“Schumer is bad at his job,” said one organizer. “Jeffries is not ready for this moment.”
After a Democratic “tsunami” in this week’s midterm elections that has been widely seen as “a mandate to deliver big change,” progressives within and beyond Congress have cast doubt on whether the New York Democrats likely to lead both chambers are actually up for facing Donald Trump’s veto threats and fighting for the “bold agenda” sought by US voters.
As critics of artificial intelligence data centers prepared for a Friday protest outside the Brooklyn home of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over a “dirty” bill that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is suddenly speaking out about, political organizer Corbin Trent argued that “Schumer is bad at his job” and “Jeffries is not ready for this moment.”
Schumer works for Israel, not the American people. No way in hell he should lead the Democrats in the Senate.
"I have many jobs as leader… and one is to fight for aid to Israel, all the aid that Israel needs,” he told a group of pro-Israel Jewish leaders at the time.
“As long as I’m in the Senate, this programme will continue to grow from strength to strength, and we won’t let anyone attack it or undo it,” Schumer said, even referring to US taxpayer aid for Israel as his “baby”.
The Democrats did not sweep the midterms just to keep spewing money at Israel so they can give their citizens free health care and higher education while we pay for their genocide of of the Palestinian.
Thanks for looking up a good source on Schumer’s Israel statements, esp in regard to taxpayer funding for Israel. I knew it was out there but never went after it. Reading it now, it’s even worse than I remembered.
My pleasure. Spread the word.
I’ll be adding that link to posts like these.
Bold to think those who are pro Schumer will listen to facts
I don’t expect them to hear me, nor do I care. They are whatever they are, and meanwhile there’s work to be done. Those of us who are in favor of tangible, meaningful change like myself likely know exactly to whom I am writing, and why.
With boasts of “My job is to keep the left pro Israel” it is necessarily incompatible for Schumer to be “Americans first” leftist or other positions.
Multiple reports have come out and said the offices are getting hundreds and in some cases close to a thousand calls a day telling them to get new leadership. I think we’re gonna get what we want on this
I’m going to keep calling until it jolly well occurs
This is the way.
The democrats don’t need wet blankets, they need attack dogs.
Anyone that trusts those two should not be at all trusted
The question is, will progressives allow Jeffries to retain his leadership position? Historically, even progressives among the Democratic party have been unwilling to play hardball the way conservatives will in the Republican party.
Remember, you need an absolute majority vote in the chamber to be elected House Speaker. To be Senate majority leader, you only need a majority of Democratic senators to vote for you. To become Speaker of the House, you need an absolute majority of House members to vote for you.
This means progressives have real leverage in the House, if they choose to use it. No Democrat is getting elected House speaker without either getting progressives onboard or crossing the aisle to make a compromise with a few Republicans. Progressives can and should use this fact to force a change in House Speaker.
The Senate is different. Here only a majority of Democratic senators will be required. The progressives can’t hold that vote hostage in the same way they could House Speaker.
This is when there always seems to be just barely enough. And they take turns pretending to be the one going against the party
“after”?!?!?
Nah. We haven’t wanted them. Ever. And I think I first started knowing about their fuckery right near the 2025 term start. So. It’s not new. But I have seen a lot more people now talk about it. And more people are demanding a change in leadership.
Petitions going around. It’s even getting news coverage for once.
Schumer is totally out of touch and thinks his 1994 agenda will work again. Jeffries wants to establish himself and not ruffle feathers of the mega donors (Schumer as always).
The DNC is still owned by corporate Democrats and it will operate how it has for the last couple decades. It will talk mean and deliver flaccid arguments.
The base will be fractured on if it’s a good direction (on purpose by it’s leadership), and the right will be able to once again point to weak leadership. They’ll be correct in voters’ eyes and that will be just enough foothold to start pushing back.
The DNC needs new blood if things are to change but their endearment to moneyed interests will keep that from ever happening.
Unless a separate form of leadership bursts onto the scene, we’ll be back to square 1 in a year. Let’s check back in 6 months and see how off I am.
Jeffries gotta go!
Get fucked Chuck the cuck!
Fire Fetterman into the sun!
Schumer has done nothing but go on a whole self fellating tour with how he picked the great candidates, candidates like Haley Stevens, winning the elections and not a single actionable plan.
He’s not meeting the moment again with the leadership needed to match the anger of the temporary Democratic voters that got Democrats into office across the nation.
True.
We also didn’t trust them before.
I wouwould love to see a breakdown of congress between Republicans, democrats, and progressive democrats
Yeah; because we’ve got eyes, ears; and can tell AIPAC shills even when the bastards rebrand to UDP.
its fine. this is why we have representative democracy! just dispose of them and replace them with ideologically identical AIPAC goons.
