On Friday, the Democratic Party was broken as a torrent of frustration and anger, which was launched by the Democrats in the Senate, led by Senator. Chuck ShomerThose who faced what they saw as a terrible choice: Closing Or approval of the Republican Finance Bill that allows President Donald Trump to continue to reduce the federal government.
After the master Shomer announced It will reluctantly support the bill, as it carried the burden of this anger, including the protest in its office, from progressive until it is strengthened in 2028 and the suggestions that the Democratic Party will soon search for new leaders.
Nine other members of the Democratic Assembly-a group of members of the Senate, joined most of them from swinging and retirement countries-in the end to Mr. Shomer in voting to pay the Republican financing proposal, providing decisive support to bring it to a final vote. It has passed late on Friday with the Singon Jin Shaheen vote from New Hampshire and Angus King from Maine with Republicans in favor.
Since their losses in the elections, the Democrats against Wabel were subjected to the early actions of Mr. Trump in his position, who are being held by the legislative authority and left the search for a plan to restore political momentum. But while Mr. Shomer allowed to pass one of the rare moments in which the party might recover in Washington, the Democratic Party erupted in a moment of anger that was built months ago.
Many people felt that New York Democrat was It does not show enough fightingOn the pretext that the closure of the government would have forced Trump and the Republicans to the negotiating table. However, for Mr. Shomer, who led the Democrats in the Senate since Mr. Trump took office in 2016, the option was ultimately to prevent the closure that he believed would hand over Mr. Trump more power and leave his party with blame for unrest for government services.
Mr. Shomer warned in the Senate Hall on Friday, referring to the government’s efficiency effort led by Elon Musk: “The closure would allow Dog to shift to an increase in excess.”
Mr. Shomer voted for the final vote of the Finance Law, which only needs a simple majority to pass. However, Democrats in the House of Representatives issued a set of angry data and social media targeting Mr. Shomer.
Democratic Representative Troy Carter from Louisiana shared a picture of Mr. Trump and Mr. Shomer in a conversation with the explanatory name, “The image is equal to a thousand words!”
Even in the Senate, any democrats were barely speaking to support Mr. Shomer’s strategy on Friday. It has been a remarkable turn for the democratic leader for a long time, which left him standing alone.
“Let’s be clear: it is not a good option for the American people. But this wrong option that some buy instead of fighting is unacceptable,” said spokesman Emerita Nanacy Pelosi, his ally for a long time and his partner in financing the past battles, in a statement.
Ms. Pelosi added that the members of the Senate should listen to women who lead the credits for Democrats, and MP Rosa Deloro from Connecticut and Senator Patti Murray from Washington. They have suggested the Stopgap plan for 30 days instead of Republican proposal that provides financing Until September. The Republican Law will trim $ 13 billion in non -defensive spending in 2024 in the budget and increase defense spending by $ 6 billion.
When Democrats in the House of Representatives, who voted almost all against the bill earlier this week, concluded a decline in North Virginia on Friday, and also called for their Senate colleagues to show more fighting. The democratic leadership in the House of Representatives returned to the Capitol to hold a press conference and urged the members of the Senate to reject the bill.
We do not want the government to close. The leader of the minority in the House of Representatives Hakim Jeffrez (DN.Y) said:
He also repeatedly refused to answer questions about whether he had confidence in Mr. Shomer.
Other Democrats, such as the governor of Kentucky, called on the state of Kentucky Andy Bishir, who is seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2028, and visited the democratic decline, to a broader movement. He mentioned the last sixties of the protests against peaceful civil rights in Salma, Alabama, and he argued that the Democrats need to find “collective courage”.
“When these individuals walked, there was no single voice. There was a collective courage for that group that changed the world. That day opened the country’s eyes when it was already happening.”
Some were ready to start the march.
“We are ready to get out of this building and return to the Capitol at any moment and prevent the government from closing,” said Representative Greg Kassar of Texas.
He added: “Now is the moment when the Democrats draw a line on the platform and say that we are strongly standing alongside the working class and against the highly wealthy who are trying to spoil our government for themselves.”
Meanwhile, some of the most influential progressive groups in the country have warned of the dangerous political consequences of Democrats in the Senate and expected a violent reaction when members of Congress returned to their homes next week.
Ezra Levin, co -founder of Indivible, who organized hundreds of protests throughout the country, said that nearly 8 out of 10 group activists support the basic challenges against “Dems in the Senate who wear the Republican Party’s bill.”
On social media, the vast majority of these democratic activists are planning to express their anger in the city’s halls or other public events next week. Moveon, another progressive group claiming approximately 10 million members worldwide, predicted that its activists will also seek answers from Democratic officials in the coming days.
“Clearing the way for Donald Trump and Elon Musk for social security, and medical and medical care is unacceptable.” Joel Payne, a Moveon spokesman, said, it’s time for Democrats to fight and stop behave like working as usual. “
Democrats in the Senate were unwilling to speak mostly to defend Mr. Shomer’s move. Even Senator Rafael Warrnok, Georgia’s Democrat, suggested that the party should search for new leaders in the coming years.
“I think” 26, “28, we will get some of the new leadership.” His office later said Warnkuk, he was widely answering the question.
Mostly, though Senate members expressed regret that they were kidnapped by a Republican party that found a new sense of unity during the reign of Mr. Trump. For years, Republicans in the House of Representatives have not been able to mobilize votes for government financing on their own, forcing them to enter into the negotiations of the two parties. this time , Go through The draft law on the party lines and left Washington.
“We are stuck with two bad options provided by a unified republic front,” said Senator Mark Warner, a democratic in Virginia.
He voted against the bill, but he said about Mr. Shomer’s decision: “These are difficult and difficult calls.”
This article by Associated Press. AP Leah Askarinam’s writer contributed in Washington. The peoples mentioned from New York and Brown mentioned from Lesburg, Virginia.
