#SchumerShutdown becomes #SchumerSellout as progressives turn on Senate Democrats

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Progressive activists are unhappy with Senate Democrats after all but 16 of them voted to reopen the government without a deal giving amnesty to a huge group of illegal aliens. Schumer agreed to end the shutdown with nothing but a date change to show for it.

Murshed Zaheed, political director of the liberal group CREDO Action, said Democrats’ decision shows Schumer’s willingness to betray progressives.

“Call it the #SchumerSellout,” he said in an interview.

Ben Wikler, a MoveOn.org director, echoed Zaheed’s sentiment.

“Call it the #SchumerSellout,” he said. “What’s clear from today’s joke deal is that the grassroots movement demanding unity and courage has a lot of work to do to ensure that the whole Democratic caucus is ready to fight when the time comes.”

Rep. Luis Guitierrez (D-IL) lashed out at his own party Monday.

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“They caved. They blinked,” he said. “That’s what they do.”

He's right. I worked for two Democratic Senators in the 70s. They always caved. No balls for a knock down fight. — Jeff Nedelman (@JeffNedelman) January 22, 2018

A Twitter user took a swipe at Gutierrez after his comments.

“Says the guy wanting to build Trump’s wall with his own hands,” @JayPSU tweeted in reference to Gutierrez’ offer to build the southern border wall if it gets amnesty for illegals.

“I’ll take a bucket, take bricks, and I’ll start building it myself,” Gutierrez said.

#SchumerSellout has replaced #SchumerShutdown on the Twitter trending topics list which is kinda weird because the mainstream media told us all that the shutdown was Trump’s doing.

https://twitter.com/Sunrise51052/status/955546916892258304

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