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24. I vote for the Democrat every election and I'm not a Democrat. Any politician who is

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Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:47 AM

Mar 2025

running for office owes it to the voter to get their votes. No politician is owed any vote.

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Schumer Sees Americans Rising Up If Trump Defies Court Orders [View all] UpInArms Mar 2025 OP

You couldn't even rise up in the Senate edhopper Mar 2025 #1

Exactly! Chuck... Hope22 Mar 2025 #26

1,000%!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #104

Schumer did the opposite aeromanKC Mar 2025 #37

I wasn't happy with his vote initially. Hanzzy72 Mar 2025 #50

I didn't think his reasoning helped his case...he helped pass a bill that hurt Demsrule86 Mar 2025 #77

That doesn't work Cirsium Mar 2025 #58

Nah awesomerwb1 Mar 2025 #69

He needs to have a Town Hall with his constituents Ars Longa Mar 2025 #46

No doubt Schumer will jump to the front of the mob when it rises up. sop Mar 2025 #2

My guess is he'd "lead" from the rear HereForTheParty Mar 2025 #87

"Forward!" he cried from the rear vanessa_ca Mar 2025 #100

Sure, Chuck PJMcK Mar 2025 #3

Senator Schumer kept the federal courts and the Social Security Administration open. lapucelle Mar 2025 #61

Right, I guess you missed the part where they have cut multiple SS and Med offices and folks to man Demsrule86 Mar 2025 #79

What are you talking about? Trump did that. It was not the result of a shutdown. lapucelle Mar 2025 #82

The bill that was signed helped Musk to gain the power to do this to social security...the Demsrule86 Mar 2025 #93

Schumer voted AGAINST the bill. lapucelle Mar 2025 #96

'Thank you sir! May I have another?' SMACK 'Thank you sir! May I have another?' nt kelly1mm Mar 2025 #81

TMI. N/T lapucelle Mar 2025 #83

Regrettably I have to agree with you... but enter Sandman & AOC, leaders who are not afraid to lead!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #105

Suits with pitchforks. bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #4

So when the people get the courage to face possibly military violence, arrest and deportation then Nanjeanne Mar 2025 #5

Do your GD job and we won't have to, Chuckles. Itchinjim Mar 2025 #6

Now there's an idea!! Chuck has to know he made a HUGE mistake... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #106

Says the guy who voted with the Republican majority. . . Emile Mar 2025 #7

Hard to believe, isn't it?! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #107

Says the guy who totally capitulated when it was all on the line. lark Mar 2025 #8

Must be Sunday.... nt EarthFirst Mar 2025 #9

Gotta have new content for the talk shows nt newdeal2 Mar 2025 #17

LOL leftstreet Mar 2025 #23

Oh, so he's waiting for us to rise up Mysterian Mar 2025 #10

Reading the posts here is so predictable. Yeah it is all "Schumer's fault", ignoring the fact that the voting public JohnSJ Mar 2025 #11

Right...it's the public's fault. Mysterian Mar 2025 #13

It isn't a strategy, it is a fact. Who do you think voted for these representatives, senators, and president? JohnSJ Mar 2025 #16

When did it become the voters fault when politicians fail to get enough votes to win Autumn Mar 2025 #21

Of course it is the voters fault. The differences between republican candidates and the Democratic candidates were JohnSJ Mar 2025 #25

Doesn't that beg the question though how bad does a party/candidate have to be to lose to someone kelly1mm Mar 2025 #84

Not bad, just a woman of color mcar Mar 2025 #120

Keep on blaming the voters Mysterian Mar 2025 #30

Yeah right, it wasn't the voters fault to vote for a racist, sexist, and bigot, JohnSJ Mar 2025 #32

Blame the trump voters til the cows come home senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #40

Anyone who refused to vote for VP Harris by either not voting or voting third party was voting for trump. JohnSJ Mar 2025 #41

I'm afraid that that's not realistic senseandsensibility Mar 2025 #42

Go argue with them, then Cirsium Mar 2025 #64

90 million eligible voters did not vote Mysterian Mar 2025 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #52

If you ran a business Cirsium Mar 2025 #63

Yeah we know. It everbody's fault but leadeship. Autumn Mar 2025 #19

In two years the voters will have a chance to change this. If they don't, who are you going to blame then? JohnSJ Mar 2025 #20

I vote for the Democrat every election and I'm not a Democrat. Any politician who is Autumn Mar 2025 #24

I have NEVER questioned, and never would question that you would always vote for a candidate who supports Civil Rights, JohnSJ Mar 2025 #27

19 and a half months until the 2026 midterms. I am extraordinarily worried they might not happen. I look at the sheer Celerity Mar 2025 #29

I think you have every reason to be concerned, so am I. JohnSJ Mar 2025 #66

So we agree that in two years we very well might not have the opportunity to change. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #103

I think the odds are that that opportunity vanished on November 5. Unless the judicial branch is able to stem the JohnSJ Mar 2025 #113

And yet, we have about two years to fight tooth and nail to hold some kind of line against this breakneck Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #115

Three special elections will happen in 2025. Two in April and one in September. JohnSJ Mar 2025 #118

That's great. But another tool at our disposal, a totally legitimate one, is to Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #119

My advice Cirsium Mar 2025 #65

"Less destructive than what I am doing here? " How Democratic of you to JohnSJ Mar 2025 #67

ha ha ha Cirsium Mar 2025 #68

Sorry Cirsium, but I think you are the one projecting not me JohnSJ Mar 2025 #70

No? Cirsium Mar 2025 #71

I don't object to people I disagree with, unless they are racist, sexist, JohnSJ Mar 2025 #73

Good Cirsium Mar 2025 #74

Then we are on the same page, and I have no doubt we will agree on actual issues, JohnSJ Mar 2025 #78

Yes Cirsium Mar 2025 #85

So it's OK for DUers to bash elected Democrats mcar Mar 2025 #121

No Cirsium Mar 2025 #124

Actually, we can change it this year. There are three congressional special elections coming up. lapucelle Mar 2025 #80

Excellent point lapucelle. Thanks for the heads up. JohnSJ Mar 2025 #97

Another thing Republicans can do but Dems can't is to replace bad ledership? Autumn Mar 2025 #114

Leadership, what, where, don't see any right now not in the senate. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #48

And replacing a minority leader is a perfectly legitimate party function. I don't know why we're acting Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #116

Look at 2009, look forward and not backwards. displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #55

It was also UpInArms Mar 2025 #56

Agreed, and we keep getting told that she has the best political displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #60

Democrat? Bluestocking Mar 2025 #89

What? displacedvermoter Mar 2025 #91

False Cirsium Mar 2025 #62

The rules here prevent me from giving my actual response to Schumer's ideas and actions Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #12

Time to resign VanceFan Mar 2025 #14

Why? What would you have him do differently? And how would that be better? Oopsie Daisy Mar 2025 #88

Action speaks louder than words. William769 Mar 2025 #15

Despite Schumer's Senate vote, I think he's right on this one peggysue2 Mar 2025 #18

The damage was done as the result of the November 5 election. Either choice would have been bad. This is comparable JohnSJ Mar 2025 #22

I'm not defending Schumer's vote, John, and yes, the choices were either/or bad. November 5th was a debacle . . . peggysue2 Mar 2025 #31

Believe it or not I wanted Schumer to vote against cloture and JohnSJ Mar 2025 #33

86 THOUSAND PEOPLE STOOD UP TO SEE BERNIE Emile Mar 2025 #28

That's because THEY are real leaders pinkstarburst Mar 2025 #36

It's very easy to "preach to the choir" ... these are not typical voters. Oopsie Daisy Mar 2025 #90

Tough decisions? Hard work? pinkstarburst Mar 2025 #122

What specifically would you have Democrats do instead? Oopsie Daisy Mar 2025 #123

Why would we rise up Chuck ??? SamKnause Mar 2025 #34

And yet you were too cowardly to stop him in the senate pinkstarburst Mar 2025 #35

"Well, not me, of course, but those other Americans will." Sky Jewels Mar 2025 #38

Gosh. H2O Man Mar 2025 #39

Americans are supposed to do his job. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #43

"rising up" without effective leadership is not the best option mike_c Mar 2025 #45

Somebody has to rise up against the convicted felon. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #47

Enter Sandman & AOC... they are not afraid to confront the Dickhead-in-Chief!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #111

Thanks for this MorbidButterflyTat Mar 2025 #49

Is this another bait-&-switch? Think. Again. Mar 2025 #51

Actually, he's telling us all to just sit tight. Which is worse. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #54

Sit tight until after the supreme court solidifies his wins? Think. Again. Mar 2025 #59

I wish I had his glasses. DFW Mar 2025 #53

Too late people already are nt Tribetime Mar 2025 #57

Well, WE will have to... regnaD kciN Mar 2025 #72

Chuck Schumer needs to resign. He's isn't a leader and expects the public to do the job he won't. Galraedia Mar 2025 #75

Sure Chuck because rising up is so effective...I mean it ended the war in 68 and Demsrule86 Mar 2025 #76

Stand up like you do, Chuck? HereForTheParty Mar 2025 #86

He sure seems to be working hard to convince somebody that he is working hard Attilatheblond Mar 2025 #92

Chuck needs to know where the people stand LuvLoogie Mar 2025 #94

Wow, does he think he was rising up Bettie Mar 2025 #95

That's why we need Bernie & AOC to lead the charge next time the CR bill comes up. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #108

Most Americans don't have it in them. He's full of it. nt Blasphemer Mar 2025 #98

Says the guy who help force Biden to step down. Emile Mar 2025 #99

Yeah, that pissed me off too... obviously, Nancy also played a part in that!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #109

"If" not "as"??????? GreenWave Mar 2025 #101

That's what worries me when the CR bill comes up again (in September??). InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #110

Is this like "waiting for the demographics to catch up"? Ursus Rex Mar 2025 #102

Chuck that is what you are paid to do! nt doc03 Mar 2025 #112

Americans have shruged off everything else he has done, but this will be the straw that breaks his back? krawhitham Mar 2025 #117