On Tuesday, the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View finally got their highly anticipated chance to rage and vent at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for leading nine other Democrats to vote for the Republican Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown. Their reactions ranged from simply asking “why” to questioning his ability to lead and suggesting he should “step aside” as a leader of the party and make way for younger radicals.
They kicked off the show with a conversation about who the options were to lead the party, with moderator Whoopi Goldberg making clear that the cast had a stake in it. “[W]hich Democrat do you see stepping up to lead the party?” she asked. “[Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) is] not wrong when he says the party is us and what are we going — what are we prepared to do?”
When Schumer finally came on, over 10 minutes later, Goldberg immediately pressed him on why he wanted to avoid a government shutdown. “I’m just going to throw it out there. Why? What were you thinking, and why?” she asked simply.
“Okay. So look, I knew it was a difficult choice and I knew that I’d get a lot of criticism for my choice but I felt as a leader I had to do it,” Schumer defended himself. “And here’s what would happen if we cut off government spending. It would be devastation like we have never seen.”
It did little to dissuade the angry liberal ladies. […]
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