Joy Reid wants her followers to know that when Sen. Chuck Schumer caved on the government shutdown after three whole days (two of which being a weekend), that this wasn’t the Democrats LOSING.
No no, they were winning.
Or something.
And we thought Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s take on it was pathetic.
Important points by @Lawrence: there was much more orchestration going on behind the scenes by Democrats than you know. Schumer knew he would take the base hit, but he gave some of his "yes" voters important opportunities to nail McConnell on preventing funding to military etc.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 23, 2018
According to Joy, there WAS a man behind the curtain.
Votes are only part of what Senators do. And smart Senate leaders take the arrows and give their vulnerable members ammunition for their home state politics. And the new deadline of February 8th is the CONTINUATION of this process. It ain't over, folks.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 23, 2018
So by losing, Schumer was really winning.
"Even when we lose, we win" The Democrats.
— DacianRomân???? (@Uselessrant) January 23, 2018
K.
Sorry Joy, but this is over. Democrats have cried wolf and the GOP knows it. Schumer made an ass of himself and the entire Democratic party while he was at it; we’re still not sure what he thought shutting the government down would accomplish.
Mental gymnastics score: pic.twitter.com/Q3Kc6zRzH1
— Jen DinNJ (@JenDinnj) January 23, 2018
She’s doing some SERIOUS spinning here. Wow.
Ahhhhh the backpedal. Priceless.
— Francesca ? (@TheFrancescaF) January 23, 2018
Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.
Spin all you want. The Dems got their asses handed to them. And it was glorious.
— Blue State Snooze (@BlueSnoozeBlue) January 23, 2018
Glorious.
Spectacular.
Fantastic.
Yes.
Exactly! He put McConnell in the spotlight. Brilliant!
— Tracy (@chesse47) January 23, 2018
Schumer has McConnel RIGHT where he wants him. HAAAAAAAA.
Joy had a ton of pushback on her spin … from Democrats:
Well I’m a NY voter and you can be sure he’s going to take my “hit” when he tries to get re-elected.
— William Wittman (@weedywet) January 23, 2018
Sounds like trouble in paradise to us.
Not buying this and other positive spins on what happened today. IMO Dems lost. Even if DACA vote goes well u can bet Dems will not get the credit. A lot of media spin can happen in 3wks. Dems should have stood strong today. Spineless
— ernestine (@ernestineward) January 23, 2018
Truth.
It’s time for the Dems to quit caving this is why they keep losing
— debbie cordoza (@dannluvbears) January 23, 2018
That and their policies are crap.
True! But Dems need to get consistent talking points & repeat them as much as repubs do on Fox. Dems should’ve repeated on every network that Senator McCaskill motioned to fund the military & McConnell objected.??♀️Another missed opportunity. Dems need a repetitive message!
— Dana Johnson (@nvfoxe1) January 23, 2018
Sorta true BUT Schumer still sucks.
We like it.
Not feeling it.
Angry and tired. pic.twitter.com/ZnhpJE62qo— Thomas Lane (@shotgun314159) January 23, 2018
The reality of the Democratic party in 2018. ^
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