Most everyone has seen a child throwing a temper tantrum or having a meltdown—crying inconsolably, screaming, throwing and breaking things.
Right now, a fair proportion of Democrats are throwing a tantrum of their own, their ire focused on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who’s seen demonstrations outside the building where he lives in New York City as well as outside his Senate office in Washington.
Going after Schumer is a curious outlet for their discontent. From the calls for Schumer to step down from his leadership post, one might plausibly think he had become embroiled in a sex scandal or implicated in some kind of financial misdeed. In fact, Schumer simply voted a week ago in favor of a Republican-sponsored government spending measure that kept the government from shutting down.
Schumer has explained, maybe not well, that in the context of everything President Trump has done over the 63 days since taking office, shutting the government down might not be in the best interest of the country or the U.S. economy. A lot of Americans, both federal employees and regular
What is The Cook Political Report?
The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the US House of Representatives, US Senate, Governors and President as well as American political trends.
Subscribe Today
Our subscribers have first access to individual race pages for each House, Senate and Governors race, which will include race ratings (each race is rated on a seven-point scale) and a narrative analysis pertaining to that race.