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Omaha Steve

(108,436 posts)
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:26 PM Mar 2025

MSNBC Host Threatens to Leave Democratic Party: 'They Blew It'


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/msnbc-host-threatens-to-leave-democratic-party-they-blew-it/ar-AA1BX45y

Story by Kevin Scott • 1h

Knewz.com is reporting that MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend recently expressed her outrage with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Sanders-Townsend stated, “I’m going to change my registration to independent.” Schumer recently supported a Republican-crafted government funding bill that passed 54-46, leading to heavy criticism from various party factions.

Sanders-Townsend said, “There’s actually little that the senate minority leader can say and the ten Democrats that voted with the Republicans can say to appease somebody like me.”

Sanders-Townsend added, “They blew it.” She then noted, “The Democratic Tea Party was born the same day Chuck Schumer took to that podium to read that very well crafted statement that told us he folded like a paper napkin.”

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) condemned the choice between a government shutdown and support of the bill. Numerous Democrats have criticized Schumer for wasting an opportunity to use the shutdown threat for better leverage.

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MSNBC Host Threatens to Leave Democratic Party: 'They Blew It' (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2025 OP
Thanks Symone snowybirdie Mar 2025 #1
I stay registered as a Democrat so I can vote in primaries AZProgressive Mar 2025 #2
You didn't get the memo ButchMcMuffin Mar 2025 #14
Again? GoCubsGo Mar 2025 #3
Who gives a shit? PCIntern Mar 2025 #4
I seem Rebl2 Mar 2025 #20
So I guess all of the other Democrats don't count. chowder66 Mar 2025 #5
Only 10 blew it. The rest stood united. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #6
Is 54-46 accurate, or just the usual poor editing from the M$M? AZJonnie Mar 2025 #7
Cloture needs 60 Cirsium Mar 2025 #12
Knewz.com was created by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, uses AI, and is run by ex National Enquirer hack Dylan Howard Celerity Mar 2025 #8
Leave and go where? no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #9
Bye-bye gulliver Mar 2025 #10
Exactly.. These "fair weather" people who call themselves democrats are as phony as they come. They cannot be relied JohnSJ Mar 2025 #13
She is not a serious person Keepthesoulalive Mar 2025 #11
Again? that was her bluster last week. We should ALL be done with HER for this bullshit. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #15
She's a poor replacement for Joy Reid Bayard Mar 2025 #16
We blew it? It was fucking rigged. Initech Mar 2025 #17
If the country had shut down, so would the courts Qutzupalotl Mar 2025 #18
Oh, backstabbing Nancy is weighing in? TexasBushwhacker Mar 2025 #19
Was this the show they replaced Joy Reid with ? JI7 Mar 2025 #21
Yes. mzmolly Mar 2025 #23
Another useful idiot I'll avoid watching. mzmolly Mar 2025 #22
She's always been a bit of a fringe Democrat to me... Wounded Bear Mar 2025 #24

AZProgressive

(29,852 posts)
2. I stay registered as a Democrat so I can vote in primaries
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:30 PM
Mar 2025

I don't think she should leave over Schumer especially when most Democrats in the House & Senate combined voted against it. I would recommend to stay and try to make it better from within.

 

ButchMcMuffin

(81 posts)
14. You didn't get the memo
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:57 PM
Mar 2025

You're supposed to register as a Republican to phuk with their primaries

GoCubsGo

(34,666 posts)
3. Again?
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:33 PM
Mar 2025

I recall that she made this threat a week ago. Hey, Simone! Put up or shut up, already. Your threats are beyond tiresome. At some point you're not going to get the attention that you are seeking.

PCIntern

(27,973 posts)
4. Who gives a shit?
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:34 PM
Mar 2025

I’ve found her smugly disingenuous on a sufficient number of occasions to merit being in my D-List of “pundits”.

I hope, if you love her, that you’re not too terribly offended by my opinion.

Rebl2

(17,402 posts)
20. I seem
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 04:30 PM
Mar 2025

to read a lot of negative comments about her on DU. I don’t watch msnbc anymore, so can’t say anything about her, except from what I have read about her on DU. Don’t think I would watch her show anymore.

AZJonnie

(2,827 posts)
7. Is 54-46 accurate, or just the usual poor editing from the M$M?
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:36 PM
Mar 2025

I thought that CR needed 60, or is this referring to a different 'bill'?

Cirsium

(3,363 posts)
12. Cloture needs 60
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:44 PM
Mar 2025

The cloture was where the Democrats could have blocked the CR from coming to the floor. Once it did come to the floor a simple majority could pass it.

Celerity

(53,688 posts)
8. Knewz.com was created by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, uses AI, and is run by ex National Enquirer hack Dylan Howard
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:36 PM
Mar 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knewz

Knewz.com is an American news and news aggregation website owned by Knewz Media Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Empire Media Group, Inc.

The content is produced by in-house human editors and IT specialists. The site also made use of artificial intelligence algorithms.

Created by News Corp, Knewz features stories from various news websites across the Internet; Knewz shared user data with those websites.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Howard#Empire_Media

Dylan Howard (born 19 January 1982) is an entertainment journalist and media executive. He is best known for his work as editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer tabloid between 2014 and 2020, a period in which he oversaw a number of scandals involving powerful figures.

He is the CEO of Empire Media Group, Inc which owns 12 digital and print brands.

gulliver

(13,714 posts)
10. Bye-bye
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:40 PM
Mar 2025

I wonder what a Dem Tea Party would look like. Would it be 5% of our unreliable, fair weather friend voting blocs? Would it only be obnoxious, self-promoting leaders and voices? It just doesn't strike me as viable, but it might just be a good thing. We would have a foil on the "left" we could use to get more moderates, ideally people who vote with us hell or high water and are low maintenance.

 

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
13. Exactly.. These "fair weather" people who call themselves democrats are as phony as they come. They cannot be relied
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:53 PM
Mar 2025

on.

First she was with Sanders, then when the wind started to blow the other direction she went with Biden, now because she doesn't like what the minority leader did she jumps the boat entirely.

Goodbye Simone. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

The Democratic party needs people who work within the party despite disagreements.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,120 posts)
11. She is not a serious person
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 02:40 PM
Mar 2025

We are donating our time and money to local democrats. Our senators voted against the bill because we put pressure on them . What is she doing other than running her mouth and cashing her checks.

hlthe2b

(112,812 posts)
15. Again? that was her bluster last week. We should ALL be done with HER for this bullshit.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:07 PM
Mar 2025

I was last week when she first pulled this stunt. Symone has NOTHING to offer. NOTHING.

Qutzupalotl

(15,660 posts)
18. If the country had shut down, so would the courts
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:42 PM
Mar 2025

except for a handful of emergency cases.

The judicial is currently the only branch of government functioning enough to provide a check on the executive. Without the courts, the destruction by President Musk and Figurehead Trump would accelerate even more — and we would have NO recourse. The fired employees would have stayed fired. Renditions to torture sites would have continued. The shutdown would continue indefinitely, providing them more cover.

There was no good outcome. Schumer likely chose the least bad option. Instead of attacking him, we should direct our fire to the real domestic enemies.

TexasBushwhacker

(21,094 posts)
19. Oh, backstabbing Nancy is weighing in?
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 04:16 PM
Mar 2025

To hell with them both. I hope Nancy is primaries in 2026.

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