Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America

A new low for the Democratic Senate

As always, Democratic elected officials crave political death.

They are the all-time champions of snatching defeat out of the slavering jaws of victory at the last possible second, the most deeply committed gamblers when they’ve been told the cards are marked, the deck is stacked, the house is crooked, and the dealer is in on the con.

Last night, eight “moderate” Democrats got played.

Conned. Rooked. Pantsed. Pumped and dumped. Rode hard and put away wet.

It was a colossal leadership failure, and Chuck Schumer should resign as Minority Leader immediately if he had a shred of honor or shame.

And by the way, Schumer may be voting “no,” but this travesty happened because he wanted it to happen.

If Schumer were Mitch McConnell, he’d tell these Senators that supporting Trump (because that’s what this is) will lead to their immediate removal from committees, elimination of their staff down to minimal levels, taking away their “hideaway” offices, and a portfolio of other large and small cruelties. Cocaine Mitch, say what you will, was stronger as a Minority Leader with his caucus than Chuck Schumer was as Majority Leader.

Senate Minority Leader Schumer declares, “Peace in our time.”

A shutdown that was bleeding the MAGA GOP dry will end because the Hateful Eight were suckers who make Neville Chamberlain look like Genghis Khan. Patsys. Petains. Fools. Mooks.

The Republicans cannot believe their luck. They get to end the shutdown, blame it on Democrats, and go back to the MAGA base and say, “We killed Obamacare at last!”

How many damn times does it take for people to learn to learn that the more transparently the GOP is acting in bad faith (shutdown brinkmanship, hostage-taking, “we’ll just renege later”), the more likely Democrats are to concede “to show we’re the adults in the room.”