Dems upset with Schumer for keeping government open

 DC Daily Journal:

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is holding his ground, resisting calls from some within his own party to step down after he crossed the aisle to support a Republican-led spending bill aimed at keeping the government running.

The decision, which sparked a firestorm of debate among Democrats, has put Schumer in the hot seat, but he’s not backing down from his choice.

During a Sunday appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press with host Kristen Welker, Schumer faced pointed questions about the mounting pressure to resign. “Look, I’m not stepping down,” he declared firmly.

“And let me just say this, Kristen. I knew when I cast my vote against the government shutdown that there would be a lot of controversy. And there was.” His resolve was clear, setting the stage for a deeper explanation of his controversial vote.

Schumer didn’t shy away from laying out his reasoning for supporting the bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR). “But let me tell you and your audience why I did it, why I felt it was so important,” he said.

“The CR was certainly bad, you know, the continuing resolution. But a shutdown would be 15 or 20 times worse. Under a shutdown, the Executive Branch has sole power to determine what is ‘essential.’ And they can determine without any court supervision. The courts have ruled it’s solely up to the executive what to shut down. With Musk, and DOGE, and Trump, and this guy Vought, they would eviscerate the federal government.”

For Schumer, the stakes were too high to risk a shutdown, even if it meant aligning with Republicans on this one issue.
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Trump and the Republicans were not going to "eviscerate" the government.  Their goal was to make it more efficient and cut much of the waste that Democrats like to impose upon the budget.  One of the reasons Trump was elected in a landslide is that voters were dissatisfied with what the Democrats were doing.  As bad as Biden was, he was better than most of the Democrat alternatives.

See also:

Behind the Curtain: Dems' dark, deep hole

And:

Democrats’ Shift To The Far Left Exposes Cracks Between Biden And Progressive Party Elements, Mark Halperin Says 

They have somehow managed to make the guy with dementia look like the more sane one in their party. 

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