WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 05: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Room at the U.S. Capitol on May 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats gat... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 05: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Room at the U.S. Capitol on May 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats gathered to address how U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs were affecting small businesses. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) MORE LESS

I wanted to flag for you what I think is an important shift in the assumptions and behaviors of key institutionalist or middle-of-the-road Democrats. Here I don’t mean ideology so much as behavior, the critical spectrum between fight and norms.

Four days ago, Chuck Schumer or, most likely, someone on his social media team, posted a screen shot of an AP headline that read “Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell.'”

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