Lefties in the House are furious at the lefties in the Senate because they caved to Trump on the continuing resolution.
I, too, think the CR is pretty pathetic, if for rather different reasons. I get why they need to do it, but maintaining spending without making DOGE cuts permanent is disappointing.
House members hoped that creating a “Trump shutdown” would help turn the tables on him–a forlorn hope, but a hope. But Democrats in the Senate, being a bit older, slightly wiser, and a lot more vulnerable to losing key seats and watching all power slip away thought better of stopping the CR.
AOC has been one of the radicals leading the charge against this “betrayal,” and some of her colleagues, we are told, are encouraging her to make a run at ol’ Chuck and bring some AOC-style common sense to the Senate.
Asked by CNN about fellow Democrats encouraging…
