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Well, if you’re a red state Democrat, I just don’t get how you can give Shutdown Chuck Schumer a high-five, or whatever was captured on C-Span after the cloture vote to ban abortion after 20 weeks. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) voted with her Democratic colleagues to block the legislation (via Politico): The Senate on Monday blocked a bill, backed by President Donald Trump, to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The procedural vote, designed to put pressure on red-state Democrats who are up for reelection this fall, fell significantly short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster....

Following the passage of the GOP tax reform bill, a number of corporations have announced bonuses and wage increases for its employees, citing the tax cuts as the main reason. One company that handed out one-time bonuses was Home Depot. And the co-founder had some strong words for Democrats who have criticized these bonuses as “crumbs” and dismissed them as PR moves. Appearing on Fox News Saturday, Bernie Marcus took aim at Democratic leaders, telling host Neil Cavuto that derisive comments about the bonuses will come back to haunt Democrats as it paints them as elitist. “These are things that...

Nothing quite gets to the root of an issue like a James Woods tweet. The fate of 800,000 to upwards of 3 million (now we’re told) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, or so-called “DREAMers,” has the American political landscape on fire of late. The fact that most Americans want to protect DACA recipients but also want border security and are generally conservative on immigration hasn’t fazed Democrats intent on obstructing and even holding the government hostage over DACA without offering or even considering anything meaningful in return. So, what drives Democrats who clearly lack a mandate, not to mention...

After three days of government shutdown by the Democrats, a “near extinction event” (just kidding) nobody actually noticed, nor was affected by it, the GOP scored a major victory against the left, as they managed to gather sufficient DEM votes on Monday to pass a short term spending bill that will fund the Federal Government until February 8. Sixteen Democrats (probably seeking reelection in the mid-terms) joined Republican Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and voted against the DEM filibuster on the short term spending bill with a crushing 81-18 vote.

According to Ancestry.com, the name Schumer comes from “North German (Schümer): nickname from Middle Low German schumer ‘good-for-nothing’, ‘vagabond.’” This is meaning is wildly appropriate for Chuck Schumer. Few, if any, politicians have been more aptly named. Democrats no longer work for the citizens that elected them. They work for people who break our laws and sneak into this country illegally. That would rather fight for criminals than to see a patriotic soldier get their paycheck. This is the modern Democrat Party!

WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer made the announcement in a statement Thursday night. They say Kennedy is “a relentless fighter for working Americans.” The 37-year-old Kennedy is serving his third term in the House.

In what may be a first, President Trump thanked longtime media nemesis “Crazy Jim Acosta” early Tuesday -- for seemingly acknowledging that the end of the government shutdown was a win for the Trump White House. Even Crazy Jim Acosta of Fake News CNN agrees: “Trump World and WH sources dancing in end zone: Trump wins again...Schumer and Dems caved...gambled and lost.” Thank you for your honesty Jim! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2018 Despite Trump’s expression of gratitude toward the CNN White House correspondent, Acosta appeared to just be quoting the White House and Trump surrogates. “Trump...

President Donald Trump challenged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after his failed attempt to shut down the government and force Republicans into a DACA amnesty deal. “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fully understands, especially after his humiliating defeat, that if there is no Wall, there is no DACA,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Tuesday night. “We must have safety and security, together with a strong Military, for our great people!” Trump did not mention the other White House immigration reform principles which include an end to chain migration and the end of the visa lottery program. The White House declared the Senate...

Democrats said on Tuesday they had withdrawn an offer to fund U.S. President Donald Trump's border wall, as tough negotiations over the future of young illegal immigrants known as "Dreamers" resumed in the Senate. A day after the end of a government shutdown linked to wrangling over immigration, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he pulled the offer because of what he said was Trump's failure to follow through on the outlines of an agreement the two men discussed on Friday. "So we're going to have to start on a new basis and the wall offer is off the table,"...

The Senate's top Democrat has withdrawn an offer that would allow President Trump to fulfill a signature campaign pledge: Construction of a wall along the U.S-Mexico border. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) took back his offer late Sunday through an aide, according to a person familiar with the situation, who was granted anonymity to speak frankly about ongoing talks.

Democrats have decided to back the concerns of illegal aliens instead of the American citizens You can tell what scares Democrats, by what they aren’t talking about. Democrats, in the form of Senator Chuck Schumer and now Representative Luis Gutierrez have indirectly given away Democrat fears. First, Senator Schumer came out of his Whitehouse meeting with President Trump, claiming that he had offered some compromise with the President on the wall.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, so touted on the left as 800,000 valedictorians whose only wish is to love and serve America, are at it again, this time thuggishly mobbing Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer for his refusal to shut down the entire U.S. government for their sake. Shouting "we won't let him sleep," these charmers marched onto the personal home of the Democratic senator in Brooklyn, in a scene reminiscent of the early Obama years, when SEIU mobs targeted bank officials at their homes and terrorized their children. It follows similar DACA mobbings to shut down Disneyland...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) confirmed on Tuesday that he has withdrawn his offer to discuss funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall as part of a deal with President Trump.   "We're going to have to start on a new basis and the wall offer is off the table," Schumer told reporters, saying that the offer was initially "part of a package."   The reversal comes after Schumer said he offered to discuss the wall — a key campaign pledge of Trump's — during a White House meeting on Friday.   "During the meeting, in exchange for strong [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...

The government shutdown is over. Democrats finally realized that closing the government over illegal immigration was a losing political battle. They created a needless crisis and got rolled. So who is to blame for their current predicament? Along with Charles Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, Democrats can put the blame squarely on the man who could have legalized the “dreamers” when he had the chance: Barack Obama. During his 2008 campaign, Obama promised in a conversation with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos to make passing immigration reform one of his first legislative priorities, and even set a timetable. “I cannot guarantee that...

In the very German study of war and strategery, there is the concept of the "decisive battle." It means, more or less, the confrontation after which the losing side just loses the will to continue. Maybe the #SchumerShutdown is Trump's decisive battle, and maybe it isn't. At any rate, as President Lincoln said about Gen. Grant, "I can't spare this man: he fights." That is why we normals voted for Donald Trump. We wanted a president who could go up against the liberals without fear and fight them. As we all know, the problem with conservatism over the past fifty...

Chuck Schumer started a government shutdown he couldn’t finish. The New York Democrat, among the shrewdest operators in national politics, stumbled badly because he succumbed to the siren song of the anti-Trump Resistance. He believed any charge could be made to stick to President Trump, no matter how implausible, and chose the dictates of an inflamed Democratic base over common sense. His embarrassing climbdown after a short, mostly weekend shutdown shows the limits of the Resistance. Yes, an anti-Trump midterm wave appears to be building and Democratic activists — marching in the streets by the thousands and badgering Republicans at...

RUSH: Here’s another great piece, another Limbaugh echo. There’s so many Limbaugh echoes out there today that I’m reveling in it here, folks. By the way, from TheHill.com, headline: “Left Says Democrats Caved on Shutdown — Progressives are hammering [Chuck You] Schumer for his agreement … to end the government shutdown on Monday. Even House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has spoken out against the deal, saying there was no reason to support it. ‘I don’t see that there’s any reason — I’m speaking personally and hearing from my members — to support what was put forth,’ Pelosi said…” Pelosi is...

Chuck Schumer, with his demands that he just presented to Trump, is a nasty, evil, slimy, slick, dysfunctional, demagogic, socialist, communist, fascist, illiberal, big-government, social-democrat, un-God-ly, in-need-of-Saving, troublesome, curmudgeonly, loudmouthed, monkey-wrenching, anti-capitalist, totalitarian, lying, propagandistic, cynical, party-hacking, urchin-like ruffian

President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did not reach a deal on DACA during a Friday meeting. Trump And Schumer Fail To Reach A DACA Deal “No deal was reached” in the meeting, a White House official told reporters. We are told there is no deal after WH mtg between Trump/Schumer — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 19, 2018 Schumer said that he made “progress” with the president but they were unable to reach any official deal in the “long and detailed meeting.” “We made some progress but we still have a good number of disagreements. The discussion...

BREAKING: AP source: Trump phones Senate Dem leader Schumer, invites him to White House to try to reach deal to avert shutdown.