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It seems as if Schumer, concerned about being primaried by AOC, figured he had nothing to lose by keeping the government shut down, but that if he didn't shut it down, he would definitely lose the primary to AOC. So it's completely understandable why he would take the position that he has taken (and taking the rest of the Senate Democrats along with him, as Senate minority leader.) A politically very high risk tactic makes sense if it is perceived that the failure to take the risk will definitely have a negative outcome for the politician--as Schumer evidently believes, according to many pundits.
I used to believe my own side - the "good guys" - wouldn't do this crap, wouldn't put personal gain (or loss) above the country and its people. The Biden administration disabused me of that romantic notion. Would Schumer do that, though? I hope not.
But if you even have people like Jake Tapper calling out the strategy, you have to wonder who is making Schumer's decisions for him.
I saw the Tapper piece. He said the party that refuses to vote for the clean CR is, by custom, the one deemed responsible for shutting down the government. I agree.
Tapper isn't the partisan you might think he is. He wrote a book on the Biden disaster, after all.
