You're right about much of that -- as is The Atlantic article you clearly pulled from -- except for two things.

You left out the part about the very real power of those positions to control and modify legislation, and how it is the job of Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of the House to control what legislation comes to the floor for a vote. Mike Johnson has spent the last two years not legislating, but blocking legislation, and Schumer and Jeffries have spent that same time caving to almost all of what the MAGA Republicans wanted.

You also left out the part about Schumer's and Jeffries' cash and where it comes from, and how those big donors are their actual constituents and not the American people.

Honestly, when I read your comment, all I could think was, of course most of these legislators are good. (With the exception of Jeffries, who gave up before he even started.) I'd say some are even great. When it comes to doing what they do best, nobody beats Pelosi, and even Schumer's good.

They're just not OURS. They work for others. Jeffries' list of asinine moves is so long I don't have time, so I'll talk about Schumer. Schumer, for example, has said publicly that Israel is his priority. And we know that's true because he makes absolutely sure that BILLIONS of American taxpayer dollars flow like water to Israel -- a country with excellent socialized healthcare and subsidized higher education -- so that Netanyahu can use it to commit genocide against their fellow humans while Israelis enjoy a basic standard of living that is much higher than that of the Americans who are paying for all of it.

When Trump cut off already-funded SNAP payments to hungry American families last November, and the Senate was keeping the government shut down to force the administration to follow the law, it was Chuck Schumer who orchestrated the reopening -- on the day the airlines shut down, which coincidentally, I'm sure, is not generally a problem for poor people on SNAP but a hell of an issue for people who run PACs. He tried to keep his name out of it, but Jeanne Shaheen, one of the nine senators who broke the deadlock, told reporters that the nine breaking ranks had done so with Schumer's knowledge and consent.

See how this works? I'd love to be a tech bro, or a crypto bro, or even just a regular Israeli, with Chuck Schumer as my senator. Hell, for all I know, maybe you are and you just don't want the gravy train to end. I don't expect Anduril and Palantir to hire a shitty rep: I expect them to get their money's worth out of Hakeem Jeffries and they certainly are.

But as an American I don't fucking rate, and I don't fucking forget, and I DON'T fucking support Chuck Schumer for Senate Majority Leader or Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House.

TL;DR: If you want progressive goals and ideals to never cross a Congressional floor, keep Schumer and Jeffries in their current roles.

#nochuck #nohakeem

Hakeem Jeffries: https://www.change.org/p/house-democrats-choose-a-new-speaker (currently at 985K signatures)

Chuck Schumer: https://www.change.org/p/replace-chuck-schumer-as-senate-majority-leader (currently at 148K signatures)

This win had a lot more to do with MAGA incompetence and abuse than anything Schumer did. This was a visceral reaction to Trump's abominable policies and breath-taking corruption than anything else.

Schmuck isn't responsible for MAGA and SCOTUS gutting the Voting Rights Act, and mobilizing every back citizen to vote, for ICE's brownshirt behavior that mobilized every Latino to switch sides, for Trump deciding to start a war, mobilizing young people, Muslims, and America Firsters, for refusing to release the Epstein Files, mobilizing women and E-Files voters, etc.

People came out in massive numbers not because Schmuck picked good candidates, but because they wanted to crush MAGA. The Dems could have run toddlers, and they still would have won.

Don't forget, he could have gotten one more win, if he'd thrown some money at one of the candidates he DIDNT pick, Angi Nixon in Florida. He wouldn't send her a penny, despite polls showing her within the margin of error.

Also remember that Schmuck's primary priorities are Israel, and Insider Trading. That's his entire motivation for staying in government. He's rich enough, it's time to go.

That is a lot of BS

You’re assuming Chris Van Hollen can’t do those things and have a spine when it comes to Israel and progressive goals.

Schumer is good at politicking. Sure. That doesn’t mean there aren’t better people available.

You forget the sarcasm tag?

I'm so glad we have such competent strategists. I'd be much more glad if they didn't have a seat at Congress at all, so they can focus on strategy and leave politics to people that are clearly better at it than their inept asses.

No.

Schumer is directly responsible for our midterm victory.

what a load of complete rubbish.