The Senate Democratic leader said Trump’s decision to accept a meeting shows Republicans “feel the heat.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that Congress can prevent a government shutdown when money expires this week, but only if Republicans engage in a “serious negotiation.”
In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Schumer told moderator Kristen Welker that he called Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Friday to encourage a meeting, which the White House accepted on Saturday evening.
Schumer said reaching a deal “depends on the Republicans.”
He is making noises of placation. Truly the Chamberlain of our times…
Is that Mussolini next to Hitler in the top one? Well whoever they are they look like when your friend has to bring you lunch at work and look completely lost.
Who keeps voting for this clown?! His constituents keep disappointing me like Ted Cruz’s.
Just resign already for fuck sake
He Chuck… try this line on for size: We don’t negotiate with terrorists.
Schumer is a traitor. You do NOT negotiate with terrorists. You make demands, if they don’t comply, you shut it down.
Shut it down, Schumer. Shut it all down. Call for a general strike and don’t capitulate until all demands are met. This is your move to fuck up, and we will not forget if you do.
Lol the day Schumer calls for a general strike I’ll donate all my existing money to his campaign.
Read: never
You cannot have a serious negotiation with people who aren’t serious.
I think they’re bad-faith actors rather than unserious. I’m afraid they’re deadly serious.
We NEED a Serious Negotiation! And if we DONT get it we’ll SIGN their Budget ANYWAYS!
-Chuck Schumer!
As long as Americans are loyal to Israel, he’s doing his job according to him… So I guess even he thinks he’s a failure.
“Now, if the president at this meeting is going to rant and just yell at Democrats and talk about all his alleged grievances and say this, that and the other thing, we won’t get anything done.”
Yeah, that’s exact what’s going to happen…
If you can’t see that coming you shouldn’t have car keys, let alone a senate leadership position
Still gotta go and make a good faith effort. Otherwise your criticism after the fact isn’t going to carry much weight.
Ok Charlie Brown…
I’m sure any day now Lucy will for real hold the football
Just keep giving them the benefit of the doubt that it’s a good faith effort, was way better than doing something with a chance of working.
It’s almost like you’re responding to someone else’s comment.
How in the absolute fuck do you not see the connection between:
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Charlie Brown getting tricked into trying to kick the football for decades
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Neoliberals thinking trump will negotiate in good faith
To you, there’s just no fucking connections, to the point where you legitimately thought I replied to the wrong comment?
Where did I say Trump would negotiate in good faith?
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Do you have lead poisoning?
The problem isn’t the good faith effort. It’s that Schumer crumples against their disingenuousness. Basically giving them what they want.
Yes because this is literally the first time that will have been tried. There’s totally not a long and well-documented track record of good faith efforts already that have been ignored, slapped away, mocked, and used for back stabbing.
This time, though, it will totally show them.
You’ve picked the wrong side. It’s either socialist utopia or burn it all down. We can’t negotiate continued funding of government services to the poorest Americans with fascists! Instead, we need the situation to get worse until there’s rioting and a violent overthrow of the fascist government. Then we will execute the neoliberals and have one-party rule only long enough to make sure the fascists can never return to power (see: the PRC).
The last thing we want to do is help the voters, who strongly preferred that Trump get another chance to MAGA, to see that the Republicans are the problem. We must muddy the waters with “both sides” rhetoric every time terrible Republican policies are brought up.
How many times do the Democrats need to steal defeat out of the jaws of victory for it to form a clear composite image of collaboration?
There goes my healthcare
If he caves the Dems need to call to replace him. Absolutely failed as a leader here.
I agree, but that’s just not the way Dems work.
And here we go, once again into the breach of defeat and capitulation.
Absolutely spinless and worthless Democratic leadership fit for nothing.
A serious negotiation with people who want to destroy the country.
Real democrats don’t negotiate with Nazis.
I mean… *gestures broadly at everything*
Sure. But a serious negotiation doesn’t involve giving up civil rights or empowering the path to fascism. Somehow I don’t think Chuck shares my opinion there
