Schumer’s Remarks Prompt Republican Reaction

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Well, would you look at that—Chuck Schumer’s gone full HBO, dropping f-bombs in taxpayer-funded political ads while the government is, you know, shut down. Because nothing says “serious leadership” quite like yelling profanities into a camera as millions of Americans wonder if their next paycheck is getting delayed. Classy.

“We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system,” Schumer huffs in the video, then hits us with a “No f***ing way.” That’s not a parody, folks. That’s a sitting U.S. Senator melting down on camera like he just lost his place in line at a Brooklyn bagel shop.

But let’s not get distracted by the language. The real obscenity here isn’t the word—it’s the lie.

See, Schumer is railing against Republicans for not extending the COVID-era Obamacare tax credits—temporary subsidies slapped onto an already broken system under the laughably titled Inflation Reduction Act (you remember, the one that ballooned spending while we were printing cash like it was Monopoly money).

Here’s the thing Schumer doesn’t want you to know: those tax credits were always supposed to expire. Democrats wrote the expiration into the bill. They did that. Now they’re pretending Republicans are trying to gut healthcare by letting the law run its course? That’s like setting your own house on fire and blaming the fire department for not showing up with champagne.

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) didn’t waste time calling out the charade: “The expiration date of these tax credits was set in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which Democrats passed without a single Republican vote.” No room for interpretation there. If you passed it alone, you own the fallout. Sorry, Chuck.

But Schumer keeps stomping around like Republicans are personally yanking insulin out of grandma’s fridge. Spoiler: no one’s touching Medicaid, and no one’s killing healthcare. What Republicans are saying—loudly—is maybe we stop handing out temporary COVID-era subsidies like it’s still 2020 and inflation isn’t wrecking working-class families already.

Meanwhile, Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) offered a helpful suggestion for Chuck: “Go the f**k home.” And honestly? After 50 years in elected office, he might be onto something. If you’ve been in politics longer than Blockbuster lasted, maybe it’s time to hang it up.

Lawler’s other question is worth repeating: if the Affordable Care Act—sorry, Obamacare—is so great, why do we still need pandemic-era tax credits just to make it function? Isn’t that the giant neon sign pointing to systemic failure?

And here’s the kicker: the original Obamacare subsidies—the ones baked into the law—aren’t going anywhere. They’re permanent. They cover more than 80% of the average enrollee’s premium. In fact, according to Brian Blase, former White House policy official, they’ve gotten more generous over time. So this breathless panic about people getting tossed off their plans? Manufactured. Calculated. Weaponized.

Because what this is really about—once you strip away the language, the noise, the government shutdown theater—is control. Democrats want to frame every policy disagreement as a moral failing, not a policy debate. You don’t just have a different opinion—you’re trying to blow up healthcare.

And if you don’t go along with their plan to spend even more of your money to patch over the cracks in a failing system they created, they’ll accuse you of holding the country hostage. Again.

Even some Democrats are starting to see through the act. Sen. John Fetterman voted to extend the credits but publicly opposed the shutdown drama, saying he wouldn’t pick party over country. That’s not just a policy difference—that’s a crack in the narrative.

The longer this drags out, the more obvious it becomes: the shutdown isn’t about protecting healthcare. It’s about preserving power. And no matter how many expletives Schumer hurls at the camera, the truth is still standing there, arms crossed, waiting for an answer.

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