the Left, Chuck Schumer is just not accustomed to having to logically and factually defend himself. Almost known that these will engage in debate at all. It is far too psychologically threatening to them. I mean, what if the explanation is just totally lame? These are not the fever swamps who will accept any dang without argument as long as it is hard Left.
But deal with a reason and rational opponent? Horrors! That is just not the way Lefties work…
So it was an unexpected blow when Chuck Schumer had actual questions posed to him. Tough questions. Questions that didn’t automatically accept his foundational premises.
On MSNOW’s Morning Joe on Thursday, host Jonathan Lemire pressed him about a new Pew Research poll showing overwhelming bipartisan support for voter ID — 95% of Republicans and 71% of Democrats back it. Lemire laid it out plainly: “So why do you not?” Schumer’s response? A long pause, then recycled talking points. “Uh, it’s Jim Crow 2.0. And I called it Jim Crow 2.0, and the right wing went nuts all over the internet. That’s ’cause they know it’s true,” he said.
You didn’t answer the question, Chuck. Now why might that be? I think we all know the answer to that, right?
A reporter caught up with Schumer in a Capitol hallway and asked the most obvious question imaginable — if requiring photo ID is “Jim Crow,” then what does that make the countless other daily interactions that demand one? Banking? Flying? Buying a six-pack?
Schumer had no answer. Literally none. He just kept moving on, trying to get away while ignoring the question.