, bring ALL THE DEMS back to the Senate. Forget asking McConnell.

Bring the Dems back. Vote on the background check bill. It won’t pass. It will be a show for the cameras. THAT IS THE POINT.

Republicans are beating us because they are better at shows for the camera. They are better at exploiting the media. DO BETTER CHUCK.

[JudyM]

20. They are better at communicating in graphic, memorable sound bites.

When are we going to become more effective at this absolutely essential skill? I will say Harris has it. And Sanders.

Our side needs basic power-oratory training.

[sharedvalues]

23. Agreed with that; bigger is UNIFIED messaging

It matters what they say, but it almost matters more that everyone is saying the same thing.

Repubs are good at coordinating communication. We are not. I am heartened that I heard AOC saying exactly this on Pod Save America recently- I trust her to work on this.

[JudyM]

41. Case in point is immigration.

This is a huge vote motivator for the rethugs. Just as LGBT societal acceptance was vastly improved once stories of individuals and the injustices they faced was pinballing around the country, so too we need to make the plight of these immigrants common fare in our communications... get the gory facts into the media as clickbait, even, we absolutely have to humanize them to the public at large in order to counter the rights faux outrage.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

25. He can't call the Senate back

Only McConnell can do that.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

27. No, but he can advocate for it.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

31. He has

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-schumer-peter-king-rally-in-support-of-bipartisan-background-check-legislation/

https://nypost.com/2019/08/06/schumer-king-call-for-mcconnell-to-allow-senate-vote-on-background-check-bill/

[sharedvalues]

35. Welcome to DU Life_Long_D! No NY Post please

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NY Post is a rightwing publication used as propaganda by Rupert Murdoch. Don’t read it. Don’t link it here. Thanks!

[Life_Long_Democrat]

38. There was also a CBS link

Or should that be censored too?

[sharedvalues]

40. Are you defending the Murdoch NY Post?

Do you read the NY Post? Good Dems — good Americans — don’t do that.

Friends don’t let friends get suckered by Rupert Murdoch.

Welcome to DU! There’s a lot to teach about rightwing media and propaganda here

[Life_Long_Democrat]

43. So you are trying to censure

what people read too?

[sharedvalues]

45. Life_Long_D: we don't r Murdoch rightwing propaganda here at DU

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Remember, a Republican said:

“Rupert Murdoch used the front page, back page and every page of the NY Post to get Reagan elected” (in 1984)

The NY Post is poisonous propaganda.

Here from NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/podcasts/the-daily/rupert-murdoch-fox-news.html

Rupert Murdoch’s media outlets have helped destabilize democracy on three continents.

[Life_Long_Democrat]

47. I don't recall reading that in the TOS

If It is a violation please feel free to report me.

[George II]

69. Not using the NY Post here isn't censoring, especially since there ARE other sources, too.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

66. Well, thank you, Captain Obvious.

[sharedvalues]

37. Yes he can- see above. He can bring every Dem back.

See my post above. Schumer could hold a Dem only session and invite the GOP. Do it in a hotel room if necessary. Hold a vote. Easy.

[MontanaMama]

17. When you're the King of Israel

you can do anything you want...

[superpatriotman]

18. Settle down, Chuck

Don't get all harumph or anything.

[Guilded Lilly]

21. 'Enough' has become an empty word. Very empty. Our Democracy dies while people in...

Government spout “enough”

Enough has passed.
ACT.

[customerserviceguy]

22. Is "trope"

the word of the year for 2019? I seldom ever read it, and I never heard anyone speak it before this year, but it's become a buzzword lately.

[handmade34]

24. empty threats...

so we have righteous anger... what are we going to do about it??

[jalan48]

26. Looks like Chuck's getting up to speed.

[The Liberal Lion]

28. So what are you going to do Chuck?

[Skittles]

29. LOLOL

so are you going to DO something?

[Takket]

30. Enough equals thoughts and prayers

[maxsolomon]

44. Pelosi could "do" something. Schumer can't.

ITMFA.

[Autumn]

49. "Enough."? What are you planning on doing about it? Kids in cages separated from their parents

dying wasn't enough? Working with Russia to undermine our democracy wasn't enough? So much obstruction, collusion, and treason weren't enough? A stern talking at does nothing.

[triron]

50. Oooh, very stern.

[wellst0nev0ter]

53. Then write a resolution

Just like the one written against Ilhan Omar, because both sides, you know.

[NCLefty]

68. The next synogogue shooting will be because of Trump.

Just as the El Paso shooting was.

[tavernier]

70. Gosh, that was scary!!!

I bet everything will change now!!

In the real world, Chuck has the same exact amount of power that I have... at the voting booth on Election Day.
But he has the ability to make sure that every voter understands this.

So keep preaching Senator, even if it is only to the choir, because if the full choir shows up, we will send them all back to the rocks from under which they crawled.