Yeah, the consensus seems to be that Chuck essentially engineered this new “deal” but he knew it would be wildly unpopular so he had only the senators who aren’t up for election next year vote yes, while he voted no to keep his hands clean. Classic slimy bullshit from a classic slimy bullshitter.
Call your (blue) senators. Doesn’t matter if they voted for or against it. Explain that you aren’t fooled and that it was blatantly obvious that schumer had his whip get the yes votes on behalf of the republicans.
This battle is lost. But this is far from the first time a schumer led Democratic party did trump’s work for him. schumer and durbin don’t need to step down as Senators (but they really fucking should) but they DO need to step down as minority leader and whip in favor of someone who isn’t a complete and utter failure, at best.
Otherwise? You’ll assume that your senator(s) were some of the real yeses who caved.
Yeah, the consensus seems to be that Chuck essentially engineered this new “deal” but he knew it would be wildly unpopular so he had only the senators who aren’t up for election next year vote yes, while he voted no to keep his hands clean. Classic slimy bullshit from a classic slimy bullshitter.
Exactly.
Call your (blue) senators. Doesn’t matter if they voted for or against it. Explain that you aren’t fooled and that it was blatantly obvious that schumer had his whip get the yes votes on behalf of the republicans.
This battle is lost. But this is far from the first time a schumer led Democratic party did trump’s work for him. schumer and durbin don’t need to step down as Senators (but they really fucking should) but they DO need to step down as minority leader and whip in favor of someone who isn’t a complete and utter failure, at best.
Otherwise? You’ll assume that your senator(s) were some of the real yeses who caved.