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Demsrule86

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

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 05:30 PM

Mar 2025

all...oh wait it didn't. About the only thing 'rising up' ever did was for civil rights which Schumer's GOP buddies are busy dismantling. We are in trouble Senator...Stop with the institutionalist behavior and pretending it is 1990's. It is not.

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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