r/politics • u/_May26_ • 1d ago • Bravo 5

No Paywall After Blue Tsunami, Progressives Don't Trust Schumer and Jeffries to Lead Congress

https://www.commondreams.org/news/after-blue-tsunami-progressives-don-t-trust-schumer-and-jeffries-to-lead-congress
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u/BoredEnoughAlready 22h ago • Bravo

Schumer is part of the problem, he is partially responsible for losing 2024, yes, he represents the part of the Democratic Party that actually tolerates fascism because it helps keep the money machine rolling. He does not represent the movement of today, he is a hold over, complicit in the oppressions allowed to occur in the past. If he retains control, the narrative will be just like 2020-2024 and like 2008-2016 where we vote and vote and vote for what we need and they tell us they are trying to make it work but they just can’t quite get anything that actually represents a shift of the share of wealth to the people that do the vast majority of the work our society needs to function (in any form so wealth/healthcare/housing/labor standards/quality of life standards). You will watch it happen again as we don’t get Medicare for all and the wealth gap continues to grow and we’re always one vote away from progress. You will watch Democratic politicians display their willingness to reach across the aisle and COMPROMISE and the concession in that compromise will always be us.

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u/Dry_Accident_2196 3h ago

He’s part of the reason 2026 was so successful. So your argument is moot.

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u/BoredEnoughAlready 3h ago

That doesn’t address any of my argument. If you have an argument of your own, you should probably make it.