‘Absolutely Ridiculous’: Democrats Seethe at Schumer for Backing G.O.P. Spending Bill
Many Democratic legislators continued to express deep frustration with Senator Chuck Schumer on Sunday because of his breaking with most of his party to allow a draft Republican spending law to pass, as the democratic base increases increasingly strong resistance to President Trump’s long -term agenda.
Mr. Shomer, a Democrat in New York and the leader of the Senate, joined nine other Democrats to allow the draft law to vote, which avoids the closure of the government. It was a sudden reflection from Wednesday, when he said he would oppose the bill.
Mr. Shomer explained that his sudden closure in his position would be able to close Mr. Trump and Elon Musk to manage government competence. “The closure will close all government agencies, and it will only be left to Trump and Doug and hold what must be opened again, because they can determine what is necessary.” The New York Times told an interview. “Therefore, their goal of removing the entire federal government will occur, and the cutting agency after the agency after the agency, under the closure.”
But for critics within his party, he wasted the financial lever, which was presented by the confrontation to negotiate a draft spending law from the two parties that would restore some of the Congress.
“He is completely wrong,” actor Yasmine Crocate, a democratic in Texas, told CNN. “The idea that Chuck Schumer is the only idea that got a brain in the room and only that you can think through all the pros and cons of very ridiculous.”
the A stream of criticism that Mr. Shomer has faced since his vote It comes as the Democratic Party Divided on the best way to oppose Mr. Trump Agenda while facing the global voting numbers. and The NBC poll was released on Sunday It showed that only 27 percent of voters have positive opinions of the party, while most of its base expressed its disappointment at the broken Democrats’ response.
Mrs. Crocate called on her Senate colleagues to consider overthrowing Mr. Shomer as a minority leader, indicating that “the younger leadership and the lives” are what many Americans are looking for. “
The actor James E. Clebene, Democrat in South Carolina, MSNBC that the leader of the minority in the House of Representatives, and actor Hakim Jeffrez from New York, “obtained” by Mr. Shomer. Mr. Clayborn said that Democrats in the House of Representatives – all of them opposed the bill – voted against giving Mr. Trump a “empty check.” Friday, Mr. Jeffrez Repeated questions About whether Mr. Shomer still supports the leader of Democrats in the Senate.
Another democratic in the House of Representatives, actor Deby Dengel from Michigan, was more understanding, saying that Mr. Shomer “sent mixed signals.” But she confirmed that even the American Federation of Government Persons, the largest labor union representing federal workers, whose members will fail during the closure of the government, opposes the draft stoppage.
“People are afraid, and they want us to do something,” Mrs. Dengel said on CBS. “They want to see the Democrats fight.”
Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat in Connecticut, did not condemn Mr. Shomer, but he appealed to a change in tactics and more stable resistance against the Trump administration.
Mr. Murphy said on the NBC channel: “The way the president behaves using the application of the law to target dissidents, harass TV stations and the radio stations that criticize him, supports political violence, and our democracy endangers immediately.” During the past few weeks, Mr. Trump has canceled Security permits for lawyers Who argued against him, dismantling Reports funded by Congress and Sorry, those convicted of attacking the Capitol On January 6, 2021.
“If you are democratic in the Senate or in the House of Representatives, you should start to act urgently,” added Mr. Murphy.
The prominent Democrats in the House of Representatives, including actor Nancy Pelosi, pressed their Senate colleagues to prevent the bill. But more than a handful of Democratic Senate members joined Mr. Shomer in helping Republicans bring the bill to vote: Deep Dybin from Illinois, Brian Shatz from Hawaii, Catherine Cortez Memasto from Nevada, John Vitirman from Pennsylvania, Kirsten Gilbrand from New York and Maggie. Peters from Michigan and Jane Shaheen from New Hampshire. Also, Senator Angus King, Main Independent, who gathered with the Democrats, also.
Some Democrats, including actors, Jake Oshnixus of Massachusetts and Halle Stevens from Michigan, have declined to criticize Mr. Shomer publicly. They said Democratic fighting after the approval of the bill It will only emphasize the divisions within the party. They warned that it would attract the attention of voters away from Trump’s commercial policies The stock market dominated And drink Understanding in the wider economy The developments that the Democrats said can play in their favor.
Ashley Etienne, former director of communications to Vice President Kamala Harris, told CNN that Democrats should not save Mr. Trump and the Republicans themselves. “Get away from the road,” she said. Donald Trump said he was better for the economy. Let it prove it.
