The Democratic Party is suffering what 16th-century Catholic poet St. John of the Cross described as a “long dark night of the soul.” Rather than rallying together to oppose President Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda, high-profile lawmakers have devolved into backbiting and ideological division. It’s a situation that has become all too apparent to the electorate and is writ large in the desultory polling numbers.
Schumer vs AOC
As Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has quite the claim to being his party’s leading voice. And yet, after choosing to support a Trump-backed continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government lights on last week, prominent colleagues have determined that his years of service are more an embarrassment than a blueprint.
Speaking with CNN, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) lambasted Schumer, saying that…
