AOC instead of Schumer... Can we please?
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Schumer has appeared so weak and ineffectual these last two years that I don't think he has a shot against any challenger, progressive or otherwise. Seriously, I'm pretty sure Cuomo or Adams could knock him out of that seat. Any honest advisor would probably tell him to not seek leadership again and retire at the end of his term so he can spare himself an embarrassing defeat.
It's clear that Schmuck Schumer has only two priorities: 1) Doing whatever Israel demands, and 2) Insider Trading. He hasn't done anything positive for the American people in years, and under his recent watch he oversaw that re-rise of MAGA, and the loss of Women's Reproductive Rights. And that's just what he's done for us lately.
I hope he decides to run, and AOC humiliates him. Once he's out, he needs to be deeply investigated for his insider trading, and I suspect we'll find that he was getting paid by Israel to cooperate with MAGA. If that's the case, he can die in prison. Make him Trump's cellie.
I'm convinced Chuck is gonna retire and they will clear the field for her to take his seat, in exchange for a pledge to not run for President and interfere with Gavin's coronation. He's the Next One Up, after all....
Maybe after a term or three in the Senate the old misogynists will have died off and a Presidential candidate with a vagina can get elected.
She should take it, renege, and then have Mamdani take her Senate seat when she takes President. Give those DNC shitbags a real one-two punch, lol.
Watch Hakeem Jefferies‘s eyeballs pop literally right the fuck out of his head, ha ha ha ha
Take the deal and then run anyway.
This so much! They actually left needs to start playing dirty because we’re fighting two fronts, the actual fascists and the embedded institutions of neoliberal status quo
Status Quomo
Schumer isn't up for reelection until 2028, so that wouldn't really work. She would need to pick one or the other, she can't run for both simultaneously.
You can't hold both positions at the same time, but I think being on the ballot for multiple positions varies from state to state, not sure how it is in NY?
in 2008, Biden was running for VP and for his Senate seat, winning both. He was sworn in as Senator and then resigned like a week later before being sworn in as VP.
Right, but if the plan is for her to convince the Democrats to clear the senate primary field gor her, then run for president anyway...well, they're probably figure out she lied when she announces her presidential run, and i bet they'll find some centrists to run for Schumer's seat. If she wrre taking Schumer's seat this cycle, she could then lie about not seeking the presidency and run in two years, but that's not the timeline.
That's a bad deal. Fuck Gavin
I can think of 100 people I would vote for over Manchurian MAGA Newsome. He was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle, Don Jr's Ex. That's all I need to know. Clearly these jackals are all part of the same herd.