Democrat weakness exposed

 The Hill:

Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer says that there’s only one party that wants to shut the government down. He’s right: it’s only Democrats who won’t allow the Senate a few more weeks at current spending levels to agree on a new budget.

The shutdown highlights three weaknesses undermining the Democrat Party as we head toward next year’s midterm elections.

First, the left wing of the party is running the show. Schumer is terrified of being primaried by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC); his obstinance is a matter of survival, not conscience.

Second, President Trump has pushed Democrats to burrow into their far-left rabbit holes by occupying the all-powerful center.

Third, Democrats are pushing endlessly to spend more money; voters think that’s a mistake.

Schumer, battered by angry Democrats after he worked with the Republicans in March to keep the government running, learned his lesson. He was accused of “surrendering” to Republicans by Democrats furious at the impotence of their party. After he cast that fateful vote, many on the left pushed for progressive darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to challenge Schumer in the 2028 Senate primary.

This is not an idle threat. In the fury that followed the March face-off over spending, polling by left-leaning Data for Progress found that “Democratic voters nationwide want him to fight harder against President Donald Trump and the Republican agenda.” It also found that Schumer had the “lowest favorability of all New York Democrats” among primary voters, and that he trails Ocasio-Cortez by 19 points in a hypothetical primary.

Schumer is playing defense. Formerly an adamant opponent of shutdowns, he could not possibly agree to the most recent funding measure. Hence the current government shutdown.
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Schumer's problem is that the liberal wackos have taken over the party.  That is one of the reasons why Democrats are only polling in the 30s these days.  They have lost touch with Middle America. 

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Nancy Pelosi freaks out at a reporter for daring to ask this question

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 In the midst of the ongoing Democrat-led government shutdown, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed her true colors on Wednesday, lashing out at a reporter who dared to question the influence of radical leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the stalled negotiations. It’s no secret that the Democrats are in disarray, and this latest outburst from Pelosi highlights the deep divisions within their party as they hold the American people hostage over their petty power plays.

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