The Democratic minority leader was asked about opposition to his leadership from new members and said the “issue is not me. I’ll be re-elected as majority leader. The issue is focusing on the American people and what they want.”
Please, don’t even think of it.
Please, everyone, write your reps every day demanding change in leadership from schumer and jeffries
If we have Republican reps, can they still have a say on who are the chamber leaders.
Schumer and Jeffries need to sit the fuck down. We didn’t vote in a massive blue wave just for you two shitheads to ruin it.
The issue is focusing on the American people and what they want."
what if what they want is you not being the house majority leader?
If Chuck is leader, prepare for a red wave in 2028. Because Dems won’t do anything with him inharge, disenfranchising the very same people who made last night possible
I was about to say you’re completely right but something dawned on me. Let me know what you think:
No matter who is Speaker and Senate Majority Leader for the next 2 years, next to nothing is getting done, and the damage done by Trump will persist long after these 2 years sad to say. Why? Because there is no filibuster-proof majority, let alone a supermajority consensus capable of overriding Trump’s veto power. So the best we can do is limit the damage of Trump.
And we all know how knee-jerk reactive the electorate is. They’ll blame leadership come 2 years when things still aren’t fixed.
So what to do. Let Schumer and Jeffries ride this fallout, and then during ‘28 primaries, leverage this internally during the Democratic Primaries to leapfrog AOC to Schumer’s US Senate spot and have someone like – oh say Mamdani – run for Jeffries’ seat (just spitballing).
because there is no filibuster-proof majority
Yet a rule change to kill the filibuster takes only a simple majority to pass. Keep that in mind as you hear their excuses.
You can’t have our mayor. Out of our cold dead hands
It’s an interesting idea but unfortunately is just a path to having the same fascists rebrand over the next two years and pick back where they left off, gaining momentum to win in 2028.
Jeffries and Schumer-style politics is to turn invisible and wait, make speeches that are academic and milquetoast and that people forget before each sentence is even over. All that’ll do is let everyone forget that every single GOP lawmaker was actively destroying the country, and leave it to Fox News to rewrite blame to the “do nothing” Democratic Congress.
The Democrats need to constantly fight the next two years even when they won’t win. They need to not pull any punches and send bill after bill to be vetoed, impeach even where it’ll fail, defund and block every unconstitutional Executive Order and take it to the Supreme Court if needed, and remind everyone who the problem is, force the GOP to take positions. People can’t be let to forget.
Absolutely not. Jeffries is buddies with Kushner and funded by Israel.
And Schumer is a do nothing POS. I honestly think if I saw him or Trump standing next to each other I’d punch Schumer first
Given how toxic Trump has become, I have a feeling they might find enough votes to remove. We’ll see if they even try.
Who are the alternatives? Bernie? Fuck yeah but I’m not sure he wants the job.
Chuck Schumer predicted he’ll be the majority leader in the new Senate, which he called a “generational remake.”
Bro, which generation do you think you are in this scenario?
Right? A generational remake doesn’t reuse old, failed characters from the past, but “remakes” the idea from the top down.
I sure fucking hope not
Is there a senator who has stated they want to take the leadership away from Schumer? And likewise a congress person to take over from Jeffries in the house?
Van Hollen:
https://bsky.app/profile/lebassett.bsky.social/post/3mzjh3n5m222l (via Bloomberg)
To my knowledge, not yet. But I never expected a word to be said on this notion until post-election celebrations settle. The time before midterms was to fall in line, but now over the course of these next months I expect there to be a focus inward as to the future direction of the party.
Yes, you are in fact the problem Chuck.
Schumer and Jeffries need to go if Democrats aim to actually achieve the things they want. Terribly uncharismatic and possibly compromised leadership.
Congratulations to putting some brakes on this Trump regime, but the '28 Democratic Primaries effectively begin today.
I remember being at a parade some thirty years ago when Chuck rolled by on his float. My father went from silent to rather animated, “Hey Chuckie boy! FUCK YOU, CHUCK!” I was still rather young and so I asked what just happened. My father took a moment to compose himself, then stated, “I voted for him to get to where he is and he betrayed me. I have every right to tell him to his face that he failed me and exactly how I feel about it.”
He’s been a disappointment since then.
It’s time for the deep clean. Time to go Schumer and take your pal hakeem jeffries with you.
Why? So we can get a few more years of incompetency, pussyfooting and fingerwagging? Jeffries can fuck right off too.
Sounds like what the American People want is for Chuck Schumer to, you know, NOT be majority leader.
He’s one of the least-popular US Senators and continues to to trend this way. Meanwhile Bernie Sanders is the most liked if that’s any indication as to the direction Democrats must go. Yet somehow thinks he’s not the problem. He’s for nearly half a century with little to show for it. Time to go. Same with Hakeem.
This guy? I think the winds have changed, dude.
US senator Chuck Schumer says will continue to ‘fight for aid to israel’
Wow, you’d think he was elected to represent Israel with how he’s talking. Also it’s like he was like “oh shit, gotta pay lip service to peace and shit” at the end there.
