Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY -

[demmiblue]

Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.

Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.

The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.

— Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz.bsky.social) 2026-01-15T20:52:38.313Z

Forgetting Minnesota/ICE ... Schumer appears to be making a choice.

— Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz.bsky.social) 2026-01-15T21:17:08.819Z

[ibegurpard]

1. JFC...

[likesmountains 52]

2. That's exciting..Really gonna fire up the base.

[BlueKota]

3. To not even mention how Ice is terrorizing

American cities is not a good choice. Yes economics is almost always the #1 issue at the ballot box, but I think the increasing authoritarianism by tsf and his enablers, is starting to resonate with more people, and to just ignore it, seems like it will hurt the party more than help it.

[SamKnause]

4. Clueless.

[BeyondGeography]

5. War has been declared on blue cities, with immunity guarantees from the WH for anyone who abuses or kills people

And Chuck is telling us we’re on our own.

Unbelievable.

[Rebl2]

12. Chuck

old boy, needs to be replaced immediately.

[Hey Joe]

6. What an embarrassment to not prioritize losing

our civil rights due to the actions of ICE. We need younger, stronger voices in our party who have the stamina and courage to stand up to these Nazis or this will be a long slide into totalitarianism.
Or maybe a short one.

[leftstreet]

10. +1

[Clouds Passing]

7. No chuckie, American people are demanding that you defund ice, and stop the fascist regime.

[betsuni]

8. That's their affordability plan. Schumer has already ... oh never mind. Have fun bashing. This is a Democratic site.

[mr715]

17. A plan presented with a passion of a deflated squash nt

[Jack Valentino]

18. Criticism is not 'bashing'....

[Scrivener7]

22. Yes. And he hasn't "already" done anything about Minnesota, and he's said precious little.

[leftstreet]

9. Party like it's 1996!

Retire

[Arazi]

11. Primary him

[Phoenix61]

13. What a clueless twat.nt

[vanessa_ca]

14. I'll keep my thoughts to myself. The comments on Reddit are BRUTAL

Hopeful centrists who think the midterms are in the bag if they can just tamp down the criticism might wanna think about leaving the DU bubble and take careful note of the pulse on the street.

It's not good.

It's very angry.

And not just at the Republicans.

One sample Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qcnr8h/schumer_tells_the_ap_democrats_are_preparing_for/

[Scrivener7]

15. He really hasn't said much about fascists taking over the streets of a Democratic city.

And he's certainly DONE nothing.

And I've voted for him every time. I actually feel bad about that.

[Jack Valentino]

19. Certainly a Republican senator in that New York seat wouldn't be a solution---

but the Democratic primary could be

[Scrivener7]

21. Of course.

[mr715]

16. Resign.

Get us a news cycle at least.

[Intractable]

20. Chuck Schumer giving his most inspirational talk.

He has to go. Preferably replaced by AOC.

I've disliked him as a politician for many years.

So you say, "He's done some good." Well, that's his job!

[dalton99a]

23. Now repeat "We Will Win"

[Prairie Gates]

24. Got one of those push polls yesterday about a Dem primary

Like "if you knew X, would that make you more or less likely to vote for (our guy)"

My initial statement was that I would vote for the person fighting ICE (who was not their guy). The only statement to which I answered that it would make me more likely to vote for their guy was he would fight ICE and the federal government.

At the end they asked me if I had anything else to say. I told them FUCK ICE and I would only vote for a candidate who is 100% in on abolishing ICE, period.

You have to communicate this shit clearly to the centrist Dems. If you want our votes in a primary, you had better be talking about putting Greg Bovino in prison and firing every demented fascist that's put on the goofy uniforms.

[mr715]

25. Now consider...

How much money did the DNC or its satellite offices spend on conducting that poll. How much money lined the pockets of fancy people in nice suits to construct and disseminate that poll.

How much time was spent in meetings parsing the data and trying to construct a narrative that conforms to the preexisting strategy of inertial opposition and uninspired framing.

How many responses were omitted or altered because they "won't play well with the Baileys".

How many gdamn fundraising texts did it take to finance that poll.

How many votes were lost because people are sick of treading water while our neighbors drown.

Sigh.

We will win!

[Chasstev365]

26. Are DC pollsters giving Schumer advice while secretly working for the GOP?

To fight fascists, you need more that a positive agenda that the majority of the country will never hear about...

[Ursus Rex]

27. Apparently, absolutely clueless and incompetent at doing this.

He seems to be avoiding the hot buttons that will get the focus on those wonky talking points.
He seems weak and unconcerned and out-of-touch.
He seems not to realize that people are PISSED OFF anyway and he wants to avoid being objectionable.
I recognize his service but this is not his time.
We need the much-ballyhooed wartime lead - "consigliere," if you will.

[Kid Berwyn]

28. INSANE

No offense to Chuck Schumer, but affordability is not the first thing on my mind when innocent people are murdered in cold blood by the US Government.

[NBachers]

30. Is he breaking the exciting news of another reboot of the Democrat Party's logo?

[regnaD kciN]

31. Sure, we're facing a police state, but "KiTcHeN tAbLe IsSuEs"...

Seriously, this is giving vibes of someone in 1938 Germany running against Der Führer and declaring that “what the people of the Fatherland are really concerned about are the rising price of bratwurst and sauerkraut.”