cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42579679
Jon Queally
Feb 02, 2026Progressive critics of Senate Minority Chuck Schumer had fresh reasons to speak out Sunday after the powerful New York Democrat said that “one of many of [his] jobs” in the US Senate was to fight for ongoing taxpayer-funded military and financial assistance to the Israeli government, a position that has been the focus of growing protest among rank-and-file party members and the public at large in the face of Israel’s brutal genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza.
“I have many jobs as [Senate] leader… and one is to fight for aid to Israel — all the aid that Israel needs,” Schumer said at a gathering of Jewish leaders and community members in New York on Sunday.
According to Jacob Kornbluh, who provided footage of the remarks while reporting for The Forward, Schumer told the audience that his support for Jewish security funding will only continue growing under his leadership, calling it his “baby.”
Any politician that answers that their job is anything other than to serve their constituents interests and work to make their lives better doesn’t deserve the job.
He’s had decades to figure it out. Time to give someone else a chance.
Yes, and…
To steer the policies of the nation as a whole in a way that his constituents desire, (or for the good of the nation). His role certainly extends to monitoring and defining what the nation does in the name of it’s citizens.
But he has done none of that, either.
I’ll be cynical, his job is to get elected. The way that has traditionally worked is by making constituents happy.
He is failing at that job because he’ll be primaried in his next election.
As minority leader, his job is to become majority leader. Again, traditionally, by making the nation happy with the party. He’s failing there because right now everyone (other than consultants) hates his fecklessness. Which is a major drag on the Democrat party.
Senators need to show some backbone and oust him as minority leader, he’s failing miserably. They are failing by playing nice with this loon.
Treason- The betrayal of allegiance toward one’s own country, especially by committing hostile acts against it or aiding its enemies in committing such acts.
Example: These politicians should be tried for treason. https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
His “job” is to serve another country before America. Behold, great leader Schumer.
What a fucking scumbag, cheerleader for genocide, overall garbage human.
TRAITOR
And traitors deserve death. It’s time to start making them afraid. Very afraid.
I thought he was a US Senator representing New York State. Is New York so expensive he needed a second job?
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If only he worked to improve their material conditions instead of using billions to fund a fascist apartheid state’s genocide
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Oh so you don’t even hide being pro-genocide. Absolutely disgusting.
Even if the Jewish people of NY were monolithic in support for Israel, which they aren’t, that’s not an excuse to be pro-genocide.
Not to mention the over vast majority of all the other constituents that DO care about affordability and DON’T want to fund genocide.
oh wait, was i suppose to pretend the genocide doesn’t exist or something?
it doesn’t matter if they are monolithic or not, the ones with the money largely are.
follow the money.
Christian Zionists far outnumber Jewish Zionists. Conflating Zionism and Judaism is antisemitic.
No ordinary person benefits from genocide, Jewish or not. Only the capital owners, who are heavily invested in military profits. Which they would do on the basis of being a capital owner.
sorry what are we talking about now? now we are talking about Christian Zionists?
I thought we were talking about chuck schumers support as a senator of a state with the largest jewish population in the USA and why he gets lots of money for being pro israeli in that state?
I’ve completely lost what your point is.
I don’t give a shit what the ones with money want. Well, not more than any other person. I also don’t give a shit if Schumer does care more. The point is that his take is absolute garbage.
He’s a literal neo-nazi or at least is co-opting neo-nazi dogwhistles to spread neo-nazi ideology. “follow the money” in reference to “the rich ones (jews)”
Bro deserves to be killed.
61% of american jews believe israel commit war crimes. You are just being antisemetic if you believe most american jews support Isrseli crimes. Chuck Schumer only support the jewish supermasists not regular jews
Holy shit that’s brazen. We need to impeach him.
We would need the entire Democrat establishment in senate to vote him out as minority leader, then they would need to have a majority vote to impeach. It ain’t happening unless we primary a large number of sitting senators this next midterm.
So yeah, lets primary these fucks.
Primary every one of them.
This ain’t exactly the first time he’s said it
Yup, and the reason he’s minority leader is because he’s helping coordinate these efforts and collecting israeli donations for the whole lot of 'em. They’re all funded by the same people funding the GOP.
The opposition is an illusion.
He’s said it outright?
By “job” he didn’t mean his actual job, silly! That’s what, $200K a year?
Chuck can make that much in one night with the right “donors”.
I wonder if he gets “donations” from Israel? Hmmm, it’s a mystery
Whelp, we can’t know, Super-PACs are free speech and all oh well our hands are tied. Sorry, no minimum wage increase this year :(
What in the actual fuck.
I’m so very tired of the Israel first policy.
We don’t owe Israel any money. Someone explain why the fuck Israel has universal health care and we don’t…
Schumer is a fascist collaborator. He facilitates Israeli fascism. He facilitates Republican fascism.
Chuck Schumer is an odious individual, but don’t ever think for one second that he is stupid or incompetent. He accomplishes every task he sets out to.
Cuck Schumer
“I will continue to fight for it.,” Schumer continued. “We delivered more security assistance to Israel, our ally, than ever, ever before.”
What’s a little ongoing genocide between friends? Chuck knows who pays him, and that’s who he serves, not the people.
You know, after the Nazis fell, the figureheads in charge of the puppet government in France were put on trial for treason. Just a thought.
wow what a piece of shit. mindlessly pandering to a group of genociders in the midst of a genocide. Is genocider right? What would you call an isreali who’s actively trying to wipe out an entire race of people? genocidist? a kapo?
anyway, it’s long past time that motherfucker left in disgrace
It’s not mindless. Schumer deliberately chose his side long ago.
