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They are not fighting a unified fight. That is the problem,
Why don’t the Democrats go out there and march? Stop fighting with each other. I’m sick of it,
I don’t know, Joy, that they’re fighting with each other,
I’m kinda stunned by how much Dems are infighting,
I said yes, because what I wholeheartedly believe is that, in this precise moment, our constituents are asking us to be the kind of leaders that are going to truly hear our constituents and to make the hard decisions of stepping in and having the courage to do everything we can to hold the line,
What I heard from every person that came through that line, in addition to the people that I talked to after, was we are not happy where the Democratic leadership is,
One thing that changed my mind is yesterday I called him on the carpet and said, ‘How are you leadership when you only get nine Democrats to follow you?’ And then someone shared something that made me change a little of my perspective,
No one is fighting for the American people and it’s feckless and it’s weak,
He should have been fighting for the people of America that are feeling the way that they are feeling,
co-host Sonny Hostin responded Most Americans feel like they’re paying too much in taxes, and they want to keep more of their hard-earned money. That’s evidenced by the fact a lot are fleeing blue states to be in red states,
It would have been worse if he didn’t concede. It would have been worse and that’s what was surprised about Pelosi saying that, because she knows from her experience as Speaker of the House that the negotiator told Chuck Schumer he did not have the votes,
When you cave, and you say ‘well they’re not listening to the rules anyway,’ well, you’re giving them a shutdown which legally allows them to do exactly what they’re doing right now,
No, no, no, the fact that Nancy is criticizing Schumer, stop it already!"
He gave coverage to the GOP to do whatever the heck they want to do
Alright let’s not beat a dead body,
Well, she backed that bus up over him,
co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said That bill, ... was bad. I hated it, but it does far less damage [than a shutdown].”
Yesterday, I hosted a town hall with over 800 constituents at Suitland HS in Forestville, MD. I heard their outrage, fears, & the need for Democrats to fight back to protect the American people. So where do we start? We must take the House back and hope that the courts continue to do their part."
Ivey on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday Trump, Musk, and DOGE would use the power of a shutdown to shift into overdrive. And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money. We can't let this happen."
Schumer in a post on X last week I should be the leader,
he said on "The View," pointing to his ability to recruit and support strong Senate candidates
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