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Devil's avocado here, but Schumer kind of has a point. They do want a government shutdown Hell, they're trying to dismantle the whole damn thing.
I also wouldn't put it past them to keep dismantling things during the shutdown. Either DOGE cronies are declared necessary and exempt from furlough or they just keep dismantling things anyway. Either way, they would have far less oversight to keep doing what they're doing.
I don't know if there were any poison pills in the spending bill, but assuming the drama is just because he voted to keep things running, then it may be a bit undeserved. I'm under no impression that a government shutdown is going to stop Musk and his ilk from continuing to break things. Plus, I highly doubt they're going to furlough ICE, so it's not like that particular horror is going to stop with a shutdown.
What more power will a government shutdown give trump, than what he's already taken for himself? Republicans in Congress already will let him do whatever he wants, he is already defying the judicial branch, he has full dictator level power in the government at the moment. And Schumer voted to continue that status quo instead of changing it.
Congressional votes are the end of the road and accepting excuses is a vote for fascism at the moment. Schumer has no business being in office and it was clear when he said he votes based on imaginary people from Long Island. I don’t care how much money he can raise if he betrays everything I care about.
If republicans wanted a shutdown, they wouldn't have voted for cloture.
Can’t they shut it down themselves if they really wanted it shut down?
and they're going to do that with or without congressional approval. which, to be clear, Chuckles, here, just voted to give them. Or did you think that amendment he's blathering about is actually going to pass? (spoiler: it's not.)
They could've negotiated to try to prevent some of the damage for their vote for the bill. Would it have done anything? Doubtful, but it would have at least shown that the Dems are willing to try something before rolling over to take it in the ass.