Why didn't anybody think of that sooner?

The problem is that the American people elected a dangerous moron and then went and gave his lap dog party the Senate and the House. Until 2026, other than write letters and make public statements, what do you expect Chuck Shumer to do? And we all know he's not great with the public statements.

They showed actual leadership and we got to witness may brave people sharing many brave efforts. That sort of thing inspires public actions, collaborations, and courage.

Schumer can take his strongly worded message directly to Trump and see how much positive energy/effort that raises. What Booker, Jeffries, and all those who came to speak did will inspire people and one suspects will motivate more calls to people's reps than Schumer and his letters. Raising enough voices beats letters Trump will laugh at and toss in the trash.

Can't wait to vote him out.

dems will have a whole encyclopedia of 'harsh letters'
and that will surely do it.

step up and do something meaningful- this is past the time.
dhogg is trying to take corrective steps and is being torched
by the old guard. step up or step out of the way- this is much
to important to our democracy.

This is why there's that other thread with a poll where more people would trust Trump with the economy than congressional dems. Where the fuck is our unified voice of outrage against this administration? We have Chris, Bernie & AOC, Jamie Raskin, & there are others who don't come to mind at the moment, but there isn't one unified democratic voice of outrage. It's bad enough congressional dems don't seem to have the power to do anything but to remain silent as a party? I'm not surprised at that polling result.

That other DU thread: https://democraticunderground.com/100220273050

to express 'concerns.

I think he is interested in providing him with criticism aimed at biding time while “managing” Trump.

The Democratic leaders seem to think that Trump's messes will make it easy to regain a Democratic majority.

I think they're wrong.

I think they're badly misjudging how serious this attack on our democracy is. I also think they're badly misjudging how easy it will be for the RNC to blame everything on Democrats.

I think that Schumer and the others are stuck in the 1970s.

no further quorums.

A quorum in the Senate is a simple majority.

Republicans don't need Democrats (and can even lose two of their own members) for a quorum to be present.

Stern phone message? Strongly worded text? A long Email!? That’ll scare the traitor straight.

Will he hold his breath until he turns blue? We will see ....

really hurt. When I hear Schumer I think David Hogg isn't entirely wrong.

I think we have a problem.

Leader Bob Dole.

Someone please clue him in. This is getting embarrassing.

.... since she has been back burnered,... Schumer has no balls anymore,.. not that he ever had fire in the belly anyways.

Is Dem party leaders do not improve the Dem congress likeability above 35% soon,.. their prospects for 2025 mid-terms do not look so good.

However, you can guess.

We're so fucked.

And there's not much more to say, unfortunately.

That's what we need. Said no one.

Democratic Senators don't like a strong Senate Leader. It has been this way for a long time. Daschle and Schumer are both weak leaders, and Reid stayed out of other Senator's activities. If people want a party with strong centralized leadership, they should vote Trumpublican.

Democrats also do not want a Senate leader that is a lightening rod right now. Democrats are defending some tough seats, but also have getable seats in NC and ME in 2026. That means they only need to find 2 more. Rust belt and farm belt will be in some serious economic pain, and there are a lot of Republican Senators that rubber-stamped bad Trump policies that will cause a lot of pain in the Midwest.

I see the most likely targets as:

1) KS - this state is not nearly as dark red as it was before, and Marshall is a weak candidate.
2) TX - the Texas Latino vote has been trending against Democrats for 3 straight Presidential elections, but that could stop with the chaos that Trump has unleashed.
3) AK - Getting hammered by government spending cuts and tariffs. Sullivan only got 54% in 2020.
4) IA - Ernst did not win big in 2020, and Iowa is going to get smashed economically by tariffs because of its dependence on agriculture and manufacturing.
5) OH - Will get hit hard by tariffs, and by the crackdown on immigration. Ohio depends on immigrant labor for his manufacturing industry. Furthermore, Ohio has a lot of colleges that were increasingly dependent on international students as the demographic cliff hits higher education. Ohio could see a crisis with some of its universities if foreign students drop as much as anticipated.

Democrats will lose all of those states if they have a firebrand Senate Leader. Let Cory Booker, Chris Murphy and Bernie Sanders do their thing, while Schumer remains as a less interesting target for Republicans.

Might as well be consistent in terms of your effectiveness.

like the hump will read it?

Why couldn't he have penned that letter before the 2024 campaigns?
Republicans and their leaders will be quick stepping off of sidewalks to get out of his way. Now they know he means business!
And if he really wants to be helpful, if he wants the maga base to know also, his next message will be in ALL CAPS!
Good going Senator!

And/or replaced by representatives who are willing to actually take action

everyone calling for ACTION here should offer a specific suggestion.

...because Schumer can't arrest, impeach, or investigate Trump...he cannot call hearings, mark-up bills, or issue subpoenas with the Republicans in charge of both houses of Congress.

The best they (we) can do is gum up the legislative works.

Or holding a press conference with the Harvard attorneys who are pushing back.

Or participate in organizing a united national level university resistance movement, connecting the organizations together.

I put about 3 seconds of effort into brainstorming a few direct actions he could take instead of a “strong letter” (and come on, even you can’t think this is at all an effective leadership action)

Schumer got more eyes on him by appearing on CNN this morning than a press conference would have accrued.

And, I applaud Corey Booker and Hakeem Jeffries, but their sit in can't match cable news viewership.

I provided a few with a couple seconds of thought. I’m sure as one of the most powerful Dems in the land he has resources to draw upon to help craft strategies. The tv appearance is fine but it’s not enough to say “I sent a strongly worded letter”

Sorry but it’s not.

And you can bet that more people watched after the live feed ended. More will watch the video as they hear about it. Social media/online videos probably get nearly as many eyeballs as MSM these days, if not more in the long run. Consider the ways in which campaign fundraising has changed. Running ads on TV doesn't match Act Blue donations to candidates, or trump would be trying to turn off broadcasts like he is trying to attack Act Blue.

A piece of paper with words on it! Take that Trump!!

did the felon "fix the problem" during Covid pandemic????? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's not going to do crap for the American people.

He is the absolute worst possible choice for that role today - but his ego is blinding him to that fact.

Him remaining at the helm = we are so fucked.

Same types who probably defended Manchin or even people like Adams/Cuellar.

but her comment about getting back to her if he gets a response was very dryly put.

Not for the democrats and not for his state.

Well that’ll show ‘em!

Yo Chuck, the institution isn’t hosting a gentleman’s game anymore. I think it’s time you rethink your day job!

His leadership is no longer tenable. He needs to step down from his role and let the caucus vote on a new leader. As long as he’s leader I think it will put a damper on recruiting effective candidates and fundraising because I’m not sure why anyone would want him leading them in any way.

He plans to follow it up with a nasty voice mail.

Of course Democratic concerns, objections, demands etc. should be officially transmitted in writing. But it is way beyond tone deaf to talk about sending "a very strongly worded letter."