There is a lot — a lot — to say about progressive Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer.
(And most of it bad.)
But for all the partisan idiocy he loves to spew, buried deep, deep underneath that anti-Donald Trump veneer is apparently an actual politician with genuine concerns about the state of the world.
You just never see that Chuck Schumer … unless you were paying attention Tuesday.
Hours before Trump’s State of the Union address, the president reportedly met with a cabal of senior Senate Democrats, according to The Hill.
The meeting was a closed-door briefing on potential military action taking place in Iran, and the Democrats apparently urged Trump to take this to the American people.
While none of that is particularly earth-shaking news, Schumer’s brief media scrum following the meeting certainly raised a few eyebrows.
See if you can catch what’s off with Schumer below:
ALERT: Chuck Schumer left an Iran briefing from Marco Rubio and gave a single, chilling 7 second comment to the press.
There was obvious worry, pure seriousness, and zero attacks on Trump.
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“This is serious,” Schumer said in his brief remarks. “The administration has to make its case to the American people.”
Wait … no attacks on Trump? No condescending sneer at Republicans? No hyper-partisan drivel? Who is this man, and what has he done with Chuck Schumer?
All jokes aside, given the virulent anti-Trump mannerisms that flow out of the Democratic Party, seeing one of the group’s top leaders completely drop the “Orange man bad” facade is jarring, to say the least.
In fact, it’s both jarring and sobering.
Whatever Schumer heard behind those closed doors clearly shook him to his foundation. It shook him so much that, for a brief moment, he came off like an actual senator who doesn’t want to see the world burn.
Let’s be clear: This is not a man known for restraint when it comes to President Trump.
Chuck Schumer has built much of the last decade on sharp elbows, viral sound bites, and apocalyptic rhetoric about the dangers of Republican governance. For him to emerge from a high-level national security briefing and deliver a measured, almost subdued warning — without theatrics — is not normal. It’s anomalous.
And anomalies in Washington, especially on matters of war and peace, tend to mean something.
When a seasoned political operator suddenly trades partisan fire for sober caution, it suggests the substance of that briefing cut through the usual talking points. Lawmakers posture all the time; they do not often look rattled. Schumer looked rattled.
That alone should give Americans pause. If one of the Senate’s most reliably combative Democrats is urging the administration to level with the public — not to score points, but to prepare the country — then whatever is unfolding with Iran may be more serious than the average headline suggests. You don’t drop the script unless the stakes are higher than politics.
So yes, it was jarring to see a different version of Schumer. But it was also clarifying. When even Washington’s most practiced partisans sound like statesmen, it’s usually because the situation demands it.
And if Chuck Schumer is shaken, Americans might want to brace themselves.
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