Several prominent Democrats have pointed to the leader of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., on their decision to put on the side of the Republicans and vote for a continuous resolution to keep the federal government open.
“I think it's a tremendous mistake,” Jake Tapper told CNN on Thursday in response to Schumer's decision. “It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to deliver the few pieces of influence that we have when they send us here to protect Social Security, protect Medicaid and protect Medicare.”
The progressive legislator was only one of several prominent democratic figures to lash out at Schumer, who chose to vote in favor of a government financing bill approved by the house that avoided a government closure.
Senator Angus King, an independent who hunted with the Democrats, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Dn.H., were the only other Democrats in the Senate who voted in favor of the bill, while Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., He was the only Republican senator who voted against the legislation, which approved 54 to 46.
President Trump signs the continuous resolution, officially avoiding a closure
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the leader of the Senate minority Chuck Schumer (Getty Images)
Schumer, the most prominent of the Democrats trio to support the bill, now faces heat for that decision, even some allies for a long time.
“Let's be clear: it is not a good option for the American people. But this false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” said the former president of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Said about the decision.
Anne Caprara, the Democrat's Cabinet Chief, the governor of Illinois, JB Prizker, seemed to accumulate, arguing in social networks that the Democrats should unite to resist President Donald Trump.
“The fight that takes place in the Democratic Party at this time is not between the left, the left and the moderate. It is among those who want to fight and those who want to give in,” Caprara said in the post. “Read this under your own danger.”
Meanwhile, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y., rejected the repeated questions about whether he had confidence in Schumer at a press conference on Friday urging the Senate Democrats to vote against the continuous resolution.
Leader of the Hakeem Jeffries Representatives Chamber (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Off avoided after the Schumer caves and support Trump to spend the bill
“We do not want to close the government. But we are not afraid of a confrontation of government funds,” said Jeffries.
Democratic allies on television also lashed out at Schumer's decision, with CNN's political commentator, Van Jones, arguing that the Democratic Party had to do more to reject Trump.
“We want a little alpha energy. And that is not what we are seeing. This party is tired of seeing Donald Trump and Elon Musk run over this party, run over this country, run over the Constitution,” Jones said during an appearance on Friday on the network. “And if you only have an opportunity to take a position, and do not take it, it is very difficult.”
Van Jones (New York Times Channel of YouTube channel)
Meanwhile, MSNBC's political commentator Symone Sanders said he was “P — ed” that Schumer “folded as a paper napkin” and threatened to change the record of her party to Independent.
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However, some Democrats attenuated their criticisms to the democratic leader of a lifetime, noting that the party became a situation of not winning.
“We are trapped with two bad elections presented by a unified Republican Front,” said Senator Mark Warner, D-V., Who voted against the bill, according to a WTTW report. “These are difficult and difficult calls.”
Schumer's office did not immediately respond to a request for digital comments from Fox News.
