Democrats…Schumer or Bernie?

Chuck Schumer IS the US Senate Democratic Minority Leader….

Bernie Sanders is the Independent US Senator from Vermont….

Schumer is ‘uncertain ‘ about voting against the US House Trump endorsed Spending Bill …..

Sanders is out in the hustlings playing TO crowds AGAINST Trump & Co…..

What seems wrong with this?

Chuck Schumer….

But Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stopped short of declaring the House bill dead on arrival in the Senate, reflecting Democratic qualms about killing the measure if it manages to pass the lower chamber later this week.

In past standoffs, Democrats have felt confident that government shutdown politics played to their advantage, as the media often put scrutiny on Republicans during spending lapses — or Democrats were able to blame conservative agitators for shutdowns.

Now there’s growing fear among Democrats that Trump could feel politically emboldened to let a shutdown drag on for many weeks, and that, in turn, could give Musk more leverage to push federal workers to retire, as many might feel financial pressure to look for work in the private sector if they have to endure weeks without a paycheck….

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Thune would need at least eight Senate Democrats to vote for the stopgap to reach the 60-vote threshold required to overcome a filibuster.

Senate Republicans control 53 seats, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has said he will vote against the continuing resolution.

Democratic senators are hoping the continuing resolution unveiled this weekend, which would fund the government through September, fails in the House…

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Democrats warn it would also give Trump nearly unfettered authority to shift funding within the bill because it lacks detailed instructions on how to allocate money, something that was traditionally attached to past continuing resolutions….

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Bernie Sanders….

Bernie Sanders is standing alone on the back of a pickup truck shouting into a bullhorn.

He’s facing several hundred ecstatic voters huddled outside a suburban Detroit high school — the group that did not fit inside the high school’s gym or two overflow rooms. The crowd screams in delight when he tells them that a combined total of 9,000 people had shown up for the rally.

“What all of this tells me, is not just in Michigan or in Vermont, the people of this country will not allow us to move toward oligarchy. They will not allow Trump to take us into authoritarianism,” Sanders yelled. “We’re prepared to fight. And we’re going to win.”…

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In fact, his team intentionally waited in the early weeks of the Trump presidency to launch what they are now calling his “stop oligarchy tour” to see if a high-profile Democrat would fill the leadership void. Instead, Sanders — who is not a Democrat himself despite allying with Senate Democrats and running twice for the party’s presidential nomination — has people wondering if he’s considering another White House bid.

“This is like presidential campaign rallies, isn’t it? But I’m not running for president, and this is not a campaign,” Sanders told The Associated Press. “You gotta do what you gotta do. The country’s in trouble and I want to play my role.”…

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The truth is that few, if any, Democratic leaders have the capacity to draw such crowds on short notice or organize the related logistics on a national scale. The party’s nascent class of 2028 presidential prospects, a group that includes California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, have limited national profiles and they have been reluctant to step too far into the national spotlight so far….

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Last month, veteran political strategist James Carville penned an opinion piece calling for Democrats to “roll over and play dead,” betting that Trump and his party would ultimately suffer a political backlash from voters for going too far.

“One theory is you can play dead; you can strategically retreat,” Shakir said. “Or, you play alive, and you go out to people and you talk to them with conviction and integrity.”….

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The Question?

Will those coming out for Sanders show up and vote when needed?

NOT enough did last November…

Schumer image…The Hill

Sanders image…AP