Re: “Senate passes funding bill over fierce Democratic opposition” (March 15, A1):
The accompanying photograph of Senate Democratic chief Chuck Schumer captures his approach of combating President Donald Trump’s assaults — head deeply bowed as he seems to be down at his ft. He claims a authorities shutdown would make Trump and Elon Musk “free to destroy very important authorities companies at a a lot quicker price.” However he did the incorrect factor when Trump “congratulated” him on his (anti)social media account.
Democrats simply flushed away one of many few methods they may’ve blocked the chain noticed Musk/Trump destruction. As Sen. Bernie Sanders accurately acknowledged, “You’re taking a look at a one-two punch, a really dangerous CR (persevering with decision), then a reconciliation invoice … which would be the last kick within the enamel for the American individuals.”
Democrats lacked the center to do what Sen. Patty Murray urged: refuse to vote for this invoice and thus put the blame for any authorities shutdown on the GOP. However Schumer feared the optics, so he betrayed the American individuals who “despatched Democrats to Congress to combat in opposition to Republican dysfunction and chaos,” as acknowledged by 66 Home Democrats in a letter to Schumer.
Nobody ought to give a dime to any Democratic senators until they jettison Schumer as their chief.
Michael Spence, Tukwila
