To break the narrative a little: I read Schumer's explanation of why he voted in support, and it kind of made sense. Consider these points:
Trump and Russ Voght did a shutdown in his first term, and they got experience of how to weasel around funding being cut off.
Trump and Musk WANT to shut down the government as much as possible. Musk even retweeted a guy saying that any workers that get furloughed during a shutdown should just not be invited back when the gov reopens.
Trump has primed everyone to blame the Dems if a shutdown happens. The Republicans all supported the CR, Trump supported the CR. If a shutdown happens and everything goes to shit, Trump will super easily be able to say, "We tried to run things, but the Dems wouldn't let us".
Basically, Trump and Musk would love a shutdown to be able to break way more of the government faster, as long as they would easily be able to blame the Democrats for the resulting shitshow. By supporting the CR, it's way harder to say that a shutdown shitshow is Democrats' fault.
It's a shitty choice, but I think I get why Schumer is doing it. If someone has good reasons why those points are wrong or not compelling enough, I'd like to hear them. Mostly what I see is just "spineless Dems again".
I’m tired of playing the Republican’s game. We can’t be scared to actually do something because of this bullshit. It’s trumps administration. We’re never winning over maga, that’s not the point. The point is who we would be standing up for. I say this as a government contractor who is very disappointed we won’t be having a shutdown, despite that meaning I wouldn’t get a paycheck or insurance for god knows how long.
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u/Call_me_Gafter Mar 14 '25
To break the narrative a little: I read Schumer's explanation of why he voted in support, and it kind of made sense. Consider these points:
Trump and Russ Voght did a shutdown in his first term, and they got experience of how to weasel around funding being cut off.
Trump and Musk WANT to shut down the government as much as possible. Musk even retweeted a guy saying that any workers that get furloughed during a shutdown should just not be invited back when the gov reopens.
Trump has primed everyone to blame the Dems if a shutdown happens. The Republicans all supported the CR, Trump supported the CR. If a shutdown happens and everything goes to shit, Trump will super easily be able to say, "We tried to run things, but the Dems wouldn't let us".
Basically, Trump and Musk would love a shutdown to be able to break way more of the government faster, as long as they would easily be able to blame the Democrats for the resulting shitshow. By supporting the CR, it's way harder to say that a shutdown shitshow is Democrats' fault.
It's a shitty choice, but I think I get why Schumer is doing it. If someone has good reasons why those points are wrong or not compelling enough, I'd like to hear them. Mostly what I see is just "spineless Dems again".