The co-host of “The View” argued whether Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer Dn.Y. had made the right move by working with Republicans to avoid government shutdowns.
Schumer was denounced last week by members of his own party and liberal media personalities after passing an ongoing resolution and voting with Republicans to avoid closure.
Since then, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of his longtime ally, criticized him at a press conference in San Francisco, saying, “I don't give anything myself. I think that happened the other day.”
Woopi Goldberg, co-host of “The View,” shared the clip with his co-host and asked if he agreed.
Schumer's choice to vote for a Republican has infuriated many of his democratic allies during the second Trump administration. (AP/Getty Images)
Democrats were attacked by Schumer for “betrayal” of siding with Trump
“Well, she backed up that bus over him,” said co-hosting Alyssa Farrr Griffin. “How many dems are surprised at how impending this is. I mean, I was surprised to see Hakeem Jeffries saying that Chuck Schumer should be the leader. It's cautious, but honestly, I think we should consider purely aside, as his message is respectful and disastrous.”
She appeared in Schumer's recent “The View,” where he said he appeared to criticize Americans for wanting low taxes.
“Most Americans feel they're paying taxes and want to keep more of their hard-earned money, evidenced by the fact that many people are fleeing to the Red State,” she said.
She also laughed at him for the message that Democrats were “united in chasing Trump,” claiming that the message was lost in the 2024 election.
Co-host Joy Bear expressed his dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party and urged them to stop.
“No, no, no, stop the fact that Nancy is criticizing Schumer!” Behar said.
“He was supposed to be fighting for the American people who felt the way they felt,” replied co-host Sony Hostin. “The Americans I spoke to, those who approach me almost every day, say they don't feel like the party is fighting for them.”
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., will be seen ahead of the ongoing solution to avoid government shutdowns in Washington, D.C. on March 14, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadoll via Getty Images)
CNN political analysts say Dems is unleashing “volcanic wrath” towards the cave of the spending bill
Hostin said Schumer “had the opportunity to fight for them. Chuck Schumer had no gains from falling into the cave in the GOP.”
“Now, let's not take down the corpses,” Behar said. “My body is dead.”
Co-host Sarah Haynes defended Schumer's decision as a practical option.
“It would have been worse if he hadn't admitted. It would have been worse because Pelosi knows from her experience that she told her negotiators didn't have a vote for Chuck Schumer,” Haynes said.
“One of the things that changed my mind was calling him yesterday on the carpet and saying, “How do you lead when only nine Democrats follow you?” And someone shared something that changed my perspective a little bit,” Haynes said. “They had exactly the number they needed to not close, so he probably hid from a ton of Democrats that they probably knew their voters would rebel if they shut down the government and shut it down honestly –“
“He gives the GOP the report and do whatever they want to do!” Hostin intervened.
“It's a minority. They don't have mathematics. It's just basic mathematics!” Haynes insisted. “There's a fact there. That's not an opinion. They can't avoid this. If they had bent their knees and pushed back just to show the masses they were fighting, we'd have broken it even more.”
The “view” co-host discussed the current internal conflict of the Democrats during the Trump administration.
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Haynes pointed out that there are many lawsuits related to Doge and Elon Musk hanging in the balance, claiming she believes in the judicial system and that closures were ultimately the worst case scenario.
“When you say to the cave and 'Well, they don't listen to the rules anyway,' you're giving them a shutdown that allows them to legally do exactly what they're doing now,” Haynes said.
“No one is fighting for the American people, it's defenseless, it's weak,” Hostin argued.
Griffin replied, “Closing the government is not fighting for the American people.”
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer was pressed by “The View” earlier this month about his decision to vote for a GOP spending bill to continue funding the government. (View/Screenshot)
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Hanna Panreck of Fox News contributed to this report.
