Senator Chuck Schumer Needs To Call A Press Conference, Now

[gab13by13]

He needs to tell the American people what voting for this CR will do to them. He needs to lay it all on the line about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

He needs to tell the American people that if Democrats vote for this CR that they cannot protect SS, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Then he needs to say that he is urging all Democratic Senators to vote No to the CR.

[leftstreet]

1. That's a great idea. But it won't happen n/t

[NotHardly]

41. He's not listening to us... just remember that for later.

[calimary]

61. Sure feels that way, doesn't it.

[Hotler]

2. Can you imagine the howl from fans if a NFL football couch pulled his defense off the field because

they were down by three points. And during the post game interview said "Whats the use of resisting".

P.S. Not one person that has taken the oath of office or military oath has used it as leverage to call these fascist domestic enemies and call for their immediate arrest.

[FirstLight]

11. Not one... you're right

[OldBaldy1701E]

14. Well, no one who could get that ball rolling anyway. (n/t)

[Hugin]

3. The Republicans want a bill, any bill, that they can claim they are reconciling.

Then, the real disaster starts.

[slightlv]

16. The real disaster...

everything they *wanted* to put into the CR, but didn't dare at the moment. During reconciliation, they can slip in all kinds of phrases, delineations, and additions. And there's not a damned thing we can do about it. I don't know about you, but I'm getting really tired and frustrated at this government "by the people, for the people" where the people have absolutely no say in it whatsoever!

[Hugin]

20. It would be different if these things were done in good faith...

But, I can’t remember the last time anything was done on good faith.

There’s always a wink and a nod from the Republicans with their fingers crossed behind their backs.

[SergeStorms]

36. "Good," and "faith".......

two words completely foreign in the trumpublican party lexicon.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Why would he do that? He's currently whipping them to vote yes.

[OrlandoDem2]

5. He is Neville Chamberlain appeasing Hitler! Blame the Republicans for a shutdown!

A shutdown may give Trump more power but people will grow tired of it FAST!!

[Silent Type]

6. Think people have heard enough "sky is falling" fear, from both sides. The CR is probably more protective of SS, Medicar

and Medicaid -- at least for the next few months -- than any other way forward at this point.

I don't like the idea of preventing Congress from questioning trump's damn tariffs, but the CR is not a bad temporary solution if you are worried about SS, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.

Besides, in 6 months we'll be in full midterm mode.

[Haru]

24. The CR must be stopped

The CR will permit Trump to continue his rampage of our institutions. Permitting him to continue defunding will give him absolute power to defund anything he wants. We must continue our fight to stop his cruel and random attach's on our citizens & institutions. Congress should not cede it's power to control funding. This is the beginning of authoritative rule

[TBF]

52. "Full midterm mode" - you mean when Elon rigs it again. nt

[AllyCat]

53. There will be no meaningful midterm.

Protective of Social security for a “few months”? So people will eat and stay in their houses for a few more months. How droll.

[Silent Type]

56. Check back in a few months, if the internet still exists.

[AllyCat]

57. Sure. Midterms will be a staged show st this point

Of course the internet will exist. It’ll just cost more.

[tritsofme]

7. The CR funds discretionary spending, which is by definition not Social Security and Medicare.

[slightlv]

17. No matter the legal status of SS and Medicare,

musk and trump are *making* them discretionary spending! FDR must be rolling over in his grave!

[usonian]

8. Profiles in equivocation.

[sop]

9. Jon Stewart to Dems: "please stop fucking trotting him out."

“What is the decision-making process here? ‘Hey, who should we get out there to effectively battle one of the most savvy presidential media manipulators in history? Oh, I don’t know, how about Schumer? He’s uninteresting, but at least he’s monotone. Oh wait, and Chuck, before you go out there, you look too young! Put on these readers and lower them on your nose. Perfect!’”

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/02/jon-stewart-pleads-with-democrats-to-ditch-this-top-lawmaker-once-and-for-all.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

33. Oh for fucks sake Jon he's not savvy at all

He simply repeats the same lies over and over again knowing the same people will believe them

[SocialDemocrat61]

37. Jon Stewart trashed Biden for months

Fuck him

[wryter2000]

60. Thank you

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[Nanjeanne]

10. Yeah but do we even know if Schumer is a No vote? He's useless as the leader but I'm not even sure he's a No.

[CincyDem]

19. IIRC, there's some rule technicality in the Senate that might lead him to vote yes for this C.R.

I can’t remember the specifics and would appreciate it if someone can add…

There were times a minority leader that McConnell voted with the Dems because the yes vote gave him some sort of rights and privileges relative to the bill going forward.

Am I remembering this from some fever dream or is it real ???

Thanks

[yellow dahlia]

30. Bookmarking

[Maru Kitteh]

21. Chuck Schumer is just the right man for Senate leadership,

circa 1982.

You know, before cell phones.

[Nanjeanne]

22. ...

[leftstreet]

27. LOL

[SpankMe]

63. LOL! n/t

[ancianita]

45. I called his office over an hour ago, left a long message re what a yes vote would mean to voters.

[hamsterjill]

12. I think I'd be happy if he called a Press Conference over anything.

I do not hear Democratic voices countering any of the MAGA shit. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is in my world.

Dems need to learn how to message! And fast!!! And it needs to be MORE than just on social media.

[kacekwl]

15. There is about half a dozen

who are speaking out regularly. That's it.

[Eddie Haskell 60]

34. Exactly

And Dems have no communication apparatus to match Republicans. This is why a shutdown is the only answer to wake Americans up!!!

Dem leadership think protest signs and strongly worded letters are better options lol

[Eliot Rosewater]

35. I wonder though, does the media simply give them a press conference

Because they are asking for it and since over 250 million of the 300 million eligible voters in this country never watch network news or cable news, how do they get to the information?

I’m all for it though I’m just saying.

[sop]

13. Josh Marshall:

"I feel pretty certain that today is the last day to have any impact on what Democratic senators will do on the upcoming vote on the House-produced 'continuing resolution.' There was apparently a pretty intense argument yesterday in a caucus meeting about what to do. (I’ll say more about that shortly). But I think Democratic senators have made a collective decision to keep their constituents in the dark about what they plan to do. That is part of a larger culture of opacity that has seemed to me to be an increasingly consequential part of the failure of civic governance in the country as the drama has played out. If you’re able to get any answers from your senator, please let me know."

[DENVERPOPS]

18. Brings an Abe Lincoln quote to mind

"A STATESMAN IS CONCERNED WITH THE NEXT GENERATION, A POLITICIAN ONLY IN THE NEXT ELECTION"

It still rings true for both party member's.......

[senseandsensibility]

28. Culture of opacity

Yes, I agree with Marshall here. I called my very progressive D representative on the day of the SOTU and the person who answered the phone had "no information" about whether she would attend. This on the day of. Of course, she did attend, and I fear that the D's who won't say how they'll vote now will vote yes. Dems are not communicating clearly with their own voters (even supporters) and we have to ask why.

[SocialDemocrat61]

23. No

He needs to do what’s right for the people

[senseandsensibility]

25. They just won't speak plainly and go on the offense

Facts are on their side, the slogans write themselves, the Dem voters have been crying for someone to stand up, but they just keep playing nice.

[hadEnuf]

43. We need new leadership.

What we have now is a beached whale with birds of prey taking chunks out of it.

[oldmanlynn]

26. If he is too lazy to fight then we need someone who can and will

I would urge people to call their Senators to complain. Call schumer.

[oldmanlynn]

29. Call [phone] to reach Schumer

Please call and let him know.

[4dog]

54. I called this number and found the message months out of date

approx. "call us back after early January." It then repeated, so hung up and I composed an email instead.

[4dog]

58. To email Schumer, https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck

If confused on how to message, as I originally was, AOC says NO plus NO.

[Diraven]

31. And Democrats will be blamed

By Republicans when Republicans kill these programs. And the media will parrot that until most Americans believe them.

[Skittles]

44. Dems will be blamed either way

yup

[MichMan]

32. Doesn't a CR just extend the current budget temporarily to keep the government funded?

That would be the budget passed last year when Biden was still president, and the Dems controlled the Senate.

[orleans]

42. they added all kinds of shit into it

it's not "clean" like that twit johnson was crowing about. he LIED

this article might have some of the negative details in it:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-passes-bill-to-fund-federal-agencies-through-september

on edit:
and when i say "adding" i mean cutting some of the good stuff

double edit: in this bill congress cedes power to trump/the power of the purse.

Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote
House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill.

House Republican leaders on Tuesday quietly moved to shield their members from having to vote on whether to end President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, tucking language into a procedural measure that effectively removed their chamber’s ability to undo the levies.

The maneuver was a tacit acknowledgment of how politically toxic the issue had become for their party, and another example of how the all-Republican Congress is ceding its power to the executive branch.

In this case, Republican leaders did so using a particularly unusual contortion: They essentially declared the rest of the year one long day, nullifying a law that allows the House and Senate to jointly put an end to a disaster declared by the president.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/trump-tariffs-house-gop-vote.html

[MichMan]

47. OK, Senate Dems need to block it then

Shut down the government as long as it takes. Weeks and Months if need be.

[flashman13]

38. Schumer needs to tell (as in order) his caucus not to vote for the CR.

He needs to make it clear that if any Democrat (I'm talking to you Fedderman) votes for the CR, he will put them in purgatory and remove them from their committee assignments.

If he can't accomplish this he needs to go down the road. IMHO he needs to go no matter what happens.

[Emile]

39. Has he called a press conference yet?

[Hartpi978]

40. Press conference

And he needs to let someone else talk, someone who does not look like he is reading a public service announcement.

[LilElf70]

46. Chuck who?

I haven't heard shit from any of our leaders. This is a very sick display of leadership. All I've heard is Bernie and AOC. You know, the progressive independent that appears as a democrat, and a progressive democrat.

[jalan48]

48. It will take awhile before his speech is ready for him to read.

[RoeVWade]

49. I'd think it'd be best to go with one demand that American's would go with, something that cripples DOGE

Because that will make the Democrats only asking one thing. And the Republicans can't even give us that will be our response every time they try to blame Democrats.

[Pesky1]

50. We need s "wartime" Consigliere.

[mollie8]

51. Absolutelly!

Democrats have to speak out so people know they're not just playing dead. And that they stand for the people.

[Meowmee]

55. Agree and he should be strong arming them not urging them.

[BComplex]

59. Hi gab 13: I have to disagree with part of your post....

I think ALL the democrats need to hold press conferences and tell the American people what this CR will do to them. Dems need to holler it from the rooftops if they're ever going to be heard over the roar of the republican owned media.

[samsingh]

64. if only Democrats understood the need to do that we may not have had trump

[Jit423]

65. And he needs to be joined by every Democrat available One huge presser today and many townhalls tonight in

congressional districts by Dems. Send Pete to get the message our on FOX!!