Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote for the recent budget CR has created quite the firestorm. A handful of Democrats sided with him, while most others—and many in the public—sound as if they prefer he vacate his post and leave Washington—something about it’s time to take the gloves off and play dirty like Trump and whatever his party is called.
The possible trouble with this is it would seem to play right into Trump’s hand. Playing dirty only causes Trump to break into his reserves of skulduggery, sink lower than anyone thought he could. He’ll see you and raise you. This reminds me of a scene from Community, where Pierce ends up explaining that either way, it ends with an explosion.
People may be concerned that Schumer could be in Trump’s pocket, but the way he explained his decision on PBS Newshour last night made some sense. Maybe Chuck is trying to save his own ass, or maybe he’s playing the long game, as he said last night. But maybe all this kerfuffle has really done is expose the reality of terrible options that having Trump in office always presents. Bannon and Vought and Miller and the rest want only untenable choices on the table, the lesser of two evils.
This is what we get when a complete disaster is voted into office. FOR A SECOND TIME.
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