Below is a message I just sent Chuck Schumer. Please send one as well. You can copy mine, use parts of it, or come up with your own. Call him first thing tomorrow, too.
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In your floor speech announcing your decision to vote yes on tomorrow’s cloture motion/continuing resolution, you argued that voting no would, on balance, give Trump more power and is a far worse option. You are dangerously mistaken.
This language, alone, shows why:
Sec. 1113(b) If a sequestration is ordered by the President under section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the spending, expenditure, or operating plan required by this section shall reflect such sequestration.
Your fear that, under a shutdown, Trump and congressional Republicans would reopen “only their favorite departments and agencies” is short-sighted.
You’re giving away the game just to get another turn.
Do you not see what is going on? Trump has not just the Democrats, but the entire Government – the Constitution itself – boxed in. Vote no and the Government shuts down, allowing Trump to do as you say. But vote yes, and Trump gets to do it anyway – but this time with the full force of law.
Under a shutdown, Trump is far weaker.
The economy is already tanking. Frustrated rumblings among MAGA are growing. The “brand” is already losing luster. Progressive are rising up. The boycotts are steadily gaining steam. The pressure is on.
Add a shutdown to all this, and you’ve got some leverage. Not much but far more than you will by passing a law that literally cedes more power to Trump for the rest of the year – to continue doing the very thing you fear he will do anyway.
Why would you put your imprimatur on what history will likely judge was a turning point – the day Senator Schumer chose the cowardly route and ceded power to a tyrant just as resistance to him was building.
Do not be a coward. These are extraordinary times. Meet the moment.
You, and the rest of this country, the rest of the world, our progeny – we will all suffer if you do not.
Originally Posted By u/Ok-Peach-2200 At 2025-03-13 09:54:18 PM | Source