Chuck Schumer Humiliated After Fellow Dems Erupt in ‘Open Mutiny’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is struggling to hold his caucus together as Democrats edge closer to forcing a government shutdown.
According to Axios, Schumer privately floated a short-term funding patch to buy Democrats more time—but then publicly trashed the very idea when pressed on it, leaving members of his own party furious and confused.
Behind closed doors, Schumer pitched a seven-to-ten-day measure that would keep the lights on while Democrats tried to extract concessions from Republicans and President Donald Trump, including Obamacare subsidies. But far-left progressives immediately revolted.
“Hell no. We don’t need a delay and a pinky promise to negotiate — we need a deal that keeps the government open and saves health care for Americans,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), head of the Progressive Caucus, raged on X. “Republicans have refused to come to the table for months. Why would Democrats acting weak change their behavior?”
The intraparty mutiny has left Schumer squeezed between a White House urging Democrats to be reasonable and a left wing more interested in scoring points against Trump than keeping the government open.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt issued a stark warning Monday: “There will be layoffs if Democrats don’t keep the government open. We are nearing a government shutdown; we are nearing a funding deadline. The president wants to make this deadline. He wants to keep this government open.”
The Office of Management and Budget has already instructed agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans, warning that furlough and termination notices are coming if Democrats block a stopgap bill.
House Republicans passed a clean continuing resolution last week, extending funding through Nov. 21. But Democrats in the Senate refuse to pass it without add-ons, insisting on Obamacare subsidies and other partisan demands.
Even some Democrats are openly ridiculing Schumer’s flailing leadership. One House member told Axios: “I’m not sure why grandpa is doing this. This just shows how out of touch he is with where the American people are at.”
The contrast is stark: President Trump and congressional Republicans are pushing to keep the government open. Democrats, fractured and feuding, seem determined to force a shutdown.