Schumer on MSNBC: McConnell has destroyed the Senate.

[madaboutharry]

McConnell has abused his power and has defiled the Senate.

That is 100% true.

[Sherman A1]

1. He is being charitable

very charitable.

[madaboutharry]

3. I'm sure not so charitable in private.

Can you imagine Schumer and Pelosi talking about Trump when no one else is in the room? It must be priceless.

[Blue Owl]

2. The turtle must be destroyed

n/t

[Cha]

4. All for Putin via his Puppetrump.

[moonscape]

11. And for our own oligarchs: Sheldon Adelson, Koch brothers, et al n/t

[bdamomma]

5. McConnell

will portray himself as an asshole again, and he will screw us all again just like he did with Kavanot. He had no remorse. Moscow Mitch needs to choke on his greed and his dirty deeds.

He must go. He is a threat to our fading Democracy.

[Groundhawg]

6. I wish we had never got rid of the filibuster. We could have blocked both Gorsch and kavanaugh and

his new pick.

[roamer65]

7. Time for it to go completely.

It’s not in the Constitution.

[Maven]

9. The filibuster should go entirely.

The Senate is already an antimajoritarian body. We need to win the Senate by huge numbers of votes to even achieve a simple majority in the chamber. Requiring a 60-vote majority to get cloture on any bill effectively keeps Democrats from governing even when we win.

[bluecollar2]

8. So what?

You let it happen Chuck...

[Maven]

10. The Senate is a defective institution.

It is an instrument of minority rule.

Schumer needs to acknowledge that publicly and work for structural change.

Reliance on your "colleagues across the aisle" to observe norms and then issuing statements when they don't is totally worthless.

[Xolodno]

12. The whole point of the Senate was to avoid...

...tyranny of the majority and it worked for a long time. The filibuster was there to encourage bipartisanship...but in time, became a tool adverse to its intent, namely blocking any and all legislation. Now the Senate has become the tyranny of the minority.

It's clear Moscow Mitch has no respect for the institution like he has no respect for his children of a previous marriage. Mitch killed decorum and respect in the Senate, time for us to acknowledge it and play dirty. Mitch doesn't think he's over played his hand, time to show him otherwise.

[UCmeNdc]

13. McConnell just lies to Schumer. That is the problem in the Senate.