Democrats have truly painted themselves into a corner with the Schumer Shutdown.
First, they had a completely unnecessary government closure that they painted as necessary to "save healthcare."
Then, after weeks of making federal employees go without a paycheck and even putting our air travel at risk, finally enough Senate Democrats joined the Republicans to vote to reopen the government.
But if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) thought this was going to make him look good to the left, the failure to walk away with anything has only angered his flock all the more.
Indivisible, a group involved in many protests and funded in part by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, announced it would be launching its "largest primary program" ever.
“Chuck Schumer and a critical mass of Senate Democrats surrendered,” Ezra Levin, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible, said in a statement that was released on Monday.
“This is no longer about them — it’s about us.”
The statement said one of the criteria for support from the group would be if candidates passed the litmus test of not supporting Schumer for leader. The group also renewed its call on Schumer to step aside.
While no sitting senator has called on Schumer to step aside as leader, multiple Democrats who hope to win Senate seats next year have expressed opposition to him remaining, including Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Iowa state Sen. Zach Wahls and fellow Hawkeye State hopeful Nathan Sage, and Graham Platner of Maine.
Indivisible claimed they had made "consistent good faith efforts to work with Democratic leadership to deliver for working families. Those efforts have been unsuccessful."
Levin appeared on a podcast where he called the capitulation "Kabuki theater." He said you can't just look at the Democrats who voted "yes" for the deal in the Senate.
“This was Kabuki theater. They looked at the number they needed, which was eight. They looked at who is retiring and who is not up for reelection. They said, "Okay, you guys, you take...the fall, you take the heat."
He said, "They think we're stupid."
Oh, boy, does that invite a response. If you're a radical leftist, then, yes, that's axiomatic; you're on the wrong side of common sense. But on this one subject of the Kabuki theater, I'm inclined to agree with him. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) predicted it would go down that way. When Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Minority Whip, who is not running for reelection in 2026, joined the "yes" team, that made me even more inclined to think that.
But that wasn't all in the report.
A high-level Democratic source dismissed Levin’s proclamation, saying the group “has threatened [House Minority Leader Hakeem] Jeffries, Schumer and every other elected Democrat — but to the overall electorate that wants government to function, Indivisible just doesn’t matter.
“They have a toxic brand that Republicans exploit,” this person told The Post.
Ouch. Indivisible is going to love hearing that. That's true, too. The general electorate doesn't give a darn about this group or their protests. They're going to vote on who they think is delivering the better product. And the more aligned with extremism the Democrats are, the more the majority will reject them.
Democrats are caught in a whipsaw. They're trying to play to the left because they don't want to have to deal with actions against them. But then that can harm them with the middle, which matters more when it comes to votes.
So pass the popcorn, and watch as they continue to fight and implode.