The Best Tweets About Chuck Schumer’s Capitulation
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The government shutdown is nearing its end after less than three days. Sen. minority leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrats insisted on a provision in the new short-term continuing resolution bill to protect dreamers—those immigrants who came to the U.S. at an early age and lost their Obama-era federal protections from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) act under Trump—while Republicans said they wouldn’t negotiate on immigration, and used a children’s insurance program (CHIP) as a bludgeoning weapon to get Democrats to cave. Recent polls indicated that most Americans believe the Republicans were to blame for the shutdown, but that didn’t matter—in less than 72 hours, with nothing on the DACA front besides a worthless promise from Mitch McConnell, Schumer gave in. Here’s his explanation, via tweet:
We will vote today to reopen the government, to continue negotiating a global agreement, with the commitment that, if an agreement is not reached by Feb 8th, the Senate will immediately proceed to consideration of legislation dealing with DACA. The process will be neutral & fair.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 22, 2018
I am confident that there are sixty votes in the Senate for a DACA deal. And now there is a real pathway to get a bill on the floor and through the Senate. It is a good solution and I will vote for it.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 22, 2018
I expect @SenateMajLdr to fulfill his commitment to the Senate & abide by this agreement. If he does not honor our agreement, he will have breached the trust of not only the Democratic Senators but the members of his own party as well.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 22, 2018
The GOP Majority now has 17 days to prevent #Dreamers from being deported. In every possible way, urge your Senators to vote yes on our bipartisan compromise to #ProtectDreamers when it comes to the floor.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 22, 2018
In other words, he’s trusting “assurances” from McConnell, who will inevitably screw him over—along with the dreamers—when he either refuses to vote on DACA, or marshals enough votes to kill it for good. Make no mistake: This is an abandonment. And 32 fellow Democrats—basically, everyone who isn’t planning to run for president in 2020—went along with him.
Here’s what Twitter had to say:
Hearing reports that Schumer has agreed to fund construction of an impenetrable border dome in exchange for amnesty for one undocumented irish guy living in Boston.
— maple cocaine (@historyinflicks) January 22, 2018
Democrats have managed to accede to Republican demands, demoralize their energized base, give a disengaged president a win, and look like they held a meaningless three day government shutdown — all at once.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) January 22, 2018
Find someone who loves you as much as Congressional Democrats love alienating their base
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) January 22, 2018
Republicans fear their base, and Democrats fear the GOP base, but Democrats do not fear their base at all
— Adam Serwer ???? (@AdamSerwer) January 22, 2018
Democrats have learned nothing from these past few years.
Republicans literally stonewalled for nearly A YEAR to block Obama from nominating a Supreme Court nominee.
Democrats caved in 72 hours with 800,000 dreamers at risk.
Democrats lack a backbone. Just shameful.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) January 22, 2018
For a minute it felt like they were standing for us. Like Democrats were finally listening to our pain and doing something about it. Standing up for us. Man, this hurts so much. It’s been 17 years! 17 years of inaction, deportations, waiting, hope, disappointment. I am so tired.
— Erika Andiola – #NoDreamNoDeal (@ErikaAndiola) January 22, 2018
Senate Democrats, with a couple of exceptions, sincerely believe the electorate and its preferences haven’t changed since 1994
— Connor Wroe Southard (@ConnorSouthard) January 22, 2018
BREAKING: Democrats Agree To Give Wimpy A Hamburger Today In Exchange For Payment On Tuesday
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) January 22, 2018
Schumer Warns Dishonest Person That Backing Down Would Be Dishonest https://t.co/PJS1Gldlh4
— Kashana (@kashanacauley) January 22, 2018
Senate Democrats are about to collaborate in the exile of nearly a million innocents and blow a generation-long hole in their base because they worry about transient polling ten months from an election and exclusively listen to morons.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 22, 2018
Does the GOP tax plan give Mitch McConnell an extra deduction for his ownership of Chuck Schumer?
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) January 22, 2018
Schumer, the master strategist. pic.twitter.com/09YERDnE0t
— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 22, 2018
Now we know why Trump thought Schumer was his equal as a dealmaker
— Robert Wheel LLC (@BobbyBigWheel) January 22, 2018
“yes, Senator Schumer, you have my word on it.”
hangs up phone, turns to camera pic.twitter.com/zpXqBLvD0g
— delrayser (@delrayser) January 22, 2018
Find someone who cares about you the way Democrats care about what GOP voters think of them
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) January 22, 2018
Democrats would have trusted Joffrey Baratheon to free Ned Stark if he confessed to being a traitor
— Zito (@_Zeets) January 22, 2018
The Democrats appear to have caved. Rather than continuing to insist that DACA, opioids, and their other demands be addressed, it looks as though they have taken a deal to end the shutdown that relies upon a @SenateMajLdr promise. If so, they are fools. https://t.co/aBtXXooySRpic.twitter.com/XPhMI6umRu
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 22, 2018