REPORT: Chuck Schumer Fought Behind the Scenes to Keep Government Shut Down Through Thanksgiving

[Conservative Angle]

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The Schumer shutdown could be the end of old Chuck’s political career.

As you know, the longest government shutdown in history finally ended when a group of Democrats caved and voted to re-open the government.

However, according to a new report from CNN, Chuck Schumer actively fought behind the scenes to prevent this from happening.

In fact, he wanted to keep holding Americans hostage all the way through Thanksgiving for his own political agenda!

Here are the details:

HOLY CRAP! It was just revealed that Chuck Schumer behind close doors begged to keep the government shut down to THANKSGIVING, per CNN

He called Democrat governors and "influential party leaders" to give him "backup for his strategy."

Chuck wanted to DESTROY Thanksgiving… pic.twitter.com/HikqtZ2Aya

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 16, 2025

HOLY CRAP! It was just revealed that Chuck Schumer behind close doors begged to keep the government shut down to THANKSGIVING, per CNN

He called Democrat governors and “influential party leaders” to give him “backup for his strategy.”

Chuck wanted to DESTROY Thanksgiving travel for millions – on top of withholding pay from the troops, important federal programs, and employees.

“Some of those Schumer called told him no. Some just didn’t do it.”

Utter insanity. THANK GOD President Trump and the GOP held the line.

Prior to the Senate vote that ultimately led to the shutdown ending, Chuck Schumer busied himself calling up governors and other influential party leaders.

He begged them to support his plan to hold off on re-opening the government until after one of the busiest holidays of the year.

This would have drastically impacted millions of American families’ Thanksgivings, in so many ways.

CNN has more details on what was going on behind closed doors:

As eight senators in Chuck Schumer’s caucus broke ranks to side with Republicans and vote to end the government shutdown fight he had engineered, the New York Democrat was on the phone trying to make it clear it wasn’t his fault.

Dialing governors and influential party leaders, Schumer had a basic request: attack Republicans over rising health care costs, not Senate Democrats or him. Schumer knew he’d have to rebut accusations that he secretly guided the deal, while others would see him as not being able to control his caucus.

He’d kept Senate Democrats united longer than they wanted to be, Schumer said in the calls, even as he’d been trying to keep the shutdown going until Thanksgiving. According to people familiar with his request, he wanted public backup for his strategy.

Some of those Schumer called told him no. Some just didn’t do it.

Coming out of the nation’s longest shutdown, the Senate minority leader is more vulnerable than he’s ever been, both on Capitol Hill and back home in New York, and is facing serious doubts about whether he can drive opposition to President Donald Trump.

Few believe Schumer, who turns 75 this month, will run for a sixth term in 2028 — and they say he could go down in a primary challenge if he tries, with some contenders already quietly preparing to run. And inside the Senate Democratic ranks, Schumer is facing more grumbling than he ever has, not unlike past House and Senate leaders in their final years on the job.

CNN’s interviews with two dozen top Democrats in Congress and in New York revealed grimaces and sighs amid a reluctance to speak on the record about Schumer. Many expressed sympathy for him and said they don’t want to fuel further infighting as Democrats seek to refocus on challenging Trump.

But many echo what Antonio Delgado, the former House member and current New York lieutenant governor, said out loud as he wages his own upstart primary challenge against Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“I would hope he doesn’t run for reelection,” Delgado told CNN. “I hope that by the time we get to 2028, we’re talking about different voices, we’re talking about folks that are younger that can bring a different kind of energy.”

If Schumer’s chances of getting re-elected were slim before, they are basically zero now that it has been revealed that he’s basically Congress’s equivalent of the Grinch!

His heart was two sizes too small…

Chucky was secretly auditioning for this years Mr Grinch award. What a Shocker! pic.twitter.com/o3GcnPGqGo

— Kari Shinal (@mkshinal) November 17, 2025

What do you think?

Does Chuck Schumer have any chances of being re-elected in the midterms?

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