Chuck Schumer
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You know what their attitude is? I made my money all by myself. How dare your government take my money from me? I don't want to pay taxes. Or I built my company with my bare hands. How dare your government tell me how I should treat my customers, the land and water that I own, or my employees? They hate government. Government's a barrier to people, a barrier to stop them from doing things.
They want to destroy it. We are not letting them do it, and we're united.
They want to destroy it. We are not letting them do it, and we're united.
They want to destroy it. We are not letting them do it, and we're united.
I believe so strongly I did the right thing. When I was majority leader and under Biden's presidency, we passed more legislation in 2022 than before. When you're a leader, sometimes you have to do things that you know are right, despite the consequences. I've always said to people in politics, the higher up you climb, the more fierce the winds blow.
I believe so strongly I did the right thing. When I was majority leader and under Biden's presidency, we passed more legislation in 2022 than before. When you're a leader, sometimes you have to do things that you know are right, despite the consequences. I've always said to people in politics, the higher up you climb, the more fierce the winds blow.
I believe so strongly I did the right thing. When I was majority leader and under Biden's presidency, we passed more legislation in 2022 than before. When you're a leader, sometimes you have to do things that you know are right, despite the consequences. I've always said to people in politics, the higher up you climb, the more fierce the winds blow.
One of the things I am known to be very good at is how to win Senate seats. Look, winning in 2026 in the House and Senate, which could stop Trump once and for all, is vitally important.
One of the things I am known to be very good at is how to win Senate seats. Look, winning in 2026 in the House and Senate, which could stop Trump once and for all, is vitally important.
One of the things I am known to be very good at is how to win Senate seats. Look, winning in 2026 in the House and Senate, which could stop Trump once and for all, is vitally important.
There's no exit strategy. How do you get out of a shutdown? Guess who determines it? Trump, Musk, Trump. They're the only ones. And one of the Republican senators told one of the Democratic senators, you get us, you get in this. We're staying in for six months, nine months, a year till we decimate the entire federal government.
There's no exit strategy. How do you get out of a shutdown? Guess who determines it? Trump, Musk, Trump. They're the only ones. And one of the Republican senators told one of the Democratic senators, you get us, you get in this. We're staying in for six months, nine months, a year till we decimate the entire federal government.
There's no exit strategy. How do you get out of a shutdown? Guess who determines it? Trump, Musk, Trump. They're the only ones. And one of the Republican senators told one of the Democratic senators, you get us, you get in this. We're staying in for six months, nine months, a year till we decimate the entire federal government.
And you know what their attitude is? I made my money all by myself. How dare your government take my money from me? I don't want to pay taxes. Or I built my company with my bare hands. How dare your government tell me how I should treat my customers, the land and water that I own, or my employees? They hate government. Government's a barrier to people, a barrier to stop them from doing things.
And you know what their attitude is? I made my money all by myself. How dare your government take my money from me? I don't want to pay taxes. Or I built my company with my bare hands. How dare your government tell me how I should treat my customers, the land and water that I own, or my employees? They hate government. Government's a barrier to people, a barrier to stop them from doing things.
And you know what their attitude is? I made my money all by myself. How dare your government take my money from me? I don't want to pay taxes. Or I built my company with my bare hands. How dare your government tell me how I should treat my customers, the land and water that I own, or my employees? They hate government. Government's a barrier to people, a barrier to stop them from doing things.
They want to destroy it. We are not letting them do it, and we're united.
They want to destroy it. We are not letting them do it, and we're united.
They want to destroy it. We are not letting them do it, and we're united.
I'm sort of, you know, I'm sort of the orchestra leader and I have a lot of talent in that orchestra. So what I do is I show them off. We have some great spokespeople, people like Chris Murphy and Brian Sharks. We have, you know, Democrats are learning to do the digital social media much better than we did before. I put Cory Booker and Tina Smith in charge.