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Defiant Chuck Schumer hits back at Nancy Pelosi, vows ‘I'm not stepping down'

2025-03-23

[NY Post] A defiant Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed that he will not step down from his leadership role any time soon while strenuously defending his decision to vote against blocking a GOP bill to avert a partial government shutdown.

Schumer (D-NY), 74, who has been facing a progressive revolt over his shutdown vote earlier this month, reiterated that he “did this out of conviction” and fired back at detractors such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

“Look, I’m not stepping down,” Schumer told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in a pretaped interview that aired Sunday. “I did it out of pure conviction as to what a leader should do and what the right thing for America and my party was. People disagree.”

Critics, from both the moderate and far-left wings of the party alike, contended that the government shutdown fight was a rare instance when Dems had leverage to extract concessions from Republicans.

At noon on Sunday, New York City progressives are set to hold a rally organized by the Big Apple chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America demanding Schumer step down from his leadership post due to his actions in the shutdown fight.

Posted by:Frank G

#3 Chuckie has a net worth of $81 million.

All our politicians seem to leave office much better off than they arrived.
Some much much better. (Hi, Nancy!)

That is one thing that makes Trump different from your run-of-the-mill pols - he is already rich and does not need to grift. Not as rich as God or Elon, but he has what we call in American, "F**k you money". It means he is not beholden to the usual deal-making and mutual back-washing that drives The Swamp and creates trillion dollar deficits.

Posted by: SteveS 2025-03-23 21:59

#2 I read recently that Chuckie has a net worth of $81 million. Not bad for a slob who can't grill a hamburger and never had a real job in his life.

Posted by: DooDahMan 2025-03-23 21:19

#1 "my precious"

Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-03-23 11:37

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