{"id":29261,"date":"2025-03-21T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29261"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:18:44","slug":"the-end-of-schumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29261","title":{"rendered":"The end of Schumer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schumer.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> is <u>very<\/u> good at what he does.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is what he does is <u>not<\/u> good for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>He started his career 50 years ago after getting elected to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyassembly.gov\" target=\"_blank\">State Assembly<\/a> and his now risen to Democrat conference leader in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Senate<\/a>.  He&#8217;s never held a real job, produced anything of value, or been held accountable for his actions.  He started out as solidly pro-gun, shifted 180 degrees and spun around in circles.  Does he really care about <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">2A<\/a>?  I doubt it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after all this time, his comeuppance may be on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Having their ass handed to them after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/06\/nx-s1-5180057\/donald-trump-wins-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s re-election<\/a>, followed-up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/democratic-party-hits-new-polling-low-voters-want-fight-trump-harder-rcna196161\" target=\"_blank\">dismal Democrat Party approval ratings<\/a>, Chuck is in trouble with his own party.  Faced with a government shutdown for which both he and the Democrats would likely be blamed for, Chuck did what he had to do and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/we-had-an-awful-choice-schumer-defends-voting-with-gop-saying-shutdown-would-be-worse\" target=\"_blank\">supported a Republican continuing resolution<\/a> that keeps the government funded through the summer.<\/p>\n<p>This incurred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/19\/chuck-schumer-house-democrat-calls-step-down\" target=\"_blank\">the wrath of the loony left<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/mar\/19\/glenn-ivey-chuck-schumer-republican-funding-bill\" target=\"_blank\">now want Chuck gone<\/a>.  We&#8217;re not at the point yet, but things are not moving in a favorable direction for him or his party.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D29261&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29261\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29261\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=29261\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Schumer is very good at what he does. The problem is what he does is not good for the general public. He started his career 50 years ago after getting elected to the State Assembly and his now risen to Democrat conference leader in the Senate. 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