Summary

Democratic divisions intensified as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi sharply criticized Chuck Schumer for supporting a Republican-led funding bill to avoid a government shutdown.

AOC called Schumer’s decision a “betrayal,” urging Senate Democrats to reject the legislation backed by Trump and Elon Musk. Pelosi called the bill a “devastating assault” on working families.

Schumer defended his stance, arguing a shutdown would empower Trump and Musk further.

The controversy sparked suggestions among Democrats that AOC might challenge Schumer in a primary.

  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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    22 hours ago

    You’re asking to turn apathetic voters into 3rd party voters. I don’t think you realize what that means.

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      4 hours ago

      Oh no, I’m asking apathetic voters to be so apathetic that brands no longer matter either.

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          3 hours ago

          I would go into the game theory and political theory of this, but I fear you wouldn’t understand that either.

          It’s OK, if it happens, things would be so beyond fucked to get us to that point that it’s less of a “third party” and more of a “survivors” scenario.