Hi JP, I'm disappointed in your representation of Schumer's position. While I can't personnaly say which is worse, the let the shutdown happen or to do what Schumer did, his reasons had some validity and I have heard them articulated. Schumer's belief is that a shutdown would have given Trump dramatically more leverage than he already ha…
Hi JP, I'm disappointed in your representation of Schumer's position. While I can't personnaly say which is worse, the let the shutdown happen or to do what Schumer did, his reasons had some validity and I have heard them articulated. Schumer's belief is that a shutdown would have given Trump dramatically more leverage than he already has because he would have legally been given authority to define what constitutes "essential services." He could then, even more freely, go about shutting down all range of things that we currently are fighting against through the Courts. During a shutdown, these Court cases wouldn't stand a chance.
Like I said, I don't know what the right tactical decision was but it wasn't Schumer caving to Trump. His was a tactical decision that he thought was the best choice for our country. Disparaging him the way you did is not useful. We can disagree on tactics but we shouldn't throw allies under the bus.
I think the main complaint I have heard about the dems, is that they had time to come up with a cohesive plan, but they didn't, and they are attacking each other, instead of who is really the problem. I don't profess to know the best way to fight, other than we need to do it as much together as we can. And utilize all the best thinking.
Hi JP, I'm disappointed in your representation of Schumer's position. While I can't personnaly say which is worse, the let the shutdown happen or to do what Schumer did, his reasons had some validity and I have heard them articulated. Schumer's belief is that a shutdown would have given Trump dramatically more leverage than he already has because he would have legally been given authority to define what constitutes "essential services." He could then, even more freely, go about shutting down all range of things that we currently are fighting against through the Courts. During a shutdown, these Court cases wouldn't stand a chance.
I recommend this post, https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-a-shutdown-could-empower-trump, from Gabe Fleisher, to see what Schumer was talking about. [Late addition to this comment: Fleisher quotes Schumer making his explanation in today's post: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/schumer-folds-what-got-done-this]
Like I said, I don't know what the right tactical decision was but it wasn't Schumer caving to Trump. His was a tactical decision that he thought was the best choice for our country. Disparaging him the way you did is not useful. We can disagree on tactics but we shouldn't throw allies under the bus.
I think the main complaint I have heard about the dems, is that they had time to come up with a cohesive plan, but they didn't, and they are attacking each other, instead of who is really the problem. I don't profess to know the best way to fight, other than we need to do it as much together as we can. And utilize all the best thinking.