WHAT THE Fu*k CHUCK

[4bonhoffer]

We have so many outstanding people in the Democratic Party. Chuck Schumer once was one, but it’s time to either replace him or at least get him to shut the fu*k up. I viewed the clip of him stepping in to protect Lutnick when Lutnick was asked why trump should take credit for projects that were created by Biden’s chips and science act when all republicans voted against it. Schumer’s intervention on behalf of Lutnick was vomit inducing. Is he going to vote to fund ice next ?

At this point in time we need Democrats to point out how insane the current republicans are for carrying out an insane man’s policies. Instead we get a call for bipartisanship. WTF Chuck ???

[dalton99a]

1. Bipartisanship with Evil is Evil.

[gab13by13]

2. The Big Blunder was back in March

when Democrats were prepared to take a stand for the CR vote and Schumer kneecapped them with a minority of Senators, the vast majority of Democrats were ready to fight.

Passing the CR back then without getting any protections for our social safety net allowed for the subsequent passage of the Big Ugly Death Bill.

[dalton99a]

3. Yep.

[PatrickforB]

14. We MUST get rid of Schumer and all the rest of the Third Way institutionalists. The market is NOT beneign, it will NOT

police itself, and to deregulate, privatize and gut government programs plays directly into the hands of Wall Street and the billionaire parasites.

Democrats need to be pounding on MIDDLE CLASS KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES, asking things like, "Hey, Daddy Twump, if you're so fucking great, why do more Americans than ever have HEALTH CARE DEBT? Why are we getting squeezed to death by Wall Street nickel and diming us? Why isn't college affordable, and why do so many of our kids and grandkids end up BURIED IN PREDATORY STUDENT DEBT??? Why isn't childcare available and affordable? Why do I have to pay out the nose for my prescriptions?

And why the fuck are we spending OUR TAX MONEY on shit we don't need like trillion dollar military budgets and an ICE secret police force? How the hell does that help me AT MY KITCHEN TABLE.

It doesn't help me. Not at all. The last time the US government did anything that actually helped me and my family was the passage of the ACA, because pre-existing conditions were outlawed. That was good, but what would be better is Medicare for all.

Hey, I have an idea Chuck. Grow a spine and stand up to these GOP nazis. They aren't bipartisan. You gotta stop letting them roll over you. I don't give a shit if your donors are happy, Chuck. I am not happy. We need to start focusing on KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES AND REBUILDING THE MIDDLE CLASS.

[flashman13]

23. The why is obvious. The 1%ers have bought the Congress, SCOTUS and the Presidency.

Until we drive the money changers (and their comfy enablers - talking to you Chuck) out of the temple nothing is going to change.

[ananda]

32. Jeffries too?

He's been bad lately.

[flashman13]

34. Roger that! He is part of the stern concerned letter crew.

[KPN]

33. You speak my mind perfectly Patrick -- as usual.

[samsingh]

16. and not releasing all the files on trump when we had the chance

and actually holding him accountable.

in 1 year this man has uprooted the world.

When we are in power, we go very slow.

[leftstreet]

25. +1

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Prediction: YES. He's going to vote to FUND ICE.

Nobody and I mean NOBODY gets a pass from me on voting in FAVOR of masked secret police abusing, terrorizing, gassing, beating, jailing, maiming and even deporting and KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS.

Nobody gets a pass.

[JustAnotherGen]

13. I'm in with you

But they aren't a Police Force - they are a Paramilitary Organization with Miller as General.

[KPN]

35. And a domestic terrorist organization ... as is the whole frigging administration.

[Maru Kitteh]

43. You're quite correct, but I use the words "secret police" deliberately, because

of their historical context and the images they conjure up in even those who are only vaguely informed, at best.

Right now this administration is hiding a secret militia in the open under the banner of law enforcement. They are using the power of the law, even while they treat the law itself with seething derision and mockery. I find the term “secret police” an effective and quick means to communicate this concept even though I fully realize the term is imperfect.

[PatrickforB]

17. Darned right!!! Same for Jeffries. I'm so fucking TIRED of these institutionalists letting Wall Street screw us over

time and time again.

Start standing up for us AND REBUILDING THE MIDDLE CLASS. Take steps to pull Wall Street's fangs because Democrats have allowed the Wall Street tail to wag the Main Street dog.

Wall Street is NOT Main Street, and Democrats need to be the PARTY OF MAIN STREET.

[KPN]

37. Yep ... and Ds have needed to be that for more than 40 years now imo. A long 40+ years ...

[kentuck]

5. Will he vote to fund ICE next?

Of course he will.

It might hurt the Democrats politically if he was to vote against it. That would be his rationale.

He is out of touch, unfortunately.

[Paladin]

6. Schumer needs to be relieved of leadership.

Just as soon as possible. Our nation is facing full police state status, and Schumer is unequal to the task of preventing it.

[bigtree]

7. he was there promoting the CHIPS and Science Act that HE and BIDEN had helped enact

...an initiative that is going to bring THOUSANDS of jobs to his state, and something Lutnick and Trump had little to nothing to do with making happen but thought they'd come onto his state and get a platform to brag about something their party mostly opposed when it was coming into being.


WHY THE FUCK SHOULDN'T HE PROMOTE AN INITIATIVE THAT HE HAD A PART IN CREATING UNDER A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION?

Seder ratfucked Biden the last election, one of the primary 'Gaza' demagogues who bashes the Democratic party each and every day.

Why do people still promote these ratfuckers who deliberately helped Trump win the last election by tearing down our president and candidate with his demagoguery?

Apparently some people can't see beyond their own antipathies to Democrats and think bashing jobs initiatied by Democrats is some political genius.

[AloeVera]

27. A bit off topic, but why is Gaza in quotes?

It's a real thing and it's the most god-awful inhumane thing I've ever witnessed. You should check it out.

To return to topic, you do realize that the issue is not Schumer's attendance but his fumbling the ball once again?

[KPN]

38. I dunno ... principle?

[bigtree]

41. do folks here like it when Democrats pass legislation that helps create jobs?

...should they show up to promote groundbreakings when it produces actual jobs in their state?

Did Lutnick have more business being there than Schumer?

Didn't he crash the event to try and steal the thunder from Biden and Schumer and claim it was a trump achievement?

Didn't Schumer contradict him at the event and give credit to Pres. Biden?

Isn't Seder providing cover for Lutnick here by focusing this false ire on Schumer and diverting from the CHIPS Act that was a DEMOCRATIC achievement which provided the funding for this project?

...Seder is not only misrepresenting the event, he's LYING about Schumer, who contradicted Lutnick at the event and gave credit to Pres. Biden for making it possible.


After years of delay, Micron broke ground on its semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay Friday. Notable speakers included U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. Leonardo Eriman | Senior Staff Photographer

...it's about jobs for New York, Who here is opposed to the CHIPS Act and the jobs it's helping create in states like the senators'?

Who is railing against this Democratic initiative, or actually thinks Lutnick is responsible for it? They need to educate themselves.

Schumer actually CONTRADICTED Lutnick in his remarks, not praise or support:

The project’s groundbreaking ceremony, held at White Pine Commerce Park, marked the beginning of Micron’s $100 billion investment in central New York. The Clay facility is part of Micron’s broader plan to invest $200 billion in semiconductor manufacturing across the U.S.

During ceremonious remarks, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra touted the investment as one of the largest private manufacturing investments in U.S. history, expected to create 9,000 direct jobs and thousands more indirect jobs over the next 20 years.

“We’re here today because of the core drive from President Trump,” Lutnick said. “This groundbreaking only got scheduled at the end of December because of the Trump administration.”

Schumer, however, praised the federal CHIPS and Science Act passed under former President Joe Biden as a key factor in Micron’s commitment to central New York. Schumer said the legislation helped allow the federal government to “unlock billions of dollars” in incentives for semiconductor facilities.

“There’s a real future here, a real future in tech manufacturing,” Schumer said after the ceremony. “Have faith in central New York.”

https://dailyorange.com/2026/01/after-years-of-delay-micron-breaks-ground-on-100b-clay-facility/

Seder is not only trying to distract from this landmark DEMOCRATIC achievement, but he's demagoguing Schumer like he demagogued Biden, Harris, and Schumer on Gaza.

That isn't Democratic advocacy, it's the same kind of ratfucking Seder did in the presidential election.

Principle? Really?

[KPN]

45. And instead of shaming Lutnick for politicizing the event -- as Lutnick would certainly have done to him

were the shoe on the other foot:

Schumer credited the energy of the groundbreaking to collaboration across different parties and levels of government.

“We are working together seamlessly to make this happen,” Schumer said. “Because getting this done is not Democratic, it’s not Republican, it’s not Independent, it’s America, it’s Syracuse, it’s Orange.”

Sure, he took the high road. I'll give him that ... but the high road has gotten us not just nowhere, but backwards. These are uncommon times. We need uncommon solutions. We need fighters, not run of the mill "parliamentarians".

Schumer would have done better to just say something like: Biden did this, don't let the Republicans get away with lying to you.

Schumer's time has passed. He needs to go.

[bigtree]

49. he's not there to divert from the accomplishment from his state

...and make the event about the White House.

Having to explain this just made me feel dumber than the premise.

[Happy Hoosier]

8. He thinks that some "old school" Republicans will come around.

They won't, IMO. They are stringing him along.

Our leadership is disappointing, IMO.

[haele]

9. Back in the Harry Reid days, bi-partisanship was possible...

However, after the last "Moderate" Republican, Lincoln Chaffee, got ran out and the Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society took over GOP Inc., there's been no chance of "Bi-partisanship" unless there was a significant profit involved.

And even then, anything legislative that would have been good for the US "at Large" would have some sort of poison pill giveaway to GOP INC. buried in it.

The opposition to GOP INC. is not to hire a lobbying and consultant firm and create a "Democrats INC.", with senators and representatives acting as marketing agents and sales services, because Democrats INC. is still a product chasing money to buy election advertising.
The opposition to GOP INC. is not to sell consumers a "team figurine" to put out on the front porch showing if you're behind Team Red or Team Blue. The opposition to GOP is people who actually live and work in the real world instead of a purchased facimilie, who can think independently, and understand common goals that benefit the majority instead of filling pockets every fiscal quarter.

[KPN]

39. Well, a semblance of bi-partisanship in the Harry Reid days. I'll give you that, but for far too many years now,

progress on the economic front in particular has seemed like "one step forward, two steps back" to me. It has been depressing to say the least.

[bigtree]

50. Do you like Democratic initiatives that some republicans decide to support

...does a handful of them supporting it make it a republican initiative?

This is exhausting.

[Wild blueberry]

10. Schumer's allegiance is to his financial backers

That's it. Not us.
What used to work in previous Congresses no longer does, since before 2016. He appears not to have noticed this.
Kindly step aside.

[bdamomma]

11. Chuck

is kissing the a$$/ring of the thug president. Schumer needs to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Autumn]

12. I'm pretty sure he'll whip votes to fund ICE. More of that bipartisanship don't ya know.

[Mr.Bee]

15. In a word

Cahoots.
Money is the root of all evil...

[littlemissmartypants]

18. I thought he was still on his book tour.

[SergeStorms]

19. We have to "keep our powder dry."

You know, for when something really important comes along.

Fascism kicking down our door isn't reason enough? I'm sick to death of "keeping our powder dry."

[Grim Chieftain]

20. Agree completely

FYI - I posted something like this a few weeks ago and someone alerted on me. Our elected officials serve us, not the other way around. They should be held to account.

[KPN]

40. So did your post get removed? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Grim Chieftain]

44. Yes it did

I think it's dangerous to give our elected officials a blanket pass just because they have a "D" after their names. It's an honor to be elected as a Democratic leader and one should take that seriously and govern as a Democrat. If we fail to hold them to account, anything could happen.

[KPN]

46. Well, I for one am proud of you for taking that stand. There's some cognitive dissonance here at DU sometimes it seems.

At a minimum, a "whip them in line" attitude by some.

[Grim Chieftain]

47. Thanks so much for your reply

It really means a lot.

[Tetrachloride]

21. Primary everyone. Only a few incumbents are in my keep list.

[bigtree]

24. here's a fucking clue

...voters don't elect the Democratic leaders, the elected members of the party in their respective chambers nominate and elect their leaders to represent THEM.

Schumer is more progressive than the collective Senate membership, and a reliable progressive vote who had advanced ALL of Biden's landmark, historic legislation when in the majority.

They voted for him to lead the Senate, not his constituency who voted for him to represent THEM. Are you from New York? Did you like any of the legislation that Democrats advanced in the Senate when we held the majority? That's all Schumer, btw.

Calling for him to be primaried (he votes the party line) is cutting off the party's nose to spite it's face.

[KPN]

42. I understand and appreciate the sentiment; and agree that everyone who isn't delivering should be primaried,

but in the case of my two Senators here in Oregon I am very fortunate. When they are delivering the goods, why upset the apple cart?

[bigtree]

22. this op is based on a lie that Schumer defended Lutnick

...it never happened.

“We’re here today because of the core drive from President Trump,” Lutnick said. “This groundbreaking only got scheduled at the end of December because of the Trump administration.”

Schumer, however, praised the federal CHIPS and Science Act passed under former President Joe Biden as a key factor in Micron’s commitment to central New York. Schumer said the legislation helped allow the federal government to “unlock billions of dollars” in incentives for semiconductor facilities.

“There’s a real future here, a real future in tech manufacturing,” Schumer said after the ceremony. “Have faith in central New York.”

“We are working together seamlessly to make this happen,” Schumer said. “Because getting this done is not Democratic, it’s not Republican, it’s not Independent, it’s America, it’s Syracuse, it’s Orange.”

https://dailyorange.com/2026/01/after-years-of-delay-micron-breaks-ground-on-100b-clay-facility/


...what absolute bullshit to represent a project that Schumer, himself, helped initiate as providing cover for Lutnick.

It's a completly bullshit take that not only ignores what he said, but is bashing the senator for promotiong his own initiative's success in bringing jobs to HIS own state as Lutnick tries to hog in on the glory.

Here, SEDER ACTUALLY COVERS FOR LUTNINK in HIS sophistry, ignoring that Schuner actuallY contradicted Lutnick and gave praise to Pres. Biden; something that Seder is loath to do because is mission is to bash Democrats each and every day.


After years of delay, Micron broke ground on its semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay Friday. Notable speakers included U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. Leonardo Eriman | Senior Staff Photographer

Everyone who recced this is a victim of Seder's ratfucking.

[Layzeebeaver]

26. Isn't this thread going against the DU policy

Of bashing democratic leaders? Also it’s not based on exact truth.

I was almost going to alert on it, but your reply post is important

[lostincalifornia]

30. Yes it is, and I added your thread on this which corrects that intentional misrepresentation. It is sad that some are

willing to trash Democrats with misinformation.

[alimbalt]

28. Reinstate...

...Al Franken!

[lostincalifornia]

29. Only problem is that ISN'T WHAT HAPPENED.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220961805

[usaf-vet]

31. IMHO neither of the congressional leader are equip to deal with the delusional maniac in the White House

And if the truth were known, THEY BOTH KNOW IT!

Hand the sword to people who will use it!

[usonian]

36. Chuckie gave up the crown.

[bigtree]

48. 100 plus recs on a goddamn lie about our own Democratic leaders

...signing the fuck out.