Chuck Schumer Is Pushing Young People Away From the Democratic Party With His Toothless Leadership

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/chuck-schumer-young-people-democratic-party

29 comments

  1. Chuck is the biggest problem but he ain’t the only one. Almost the entire party is made up of spineless cowards who seem to enjoy losing every election.

  2. Centrists “Moderate” Democrats have been a wheel of the party during a full decade of Trump. The only thing it’s gotten the country is an extreme shift to the right and all the keys to power in the hands of MAGA.

    Only fools or closet Republicans think Schumer-like Democrats have a future.

  3. To be honest that’s why Bernie and AOC should be pushing people too the party. That or create their own if they really think it’s necessary. But yeah Bernie and AOC should really be pushing people towards the Democratic Party. Growth is not always linear 

  4. That’s stupid. The’re not being pushed away from the Democratic Party, but just advocating for new leadership. This idea that we have to jump to the other side is absurd

  5. “Hey champ, I know we’re losing and have no spine, but if you could send just $5 so we can fight for you by putting a slogan on a paddleball that would be the bees knees, we’ll send this message again tomorrow, 23 skidoo!” -Democratic party.

  6. This started when Hillary, and Chuck, and similar pushed Bernie out in the primaries, in the first trump election, and continued with Biden holding on for too long in the last presidential race even though he was too elderly, and finished with Harris trying to win people over with jennifer lopez….. people arent won over so easily now, there’s a lot of information out there, and a lot of misinformation out there, they need better people and better messaging….

    I think AOC can bring it. She’s exactly the type of person people can believe in and would turn out to vote for. Quite frankly the longer people like Chuck try to stay relevant the angrier people get and the more damage they do to the democratic base.

    And yes, I realise well above blaming Chuck etc, is the fuckwits in the republican party, on supreme court, trump and elon.

  7. Schumer isn’t helping but I don’t think it’s an exclusively Schumer problem either. Why would any young person look at a lineup of Senate Dem leadership and think they’re represented in any way. Same for much of the House leadership. I’m not that young myself anymore and I think these guys are way too old to be leading anything.

  8. I have to wonder if the length of time these people spend in politics discourages younger people joining their parties.

    Would you join a company where the managers probably wouldn’t retire until they are in their 80s? You could start in your 20s and have a whole standard-length career without ever having any power and be gone before they leave.

  9. Schumer’s moves are definitely pushing a lot of younger folks away. If he keeps siding with the Republicans, the Democratic Party might lose its base, especially the ones fighting for real change..

  10. Chuck Schumer never held a real job. He was elected to office right out of college. 

  11. it’s not just toothless leadership, it’s pushing PAC backed issues over what people actually want.

    “My job is to keep the left pro-israel” -Schumer

    AIPAC and many others spend a lot of money, and leadership cares a whole lot more about dollars than votes, especially when they have a convenient boogieman in trump to provide the backstop for their support.

  12. At this point the moderate/centrist old guard democrats may as well form a new party with the Liz Cheney Republicans who may have been sensible when compared to MAGA but are wholly insufficient for the majority of Americans. They do not represent average AMERICANS who have more in common than they do difference. Get this guy the hell out of Congress and out of the news. I am so sick of hearing anything Schumer has to say.

    I am hesitant to feel any sort of optimism right now but I am just waiting for a new third party to come into existence helmed by Bernie Sanders, AOC and anyone else who is actually willing to fight. Let them create whatever the hell they want from the ashes of the Democratic and Republican parties but I refuse to accept that this guy is the best opposition there is to offer.

  13. He said his job the other day, if young voters stop voting or vote republican, he is achieving the goal he is paid to do.

  14. His appearance on Colbert was wild to say the least. Colbert, to his credit, asked him about the very real situation of him failing to counteract Trump on the CR in a waybhes seen McConnell do time and time again. Instead of offering any kind of plan, Schumer deflected to talking about messed-up stuff Trump was doing. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT CHUCK!

  16. I think Newsome said it recently, the Democratic brand is toxic. You shouldn’t be able to lose to Trump twice and maintain power. I’m liberal af, and we need new leadership or a new party. Everyone is following the money, Dems included.

  17. Lmao democrats finally realizing what weve been saying about schumer for at least the past 8 years.

  20. The Democratic Party needs an overhaul if it’s to survive, and one of the first things that need to go is the old guard leadership and/or any Dems that put donors before constituents. They should stop listening to political consultants and start listening to the people while they’re at it.

    And it ain’t just young folks who want change!

  21. Young people? I’m 66 and I’ve had it with these fossils.

  22. He is living in the past. The days of polite passed long ago.

  23. Rightfully so. That’s what happens when you completely submit to Trump like such a coward instead of taking the hard fight and standing up for your constituents.

    Chuck Schumer is some old wax figurine who’s better at gargling Trumps nuts than doing the right thing.

    Money before citizens!

    Schumer has wealth, healthcare, safety & retirement. He doesn’t give a fuck about anyone but himself.

    Old guard die off please.

  25. Schumer and Pelosi. They’re both belong to a different era and can’t adequately comprehend what working class people are going through.

  26. >For a long time, I thought the Democrats were fighting valiantly but just overwhelmed by the oligarchy and the Republicans. Then I saw that the Democrats keep losing fights they should win, and figured they must be weak and ineffectual. Then I kept seeing them backing off without putting up a fight at all, and decided they were gutless cowards. Finally I noticed that enough of them keep voting with Republicans to always make sure the Republicans more of less win almost every fight, and that they keep starting from a center position and bargaining to the right, and eventually it became impossible to ignore the only conclusion that fits the facts: The Democrats are not overmatched, they aren’t weak, they aren’t cowards… They are complicit.

  27. Wait this guy is a Democrat? I thought he was the President of AIPAC?

  28. He has always been a problem. Pelosi was bad too.

    We need a true opposition party from this absolute madness.

  29. The more the Democratic party protects Schumer, the more of its base it will lose.

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