Attitude changes
Well, we have all noticed how the some things have changed lately – Trump’s folks stopped yelling about election fraud when he won, and suddenly the Democrats are saying we must all sing Kumbaya and can’t we just get along? Here is one of the best ones:
Schumer and the Democrats tried to kill the filibuster in 2022 when they had 50 votes – the vice president could have broken the tie – but Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema refused to toe the Democratic party line. They eventually became Independents.
With Manchin and Sinema leaving the Senate, Schumer was confident of having at least 50 Senate seats after this year’s election with a then-potential Vice President Walz breaking the tie on a filibuster vote.
Yeah, not exactly working out for ya, Chuckie?
The result would have essentially meant one-party rule in the Senate, with Schumer also toying with expanding voting rights nationwide by passing the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
He also discussed a potential rule change to codify abortion rights in federal law, a party priority after Roe v. Wade was overturned, which would have faced staunch Republican opposition and lacking a path to 60 Senate votes.
Schumer also posited reforming the Supreme Court by slapping 18-year term limits on justices and touted reversing the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, which determined that presidents are immune from prosecution for some “official acts.”
He has previously announced his intention to move legislation that would expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 members.
Chuckie was going to stuff all that down our throats…until about one election later, when suddenly the Dems are the minority party.
“Take care not to misread the will of the people, and do not abandon the need for bipartisanship. After winning an election, the temptation may be to go to the extreme. We’ve seen that happen over the decades, and it has consistently backfired on the party in power.”
“So, instead of going to the extremes, I remind my colleagues that this body is most effective when it’s bipartisan. If we want the next four years in the Senate to be as productive as the last four, the only way that will happen is through bipartisan cooperation.” Fox News
What was productive about the last four? Schumer’s like the kid who endlessly provokes a fight and then hides behind “you wouldn’t hit someone with glasses, wouldja?”
Now a breath of fresh air. As we all know, the Soros-bought LA DA George Gascon’s reelection bid was defeated. His successor doesn’t sound like he will meekly follow in George’s footsteps, either.
The incoming district attorney for Los Angeles County, Nathan Hochman, said in an interview with The Associated Press that his first task upon taking office is to eliminate the “pro-criminal blanket policies” of one of California’s most high-profile progressive prosecutors, George Gascón.
That means bringing back gang-related sentencing enhancements, allowing prosecutors to file juvenile charges more freely, and having prosecutors attend parole hearings with victims’ families again, where they can help argue against the release of convicts, Hochman said.
The former Republican-turned-independent also plans to return to prosecuting low-level nonviolent crimes that he said the current district attorney has not, such as criminal threats, trespassing, disturbing the peace and loitering, which often involve those experiencing homelessness. AP
And following the miniseries on the Menendez brothers, many (including noted legal expert Kim Kardashian and other Hollywood types) have argued for their parole or release when their resentencing hearing comes up December 11. Gascon said he favored resentencing – Hochman has basically said “don’t hold your breath” and that the public doesn’t know all the details. Guess his chances of making a tape with Kim just plummetted.
Update – Governor Newsom released a statement today 11/19 that he will let Hochman make his determination decide before jumping into the case; probably a wise decision to backoff. If Hochman decides against a reduced sentence Newsom will incur public wrath in over-ruling him. If Hochman reduces their sentence, Newsom looks good for going with the flow. And that, boys and girls, is politics.
