After Shutdown Climb-Down, Democrats In Meltdown

I don't mean to discombobulate you, but the Party of Reason and Emotional Stabilityis having a, get this, hysterical overreaction to normal, everyday, fairly trivial things that sane and emotionally-temperate people can barely find the energy to care about.

Democrat Party Fanzine The Hill: Democtats Rage as Spending Bill Heads to House.

The Hill's Mike Lillis and Sudiksha Kochi report tensions are boiling over within the Democratic Party, just a week after the party was riding high off its sweeping success in last Tuesday's elections.

"What Senate Dems who voted for this horseshit deal did was f-- over all the hard work people put in to Tuesday's elections," Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), a former head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, posted on the social platform X. "Healthcare matters. Not platitudes."

Fox: Liberal media neurotics, hysterics, and smoothbrains turn on Democrats.

Liberal media figures are calling out the Democratic Party after eight senators voted with the GOP on a plan to reopen the government, accusing the party of caving as they try to end the longest shutdown in history.

Ex-CNN host Don Lemon, "The View" co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg, former CNN journalist Chris Cillizza and more were among members of the media lambasting the Democratic caucus members who voted to advance a plan to re-open the government on Sunday.

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Lemon posted on TikTok and said the Democrats "caved."

Goldberg said during "The View" on Monday, "eight Senate Democrats threw in the towel by siding with the GOP to advance a vote that could lead to the government reopening."

Others specifically took aim at Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate minority leader.

Hostin said, "Shame on you the first time. You do it twice, three times, four times, shame on me. Shame on the Democrats for even believing that the Republicans will, you know, even vote on it."

"So the bottom line is, the Democrats went into, after a blue wave, the American people saying, 'We do want [an] opposition.' The working people want the Democratic Party to fight for them. And now, they just caved and surrendered. I think Chuck Schumer -- his days are over. And if he cannot keep his caucus together, he needs to go. He needs to be replaced," she added.

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Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, who founded Zeteo, also called on Schumer to resign in a post on social media.

So let's not bury the lede: Charles Schumer is on the chopping block. Or the slopping block*, because he's a rumpled elderly sow. His bid to appear to be as fighty and zany as Retarded Congresswoman AOC failed completely. No one's buying it.

Some Democratic lawmakers also called for Schumer to step down.

"Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can't lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?" Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, said in a post on social media on Sunday.

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., also said in a post that the vote was "another example of why we need new leadership."

The favorite televised doomscrolling feed for bitter femcel women and developmentally-delayed homosexuals who want to sound smart at grown-up parties, CNN, writes:

Schumer didn't vote for bill to reopen the government. He's facing liberal fury anyway.

He's facing liberal furries? Well keep facing them. Don't turn your back on liberal furries. Unless you want to be yiffed in the keister.

No he didn't vote for cloture on the CR, but it is common knowledge (or at least a well-informed common assumption) that he told the "moderate" purple state senators and the retiring Dick Durbin to end the shutdown while he continued playing John Jay Rambo screaming "It's not over, it's never over!" while shooting up generic computer equipment.

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There is no immediate threat to Schumer's leadership, according to multiple Democratic sources. Not one of the Democrats calling for Schumer to step down as leader is a current member of his caucus. Still, frustrations are mounting privately among Senate Democrats that Schumer and his leadership team lacked a long-term plan to secure real concessions from the GOP in the funding fight-- and that the party ultimately ended up without a tangible legislative win, according to a half-dozen Senate Democratic sources. And there is growing chatter about what it means for his future after the 2026 midterms and if he chooses to run again in 2028.

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Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona wouldn't directly say whether he had confidence in Schumer. Asked by CNN about the Democratic leader's handling of the shutdown, Kelly pivoted to President Donald Trump, whom he called "an irrational president who doesn't care about the American people."

Pressed again on whether he had confidence in Schumer, Kelly conceded that it had been a "rough" time for Senate Democrats. "I've been here four and a half years now, and [Schumer has] been the leader, and I understand why people look at this and say, well, this was kind of a rough period," he said.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, pressed if he had confidence in Schumer, was also mum on the leader's future. "I was glad to see that kind of unity," Van Hollen said. "I'm disappointed in the result, but we will fight on another day."

Alexandria Donkey-Chompers' fellow Skwad member, Hamas Terrorist and Future Muckbang YouTuber Rashida Tlaib also called for the Jew to be thrown under the bus.

But, you know, day that ends in a -y and all that.

Axios, a wannabe Politco only read by groomers when they're shitting out yesterday's deposit of shame, writes:

"Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people," progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Minn.) said in a post on X.

Said Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a moderate who is running for U.S. Senate, said "if [Schumer] were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to vote 'No'" on the Senate shutdown deal.

Driving the news: In addition to Moulton and Tlaib, Reps. Mike Levin (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) called for Schumer to step down between Sunday night and Monday afternoon.

"It is time for us to have somebody who can stand up to Trump and someone that is unwavering, somebody who is more strategic, and, frankly, somebody with guts," Thanedar said in a phone interview.

Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) told Axios that Schumer "should not" remain as leader.

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) said in a statement to Axios: "If I were a senator, I would be asking Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader. He's simply cannot meet this moment."

Flashback: Only Reps. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) called for Schumer to step aside when he voted for a Republican spending bill in March.

Ramirez doubled down on Monday, writing on X: "I've said it before, and I will say it again ... Schumer needs to resign."

Zoom out: Other Democrats skirted just up to the line.

"If I had a vote it would be for Patty Murray," Rep. Emily Randall (D-Wash.) told Axios, referring to her home state's senator.

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) criticized Schumer both for his handling of the shutdown and his refusal to endorse New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, posting on X, "Profile of scourge? Next."

Profile of scourge? What? Does he think scourge rhymes with courage?

I'm not Joe Dead Poets Society over here but, you know: It does not.

This is a party of retards.

Zoom in: Those lawmakers join a cohort of grassroots groups actively trying to orchestrate Schumer's ouster.

Indivisible is urging Democratic voters to call their senators and tell them "time for Chuck Schumer to step aside" and launching a program to promote candidates in Senate Democratic primaries who are "firmly committed to opposing Schumer" as leader.

Progressive group MoveOn also joined the chorus Monday, telling Axios' Holly Otterbein that around 80% of its members voted in a survey that Schumer should quit his leadership role.

More from Politico 4 Kidz: Reports of extreme snippiness on conference calls!

A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.

Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios -- a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, "People are f**king pissed."
Nearly "everyone [was] strongly against" the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.

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Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday's call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader "can't control his caucus" or he "gave his blessing" to the deal.

Yeah, as I keep saying, this is one of those less-common Democrat performances of Failure Theater.

Chuck Schumer is so angry that exactly eight Democrats -- precisely the number needed, given Rand Paul's never-ending "I'm not like the other grrrls" Goth Tween act -- voted to end the shutdown that he busted out his world-renown Crocodile tears to show his extreme pissiness. Video below the fold.

Democrat House members are demanding their fellow congressmen vote it down:

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Several hours after the call, House Democratic leadership sent out an email to members' offices instructing them to "VOTE NO" on the shutdown deal.

House members have been on a two month break.

Must be nice.

Must.

Be.

Nice.

Mike Johnson told them to all Get Your Ass to the Choppahs and return to DC for a vote planned for tomorrow. And he did say return ASAP, because, due to the Democrats' shutdown theater, a lot of air traffic controllers are skipping (unpaid) work and there are flight delays and cancellations aplenty.

Happy Tuesday!

And of course:

Happy Veterans Day! I sincerely thank all the veterans who have served and fought to keep this nation safe.

Bonus: Chucky Schumer's Fake Tears make a fresh appearance. This sociopathic nebbish turns on the fake waterworks whenever he's called upon to appear "sincere," despite being a soulless, ruthless, and craven political operator who only exists to manipulate people into ceding power to him.

Enjoy Chuck watering his flabby cheeks with Tactical Eye Piss.

* I like Trump's "Sloppadopoulos" so much that I'm trying to get my own "slop" insults going.

Sloppy Schumer? Does that work?

Okay so this one isn't a winner. But you have to start with a sow's ear before you can make a silk purse. Or something. I have literally never understood that saying. Who the fuck carries a sow's ear? (Apart from the ladies of The View, on dey heads.)

posted by Ace at 12:12 PM

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