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In reply to the discussion: Schumer made the smart move. [View all]the_liberal_grandpa
(289 posts)I have given this some thought and tend to agree with the sentiments detailed above.
The problem is the same. Schumer is a terrible messenger and did not articulate any of these things. Rather he just said that
shutting down the goverment was a bad idea because it would give the felon more leeway to shutdown government.
He could have come out and scared the crap out of Americans on what would happen. But he did not.
Because he did not articulate the things articulated in this article people assumed he flipped because he was afraid of being blamed. Of course he was afraid of being blamed which is not a reason to bow to a wannabe dictator (Chamberlain)
Nevertheless, the dems have to defend their vote by trying to convince us of the things they stopped while the CR they voted for continues to cause real hardships that everyone will be able to see.
Schumer and the other dems who voted to override the fillibuster own whatever comes next.