Dems like schumer have absolutely shit the bed with their dumbfounding response to a very real authoritarian takeover of their country happening on their watch. I don't understand. Are they in denial about what's going on or something? Have they forgotten what their job is?
Unsurprisingly, he's polling terribly. You would hope the guy has the sense and decency to read the room and put his party and country first by not running for reelection. But also that would be out of character for a complacent and entitled politician like Schumer. I guess we'll see...
The evils of Vote Blue No Matter Who. Schumer doesn't think someone will be able to run against him. If he gets primaried he thinks the DNC will destroy any challenger. In the general nobody in New York will vote for a Republican. He is accountable to nobody and acts like it. That's caused by VBNMW
Politicians should be scared of their constituents. Schumer should be scared of enough Dems not showing up (or voting third-party) that he loses his seat. He's not scared, because the VBNMW "movement" has said a Republican can run with a (D) next to their name and you are OBLIGATED to vote for them
Chuck is only scared of the Baileys, his imaginary constituents
I think you've got it wrong. When establishment Dems lose, their response lately has been to blame the left/protest voters/activist groups. They become more spiteful, not more open to, progressivism. Harris's loss provoked many into calling for Dems to excise pro-trans and pro-Palestine people.
Voting for any and every Democrat doesn't make them more progressive or competent fighters on its own, sure. But refusal to vote for Democrats has been shown to move their establishment *to the right* and make everything *worse*.
I think we're saying the same thing. He's spiteful BECAUSE he knows the DNC will defend him and because he isn't scared of losing his seat. He's mad at people being "annoying" by attempting to hold him accountable, and he is accountable to nobody. Hence he punches left to try to shut them up
But if he were to lose, establishment Dems who remain in positions of power wouldn't move to back a progressive replacement next election cycle. They would blame the left again, refusing to learn the lesson you want them to learn, repeat cycle into an infinite death spiral for democracy.
Lose the general*, I should clarify. I 100% support a progressive primary challenger against him. But I don't think letting a Republican win one of NY's Senate seats would move the Dems in a positive direction.
They’re soft, not built for this.