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Liberals livid after deal to end shutdown
Activist groups were angry at how the negotiations turned out, with some
calling it '#SchumerSellout.'
By ELANA SCHOR 01/22/2018 02:09 PM EST Updated 01/22/2018 04:21 PM EST
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Liberal activists are furious with Democratic senators after most of them
agreed to reopen the federal government without a firm path to shielding
young immigrants from deportation.
As the third day of the shutdown dawned, liberal advocates and immigration
groups fired off a joint statement blasting as "unacceptable" Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) offer to merely hold a vote on
immigration — with no promises for action from the House or White House —
in exchange for Democratic votes to reopen the government. But three hours
later, Democratic senators agreed to just those terms — sparking anger on
the left.
"Millions of people flooded the streets of every major American city to
stand up to Trump this weekend," tweeted Leah Greenberg, the co-executive
director of the influential activist network Indivisible. "Your constituents
want you to fight. How can you possibly not understand that?"
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday argued Democrats secured
critical assurance for Dreamers, who are at risk for deportation as soon as
March after President Donald Trump's decision to end the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals program.
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“We have a way to address the fate of the Dreamers, starting right now
instead of waiting until March," Schumer said on the floor.
But activist groups that have provided his caucus crucial firepower during
fights against GOP health care and tax bills were not buying that
explanation.
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. "Hashtagged."
Ben Wikler, Washington director of MoveOn.org, slammed McConnell's offer to
Democrats and lamented the minority's splintering over protecting Dreamers.
"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," he said in an
interview.
United We Dream executive director Cristina Jimenez, whose group has
mobilized its grassroots to push for Dreamer protection, tweeted that "Dems
failed to fight & use their leverage to protect immigrant youth. A false
promise to vote on immigration from Rs is not a strategy to win. We won't be
fooled. This vote means deportation."
Not every group on the left lambasted Senate Democrats on Monday.
Chuck Schumer is pictured. | AP Photo
White House: Democrats 'blinked' in shutdown showdown
By CRISTIANO LIMA
Organizing for Action, an offshoot of the political organizing arm built by
former President Barack Obama, attempted to keep the blame for the three-day
shutdown on the GOP even as it offered only faint praise for the Senate
agreement.
“The good news for the American people is that the government shutdown – a
crisis needlessly manufactured by Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and the White
House – will soon be over," OFA spokesman Jesse Lehrich said in a
statement. "But let’s be clear: This stopgap measure is not a solution. It
’s merely a band-aid for a self-inflicted wound that remains untreated."
Schumer spokesman Matt House urged all supporters of Dreamer aid to come
together around securing the strongest possible showing for an immigration
deal next month, when McConnell has vowed to move to a debate on the issue.
“Let’s take advantage of the renewed attention and sympathy for Dreamers,
and focus on winning the vote 17 days from now," House said by email.
House Democratic leaders are expected to vote against the Senate's three-
week government funding patch, which cleared a key procedural hurdle on an
81-18 vote. That opposition may ensure that the ire of activists remains
trained on the upper chamber, where only 16 Democrats voted against
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: angry-357268
: Liberals livid after deal to end shutdown
: Activist groups were angry at how the negotiations turned out, with some
: calling it '#SchumerSellout.'
: By ELANA SCHOR 01/22/2018 02:09 PM EST Updated 01/22/2018 04:21 PM EST
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: Liberal activists are furious with Democratic senators after most of them
: agreed to reopen the federal government without a firm path to shielding
: young immigrants from deportation.
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