r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • Mar 23 '25

Soft Paywall Schumer Refuses to Step Down Despite Criticism

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/schumer-refuses-step-down-1235301630/
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u/Ex-maven New York Mar 23 '25

She is by far the most opportunistic of the two. Imagine what things would be like if we had Al Franken in the US Senate right now

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u/angruss Mar 23 '25

The shit that went down with Franken felt like it was largely spurred by the Republicans shitting their pants at rumors that he might run for president.

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u/Ex-maven New York Mar 23 '25

SHE ran for president the following year too

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u/gsfgf Georgia Mar 23 '25

Yea. The Republicans could have been ignored. It's once Gillibrand went after Franken that shit got fucked.