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Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? (prospect.org)

submitted 7 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/schumer-mocked-for-mentioning-imaginary-couple-hundreds-of-times/

You look at (what he believes to be) two existing requirements for him to hold power and prestige and insist that it can only be one, ignoring that most people base their decisions on multiple factors.

Schumer takes his donor's requests and tries to spin it into palatability for the mythical Baileys. That one is a delusion is irrelevant when we're discussing why a senile dinosaur does what he does. He thinks he must appeal to both to win elections and so he tries to do both.