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Senate Democrats point fingers after failed tariff vote (thehill.com)
submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The party needed all of its members in town for the vote in order for it to pass, but Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) was in South Korea for a conference, putting them a vote down. Leadership knew about his trip for weeks ahead of time. 

“I don’t think anything went wrong. We just needed more votes,” Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said. “We weren’t sure how the votes would come down, but we knew there would be absences.” 

“It was a win-win either way. If we won the vote, it was a good win like we won the Canada vote,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters Thursday.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

Here's the motion if anyone's curious: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00226.htm

Every D voted in favor of lifting the tariffs, to be fair. McConnell is a soon to be corpse that everybody knew wasn't gonna vote. This was a fuckin shoo-in. However, out of the blue, Whitehouse decided to go chill in a PC Bang somewhere in South Korea. Somehow, super conveniently, Democrats didn't have enough to get this shit to pass. By 1 (one) vote. Democrats aren't just useless. They are just useless enough.

Gang, if you still don't believe that Dems are controlled opposition, I don't know what to tell you.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

“I don’t think anything went wrong. We just needed more votes,”

Nothing went wrong except the most plainly important thing to go wrong. Further something that could have actually gone right if they just planned better around one of their members.

“It was a win-win either way.

Losing is ok because the Republicans will get blamed... Except this very article where they actually had enough Republicans to get a win and they still boffed it. A rare opportunity for substantiative progress to prove that even as a minority party they can drive common sense legislation and they totally screwed up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

Recession and job losses are just politics to them. They won't face existential risk to their livelihoods.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

Given this behaviour from the democrats, it looks like the bourgeoisie still want fascism even after tarrifs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Schumer is terrible...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 hours ago

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said. “We weren’t sure how the votes would come down, but we knew there would be absences.” 

Bro it's literally your job to know. What the fuck dude?

[–] SuperCub 11 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

A "win-win", Chuck?

[–] gravitas_deficiency 20 points 13 hours ago

Jesus tapdancing christ Schumer is such a completely fucking vapid imbecilic tool. It’s like he’s moving deck chairs around on the Lusitania

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago

wanna bet his megadonor is telling him to play ball with the gop.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

If I were as consistently incompetent at my job as they are, I'd be permanently unemployed. At this point I'm ready for the Martian ambassador to deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Rule of thumb,

the better paid a job is, the less work is needed and less professionalism is expected.

A minimum wage worker can get seriously fucked over a tiny mistake, but a senator can test positive for cocaine after being found out of grooming minors and literally sleeping in their jobs and get applauded for how amazing they are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, you're saying that, say, lawyer or doctor or engineer requires less work and professionalism than a walmart warehouse or McDonald's fry cook?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Google unhelpful walrus learn the definition, then come back here and delete your comment. You absolute numpty

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

the better paid a job is, the less work is needed and less professionalism is expected.

This is a pretty lazy, crappy comment. Senators aren't even paid that much in the scheme of things - typically not more (or much more) than the professions I mentioned.

They might end up making a LOT more, but that's usually bribes and corruption, which is a pretty different thing.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 21 hours ago

It was a win-win either way. If we won the vote, it was a good win like we won the Canada vote,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters Thursday. “But we knew if we lost, every single Republican — including those up for election — was the single vote that kept … these onerous tariffs on the backs of the American people.

This fucking loser, again. "If we won the vote...," except you didn't win the vote, you simpering weasel. Once again, you snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, and somehow feel smug about it. Framing easily avoidable losses as positives is why America has been stolen by MAGA Nazis.

This fucking hump loser has got to go. It's not enough to decide not to run for reelection, the Dems need to reject him from power, and force him to resign in embarassing and humiliating fashion. Let AOC have his seat, and find someone with some spine to be the Senate Minority Leader.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago

Chuck is an absolute fucking loser

[–] [email protected] 46 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The only reason democrats lose is because of democrats. They screw up a good thing more times than I can count.

They do it with such regularity that republicans can now be the boldest of assholes and consistently deliver on their obviously heinous plans.

I think the bicycle/stick meme was based on democrats.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 20 hours ago

Yup. For decades of watching these dumbass continually snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and abandon every battle the moment it becomes hard.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Incompetent or intentional malice from Democrats, doesn't matter, in the end Democratic is worthless and these fascist enablers have got to go.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

You'd think a competent party would find a different whip after messing up like that, but with the Democrats you can just keep that job regardless of what happens.

Also, as a larger point, it's 2025, allowing members of Congress to securely vote remotely should be a thing now, stop running the US like it's still 1800.

[–] ZombiFrancis 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

He has been the whip since 2005. He has overseen a fuckload of Ls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

Assuming that they were Ls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Must be a DEI hire, because he definitely didn't get it on merit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Aww shucks, we tried and that's what matters!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

Aww shucks, did we just barely and preventably fall short?

We're totally not doing this shit on purpose.