Democrats in disarray as rank and file clash with Chuck Schumer's plan to run elderly moderates in must-win races

Chuck Schumer has GOT to go. Not just for age reason, not just for shit shitacularly bad leadership but his total lack of political gamespersonship is embarrassing. Read the room Schumer, pack your shit and git!

More of the same, way to go Chuck.

We have to force this piece of shit out of public life.

Say it together now.... F*** Chuck

At this point, barring some Republican fuckery, the Democrats are going to win the midterms, and potentially 2028, but only in the vein of Keir Starmer, by which point it would mean we get someone even worse in 2032 from the GOP.

I hate Chuck as much as the next guy but this article is just regurgitating old news about him getting Janet Millis to run against Platner. Why are they suddenly writing about this now as if it's new?  Edit: This news site literally just copy and pasted a news article from AP (they wrote yesterday)...

Why can't they vote for a new Senate minority leader?

>Chuck Schumer's plan to run elderly moderates in must-win races No. Though he has institutional knowledge and was a passing tactician, it is time for Chuck to look for a back bench for the remainder of his term. Maybe him getting pushed aside is the impetus the Democrats need. It would not be the first time Senator Schumer has taken one for the team.

Serious question. How do we get him out. Its the same old playbook everytime with this useless sack of shit.

Oust the f****** old bastards, they are out of touch and even more daft than the republicans.

Enough with this goddamn witless drooling gerontocracy.

We are “Dems in disarray”-ing it again? Seem early.

Schumer is running GOP-lite candidates to protect his constituents, those just aren’t democrats

Just let primaries run their course jfc

Show up and vote in Primaries. YOU have the power to chose younger more progressive candidates.

Bought and paid for a long time ago

Get out the way, Chuck, get out the way…

It’s neat how, because the country has quite a diverse range of people in the non-GOP/MAGA column, Democrats are automatically in “disarray” when it comes to fielding candidates across that diverse range. Like, I’m not in favor of elderly or moderate candidates and I’m less and less a fan of Chuck Schumer over the past few years, but it’s quite literally an unavoidable narrative no matter what Democrats do as a party. There are zero scenarios where everyone’s happy with every candidate in the field, whereas in the GOP the candidate most agree on in 95% of districts is the candidate who straddles Trump the hardest.

Controlled opposition. Resign. Out with the old.

Literally. Never. Learns.

Thanks corporate media for making sure we keep our eyes focused on Dems and not all the fuckery the chief pedo is committing. Let's make sure we keep the left divided!

I don't know why the Democrats have such a hard time with this, they have always done their best when they have skewed young. Clinton in '92, Obama in '88, Carter in 1976, Kennedy in 1960, all candidates in their 40s.

Those moderates don't even know where they are. I get that Schumer is too old to understand either but someone needs to go into that old folks home and set things straight!

Chuck Schumer is a POS.

Nonononononono! Chuck has got to go! This man has exceeded his expiration date. We need term limits man.

I don't know much, but Chuck is an idiot. We need a strong leader for one last try to stop America from evolving into pure fascism. It's probably too late, but we need to go down fighting.

Look out the window Chuck, any window at the No King Protests. Kings are elders. You sir, shall not be King of anything moving forward. Time to write your books.

How "elderly"? 60s? OK yeah sure. 70s? Elizabeth Warren? Cool. Others... Yeah no. 80s? Just let go, go enjoy retirement.

Chuck just doing what Israel needs, making sure to undermine any progressives who might reject funding Israel.

They’ll never get out of their own way.

Democrats f****** suck and helped Trump win. You could not convince me otherwise considering how worthless they’ve been - it has to be on purpose.

In Maine we get to choose between someone whos old, or a Marine who got an SS tattoo and a history hes been trying to hide since day one.. how does this state have no one else.

Chuck Schumer was funded by the same mafia members that funded Donald Trump’s businesses in the 90’s. This is not hyperbole. There are news articles about his mob donations. He’s also related to Amy Schumer which should automatically make him ineligible for public office.

The Democratic party needs a massive "all at once, we're finally cleaning house" overhaul. The American public is tired of the "lesser of two evils, Republican Lite" party being the only viable alternative with which to turn regarding where their vote should be counted. Afaic nobody over 55 should remain. If you want to breathe new life into the way this country is governed, you need to make way for new ideas and new perspectives. You won't get that from politicians who have been firmly entrenched in government for decades now. The party must commit to constant turnover and a desire to pass the torch to those up and coming members. The days of Diane Feinstein. Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and their colleagues who have overstayed their welcome needs to end.

There is a maximum age limit for air traffic controllers because they realize that those people make life and death decisions that affect the public, the same should be true for Senators, Congress members, and the president of the United States.

Guys, relax on the Chucky hate... Who else is better at getting us out of this mess than the same old timers who got us in this mess? 🧠

Get that Israeli agent out of our government.

he's such a pos

O f*** that guy. Primary Chuck...

Get him out of there.

Time to chuck the Chuck !

F- Chuck Schumer. Time for the next generation to lead, you spineless b*tch.

Time to retire Chuck!

Schumer is a f****** joke

When can he be primaried?

You had your run, Chuck. Now get the f*** out of the way! -55yo, just left of center voter

Chuckles is actively trying to lose elections. Dude's Bibi's bottom b**** and proud of it, and Bibi prefers the Great Old Pedos.

chuckles time is long over, he’s gotta gtfo

Chuck needs to retire.

Schumer is Israel first

Chuck Schumer is just a Republican in blue clothes

Can you imagine the dilemma Schumer is going through right now? It's gotta be really tough to choose between the American people that it's your actual job to protect and all that Israeli lobbying money.

But folks, THIS TIME it’ll work. Seriously what could possibly go wrong?

Chuck better get his shit together and hear the people.

Why not 8th is a charm It’s gotta work this time right? Come on guys we are the kind corporate owned politicians

If Democrats can't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory America might actually be a decent place.

Get rid of him and replace him with AOC. She won't be president, but she can be just as effective as head of the Dem party!

Time to step aside and go retire in Israel, Chuck.

So pumped for elderly moderates. LFG!!!

NO no more surrender Dems we will disband the country if they refuse to stop being controlled opposition.

Shumer doesn’t ultimately pick the candidates, primary voters do. You wanna get your kind of Dem candidate elected, then take the time to VOTE in primaries and tell your friends to. Otherwise all this railing at Shumer is useless.

I wish NY would send Schumer packing. He’s ineffective and not the right person for the job.

Cuck Schumer out here doing his best to make sure Democrats lose every single time

How did the children of the people who fought in WWII become a bunch of evil, cretinous fucks who will literally watch the world burn if it means they stay in power?

If Chuck stays you can guarantee Republicans will win the war in the end.

Schumer needs to be retired.

Republicans are in disarray because the rampant pedophile magas are angry at the concentration camp magas, who have finally had it with the Iran war magas Democrats are in disarray because \*checks notes\* people younger than Trump are running

Wheel every politician over 60 to the unemployment line. Wheel every politician over 70 into retirement homes. Wheel every politician over 80 into hospice care. Put the rest on notice that they're going to get primaried.

That's what we need. More old politicians dying in office and possibly losing a seat in between election cycles. BRILLIANT strategy, Chuckie.

when an old man dedicates more time to moderates and isreal than actually listening to the people who hes supposed to represent...this is the outcome. We need to get rid of every single AIPAC congress person and every single Status Quo moderate

Is this "clash" happening anywhere other than Maine? Feels like the DSCC got the candidates they wanted in all of the other high profile primaries. Who knows if they'll win or not, but hard to argue there were better alternatives to people like Roy Cooper or Mary Peltola in states where Dems start as underdogs.

F*** you Schumer, we’re not here for Israel. I’m in no way maga, but America first. Education, healthcare, infrastructure, then maybe.

One thing to remember is that even if the likes of Chuck back "Establishment" candidates its party members who decide who the final candidate is. Get involved in the primary process, get the progressive, motivated and determined candidates through and keep pushing back against a tone dead leadership until they get it through their heads their approach is wrong and outdated and they should read the room and get out of the way. The regressive fascist rot that is the Republican Party cannot be dealt with anything less than scorched earth tactics.

Chuck Schumer is actively hurting his own party for years now. How bad does it have to get before we demand his removal as Minority Leader?

Chuck owes more to foreign lobbies and imaginary suburban couples. Everyone else seems to have more political sway than the American people. It's almost like Americans don't elect their representatives, they're simply advertised and placed.

His sole contribution to left efforts will be to kneecap them before they can take off. He needs to go. Now.

Chuck Schumer is basically a Republican at this point.

Like RGB, Schumer and the old guard are holding onto power purely out of pride. There's no ideological bent (aside from maybe the Israel shit) beyond "we're the top of the totem pole, we'll hold onto this shit literally until we die because f*** you it's still my turn"

What happened at the 1968 dem convention? Those folks didnt want change when the the youth vote brought it with them, seems very similar. Check that near history folks, 1968 Dem Convention same energy

I mean, Listnook skews very left wing. I’m a moderate. I’m pro Israel (though not pro Netanyahu). I’m left on healthcare, fairly left on environment, fairly right on guns. I’m very anti Trump. Much to the chagrin of the progressive far left, There’s a whole lot of people like me. I would like to see younger candidates though, that is for sure!

This is called "controlled opposition". They'd rather let fascism win than allow people to choose if they want to support the cult of Zionism.

Schumer only cars about isreal. Hes said it himself, his job is to keep dems pro isreal

He needs to f****** go. He doesn’t want to run people who are progressive and younger than 90, because that would piss off the billionaires bankrolling the Democratic Party. F*** Schumer.

I literally said this to my wife last night. I don't care about Graham Platner's nazi tattoos from when he was young and stupid, or the things he said (whether he believed them or not), or his other baggage. We just DON'T need an almost-80-year old Janet Mills in our Senate seat. We need anyone but Susan Collins returning there. I'm literally voting for anyone else but those two, so Graham Platner it is. And as I said in a comment in a different thread, I don't even care who endorses who. When's the last time endorsing someone has actually mattered? 10/20/30+ years ago? I'm not waiting to vote for someone based on who endorsed them, and while I overall don't mind Janet Mills as our governor (save for what I'd call some "questionable" decisions), I'm not basing my opinion of her on whether or not she decides to endorse Platner or not after the primary.

What is it called when you do the same thing over and over again expecting a different result?

Big mistake having a zionist zealot at Dem leader.

Let go, old man. It's not yours to hold anymore.

Controlled Opposition

There is the snatching defeat from the jaws of victory we know.

Am I the only one who think it's cray-cray that the Dem leader in the Senate is a guy who's consistently used imaginary Republicans as his lodestone?

We are trapped in the Democratic Party's ongoing Vietnam PTSD flashbacks of its loss to Reagan. Today's Democrats are more right wing than Reagan was, and they would rather lose and shut out people who want to actually do good than rock the boat. They don't deserve your money or your vote until the party is unmade and remade into an actual pro-labor party that isn't afraid to wield power to do good.

F*** Chuck!

There's a headline crafted for Listnook.

Here’s a fancy idea, if you live in a state with dems, apply pressure. Make it known to them that you don’t like Chucks leaderships. If you live in New York apply pressure to him directly. He cant do more damage if you remove him. Youre not gonna enact political change with a snarky listnook post about him being an isreal simp.

He's just a tool of the oligarchs.

Chuck Schumer is hell bent on giving Republicans another term.

"Politicians are a lot like diapers – they should be changed frequently and for the same reason" -Robin Williams

The establishment is bucking change because it means that wealth redistribution will be utilized. Then the party runs smear campaigns and "moderate" candidates to siphon support from the "more radical" flank, thus ratcheting yhe entire country to the right. The DNC has tried being "safe" and "electable" 3 election cycles in a row only to lose 2 of those times to the greater evil. They have moved to capture moderates each election, and disinfranchised their voterbase in the process because of it. It acts in direct opposition to workers because it would upset their wealthy donors and constituents to pass legislation or action that empowers all Americans. They know they're the only "viable" option, so they produce the bare minimum to oppose the actions of the GOP because they know they will already be granted votes. Then, when people criticise the actions of the DNC and it's affiliated members, party loyalists spring into action to defend the machine at all costs. They tell us to make our own party if we suggest ideas that expand liberties and opportunities to all. They say we directly aid the GOP when we make moral ultimatums that put the value of human life above profit. They personally attack people even when they make nuanced policy suggestions or analysis. If anything, it seems like the only "purity tests" going on are that of keeping things the way they are and never addressing the festering problems that gave us Trump in the first place. Since the beginning of Trump's second term, the Democrats have conceeded to the demands of republicans multiple times. Not only did they confirm very consequential appointments, but they have helped pass legislation that objectively makes life worse in America. They have no vision to stop the descent into authoritarianism, let alone a vision for the future. They refuse to take chances because they want to preserve personal privileges. We have to demand our represenation from them, because they are too comfortable now treating us like numbers instead of people. It's either act as a mechanism to unite the working class or the Democratic Party becomes a relic of history. Maybe there's a reason it's collapsing and we need to take it into consideration when rescuing democracy from the clutches of fascism in America.

lol disarray f*** forbes for thinking that word has rhetorical power in 2026. disarray suggests comprehensibility, light years from whatever the f*** the right is doing.

This idiot HAS to go.

Corporate whores be corporate whores.

It’s insane. The country was begging for change in 2024 and they voted for change. The change was letting a villain take over but it was change. In 2026 there is another desire for change. Democrats have an opportunity to fix their strategy but nope let’s run with a group who in any other industry would be long retired.

Same-OLD Schumer same old playbook, time for him to be voted out of office and power asap

F*** off with that! I’m an old person and even I want young progressives

low effort ragebait

Isn't Janet Mills like the least popular governor in the country?

He wants republicans to win who will give taxpayer money to Israel

The wrinkled, decrepit claw of 90s corporate democrats clinging on to a tattered american flag trying to rise

The democrats will always find a way to loose

If only they could get their act together

The thought is right but his approach to achieving the goal has bad optics even if it is to be successful.

Chuck is there to ensure the rich are covered even if the Dems win.

Schumer is the biggest leader sinking the democrats right now. Step down FFS.

Defeat from the jaws of victory. Dems might as well make it the slogan at this point