Schumer Sees Americans Rising Up If Trump Defies Court Orders

[lapucelle]

61. Senator Schumer kept the federal courts and the Social Security Administration open.

It is a dangerous time. That's why we need leaders with cool heads who think things through. If the government had shut down, it would not have reopened until Trump wanted it open.

Federal courts would only be hearing mission critical criminal cases, rather than all the civil cases. Any case that the Trump Administration and/or Doge is party to would have been postponed.

The Social Security Administration may have continued to cut checks, but they would no longer be processing applications.

The vast majority of federal workers would have been furloughed with no guarantee of ever being called back.

Those federal workers who remained would each be doing the work of five people, without being paid.

So no, Chuck Schumer did not capitulate, and no Chuck Schumer did not demonstrate weakness, profound or otherwise.

Chuck Schumer saved us from all the folks who were hollering "Resist!" without ever giving a thought to what would actually happen, who would be harmed and who would be freer to loot our system and manipulate the law, who would be the winners and who would be the losers.

And now Chuck Schumer is taking the heat and being vilified for his decision to keep the government open, when, in fact, we are very lucky that he did.

Here's a tip for everyone. Tell the folks attacking Democrats to do their homework. Tell them to find out exactly what happens during a government shutdown and who gets to decide if and when the government reopens.

And tell them to stop getting talking points from political influencers on tiktok and twitter and from asshats like Jon Stewart. Democrats are already busy trying to clean up their mess from November. We don't need any new ones.