Pelosi to Schumer: 'Don't Give Away Anything for Nothing'

The hits from his own party just keep coming for Chuck Schumer, with the latest shot across the bow over his support of the Republicans' spending plan coming from longtime ally Nancy Pelosi, in what Politico terms as "Schumer bashing has gone mainstream." The former House Speaker minced few words: "I myself don't give away anything for nothing. I think that's what happened the other day." More:

• Pelosi's approach: The California Democrat would have gone another way, saying, "We could have, in my view, perhaps, gotten them to agree to a third way," citing a potential four-week bipartisan continuing resolution that would stave off a shutdown or shift the blame for one, per a separate Politico story. "They may not have agreed to it, but at least the public would have seen they're not agreeing to it—and that then they would have been shutting [the] government down."

• Other 'mainstream' pile-on: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, "I disagree with what he did and vehemently so." Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 nominee for vice president, said Democrats "gave up their leverage."
• Challenge from the far left: The Hill notes that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who quickly bashed Schumer over the vote, is polling at the top for which Democrat best represents the values of the party. She's being floated as a candidate for Schumer's Senate seat and minority leader gig.
• But moving on: Pelosi isn't going that far and says she still supports Schumer. "What happened last week was last week," Pelosi said, per Politico. "We're going into the future."

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