In which Chuck Schumer protects Howard Lutnick from a direct question about Trump's hypocrisy

[BeyondGeography]

This was at a groundbreaking ceremony last week in upstate Clay, New York, for Micron’s new memory manufacturing facility project which could ultimately consist of four labs, a total investment of $100 billion and create around 50,000 direct and indirect jobs.

The project was made possible by a $6.1 billion grant from President Joe Biden’s CHIPS Act which received paltry Republican support and has been criticized (though not scotched) by President Trump.

When Lutnick is asked why Trump should get any credit for jobs created by the Chips and Science Act, Schumer intervenes on behalf of Lutnick, who then ignores the question and gives a commercial for the Trump Administration.

The reporter gave Schumer a chance to tell the Democratic side of the story after the ceremony where his most memorable quote was, “Today’s a day for bipartisanship.”

The relevant portion of the clip runs from 3:59-9:59.

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[AltairIV]

1. Schumer has got to go.

[werdna]

17. Primary his ass-

- six ways to Sunday!

[Ars Longa]

18. He is NOT on our side!

[Aviation Pro]

2. Sure going to be interesting

When AOC bounces this schmuck from office.

[Phoenix61]

26. From your lips to Gods ears, as my grandmother used to say. Nt

[BootinUp]

3. Interesting interpretation of events

What does Schumer care about in this situation? You can’t seriously be suggesting that he gives a fuck about Lutnick. The only plausible explanation is he is concerned about possible retribution against the project or State in the form of cancelled subsidies. Whether that is good motive is certainly up for discussion.

[BeyondGeography]

5. He was protecting his long-dead vision of bipartisanship

while doing nothing to promote the Democratic Party.

All he had to do was let Lutnick dodge the question without his help and then chime in with an anodyne statement about the potential for government and business to work together as evidenced by the CHIPS Act.

You tell me what he did right there.

[BootinUp]

6. Subsidies and retribution, say it with me. You do understand that is what this is about. nt

[BeyondGeography]

8. I wake up every day understanding what this is about

[BootinUp]

10. Lets also mention political purity vs. other peoples jobs while we are at it. nt

[Phoenix61]

28. Help me understand how stepping in for Lutnick helps the Dems?

All he had to do was nothing which would have been so much better. Instead he pissed off the Dems and gained nothing.

[bigtree]

29. he was promoting the act that he and Biden and others had advanced into law

...that represented thousands of jobs for his state, the CHIPS and Science Act.

Something Lutnick had nothing to do with except trying to take false credit.

Why do you think Democrats should shy away from promoting our OWN party's initiatives that Democrats brought into being, that benefit Democratic constituencies?

What kind of advocacy for Democrats bashes people promoting Democratic initiatives that help their constituents??

[democrank]

4. We're supposed to stand up and cheer Schumer's tepid response?

Because if we don’t we’re not good-enough Democrats, probably part of the so-called Lunatic Left?

Alrighty then. Let’s allow “our friends across the aisle” take credit for President Biden’s efforts. After all, it was National Bipartisanship Day, right?

[Omnipresent]

34. Whatever edge Chuck had, has been fading.

He can’t think quickly enough in real time to at least say nothing at all.

[Mystery sage]

39. Chuck never had Edge

He was that kindly gentleman that's able to put our message with a more dignified tone but now he's as sharp as a as a gummy bear spoon.

All that to say it's time to go home Chuck.

You did good for your time, let the Next Generation deal with this BS you go home.

[pimpbot]

7. fuck that fucker

This is why we can't have nice things. There will never be meaningful change with these middle of the roaders. The wealthy have bought out just enough politicians that even if Democrats have majorities, they don't have ENOUGH of a majority to overcome the dead weight.

[RandiFan1290]

9. lol

[Cosmocat]

19. Been saying this since the 90s!

About the democratic party.

[Paladin]

11. New Democratic leadership NOW.

Our political party and our nation cannot survive the shameful, trump-enabling actions of Schumer and Jeffries. Every day we get more evidence that when it comes to the fight against the police-state actions of the trump regime, Democrats are on their own, without the benefit of principled, courageous party leadership. Enough.

[kerouac2]

12. Pathetic.

Like an abused spouse protecting their abuser.

We need wolves, not this crap. When will Dem leaders adapt to the reality of today and stop using the same play book from the before times.

[gab13by13]

14. When Schumer speaks on the Senate floor, he always reads from a piece of paper.

I'm guessing he didn't have a piece of paper to read from.

If people are suggesting that Democrats should consider retribution from Krasnov before speaking then we are totally lost, totally fucked.

Let Krasnov try to scrap the project, he would be tarred a feathered.

As Jason crow said a couple days ago, there are 2 camps of Democrats, those who have courage and want to fight, and those who want to wait Trump out and beat him at the ballot box.

[Paladin]

15. We can't wait around for ballot box time.

The way things are going, we won't have a country by then. More and more evidence every day that, when it comes to opposing the trump regime, Democrats are on their own---our party's leadership has evaporated.

[xocetaceans]

16. Apparently, Schumer is cut from the same stiff fabric as Merrick Garland. n/t

[Mr. Sparkle]

20. Schumer is still playing by the old rules, they dont apply anymore

[SocialDemocrat61]

25. To quote Michael Corleone

[rampartd]

21. huck needs to wake up

there will never be a "day for bipartisanship" again. these guys must be crushed, utterly and completely.

[yorkster]

22. Side point -You may want to correct projected jobs number.

Per Wiki it is 9000, not 90,000.
9k direct jobs and about 40k indirect area jobs - Syracuse.
Agree with the main point here re Schumer.

[BeyondGeography]

24. Will do

Thanks. The 90k figure (on revisiting Micron’s PR) is a national figure for all their current investments.

[bigtree]

23. another hit on Democrats by Seder who dragged Biden on Gaza

...and has a similar grudge against Schumer for his support of Israel.

Schumer didn't do anything here but defend the CHIPS ACT that he and Biden had a hand in passing which Trump and Lutnick is now taking credit for.

Schumer:

.Q. ..the president opposed the Chips and Science Act. Why should he get to take any credit for the jobs that it's creating?

SCHUMER: Can I say that there's we're not looking for one side or the other? We're working together to make this thing happen in my state..."

...Schumer got wind of the appearance by Lutnick and went there to head him off and prevent him from siphoning off credit for the initiative Democrats had enacted. It's fucking Schumer's state, and his initiative, ffs. This wasn't coddling Lutnick, it was setting the record straight, something which Seder is deliberately muddling here for his petty attack on Schumer.

The CHIPS and Science Act combines two bipartisan bills: the Endless Frontier Act, designed to boost investment in domestic high-tech research, and the CHIPS for America Act, designed to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S. The act is aimed at competing with China.

The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9, 2022.

The Endless Frontier Act was initially presented to senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Todd Young (R-IN) by Under Secretary of State Keith Krach in October 2019, as part of the Global Economic Security Strategy to boost investment in high-tech research vital to U.S. national security. The plan was to grow $150 billion in government R&D funding into a $500 billion investment, with matching investments from the private sector and a coalition of technological allies dubbed the "Techno-Democracies-10" (TD-10).

On May 27, 2020, Young and Schumer, along with Congressmen Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI.), introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Endless Frontier Act...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act


Seder not only doesn't know what he's talking about, thinks defending DEMOCRATIC initiatives is defending Lutnock, and there isn't a day that goes by that he's not bashing the Democratic party like he ratfucked Biden.

WHY DO PEOPLE STILL LISTEN TO THESE ASSHOLES WHO LOST US THE LAST ELECTION?

Yesterday it was a thread by ratfucker Norman Solomon, now it's this 'Gaza' demagoaue who can ony think of tearing the party down. Basically an anarchist, but sure, let's glom on to bash our own Democratic leader.

[Jbraybarten]

27. Sigh

What the fuck.

[dalton99a]

30. We are fucked beyond belief.

[dalton99a]

32. +1. He is worse than useless.

[PJMcK]

35. Schumer is one of my Senators

I am tired of defending him.

He sucks as minority leader. “Today’s a day for bipartisanship," he said. Really, Chuck? Tell that to Trump or any of his goons and watch their reaction. There is no bipartisanship anymore.

We must be oppositionists ALL THE TIME!

[Scrivener7]

36. Me too. I'll vote for a fire hydrant if it primaries him.

[bigtree]

37. Schumer hates Lutnick, so this is basically bullshit, They're longtime political rivals in his state

Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Calling On Secretaries Lutnick And Rubio To Pause The Chip Deals Donald Trump Announced Last Week With Saudi Arabia And The UAE
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/leader-schumer-floor-remarks-calling-on-secretaries-lutnick-and-rubio-to-pause-the-chip-deals-donald-trump-announced-last-week-with-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae

Warren, Schumer, Colleagues Press Lutnick on Administration’s Decision to Sell Out US National and Economic Security by Greenlighting the Sale of H200 Chips to China
https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-schumer-colleagues-press-lutnick-on-administrations-decision-to-sell-out-us-national-and-economic-security-by-greenlighting-the-sale-of-h200-chips-to-china



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Chuck Schumer Drops The Hammer On Secretary Lutnick For Comment On Missing Social Security Checks
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/money/chuck-schumer-drops-the-hammer-on-secretary-lutnick-for-comment-on-missing-social-security-checks/vi-AA1BzxLQ#details


Secretar of Commerce Howard Lutnick pummeled over Social Security 'fraudster' comments
Schumer reposted Lutnick's now infamous clip from the All-In Podcast on X and called the Secretary of Commerce "an out-of-touch billionaire" who is "clueless or heartless."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/secretary-of-commerce-howard-lutnick-pummeled-over-social-security-fraudsters-comments/ar-AA1BsZLw


...the bullshit that people allow themselves to get gaslighted by is just stunning to me.

[LuvLoogie]

38. That's what the Kushner Strip will be named after

Bipartisanland

Retirement villas for peacekeepers

[bigtree]

40. here's the fucking event, a groundbreaking in NY as a result of the CHIPS ACT Schumer helped initiate and enact

...Seder is not only misrepresenting the event, he's LYING about Schumer, who contradicted Lutnick at the event and gave credit to Pres. Biden for making it possible.



After years of delay, Micron broke ground on its semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay Friday. Notable speakers included U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. Leonardo Eriman | Senior Staff Photographer

...it's about jobs for New York, Who here is opposed to the CHIPS Act and the jobs it's helping create in states like the senators'?

Who here is railing against this Democratic initiative, or thinks Lutnick is responsible for it? They need to educate themselves.

Seder is not only trying to distract from this landmark DEMOCRATIC achievement, but he's demagoguing Schumer like he demagogued Biden, Harris, and Schumer on Gaza.

This isn't Democratic advocacy, it's the same kind of ratfucking Seder did in the presidential election.

Schumer actually CONTRADICTED Lutnick in his remarks, not praise or support:

The project’s groundbreaking ceremony, held at White Pine Commerce Park, marked the beginning of Micron’s $100 billion investment in central New York. The Clay facility is part of Micron’s broader plan to invest $200 billion in semiconductor manufacturing across the U.S.

During ceremonious remarks, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra touted the investment as one of the largest private manufacturing investments in U.S. history, expected to create 9,000 direct jobs and thousands more indirect jobs over the next 20 years.

“We’re here today because of the core drive from President Trump,” Lutnick said. “This groundbreaking only got scheduled at the end of December because of the Trump administration.”

Schumer, however, praised the federal CHIPS and Science Act passed under former President Joe Biden as a key factor in Micron’s commitment to central New York. Schumer said the legislation helped allow the federal government to “unlock billions of dollars” in incentives for semiconductor facilities.

“There’s a real future here, a real future in tech manufacturing,” Schumer said after the ceremony. “Have faith in central New York.”



https://dailyorange.com/2026/01/after-years-of-delay-micron-breaks-ground-on-100b-clay-facility/

Seder's take is patently false. He misrepresented the event and Schumer's statement to demagogue him and the Democratic party, again.

Seder's take is a lie, and posting it here furthers the misinformation. The original poster should apologize and take it down.

[BeyondGeography]

41. Debunked...Seder used a clip from an independent journalist who agrees with The Majority Report's take on his report

Link to tweet

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[bigtree]

42. you're diverting from the event

...likely because you know the premise of your post is false and indefensible.

You wouldn't know about this event if Seder hadn't plucked it out and promoted it.

You not only took his bait here, but you helped misrepresent a DEMOCRATIC initiative passed during the Biden administration which Sen. Schumer helped initiate and enact into law, enabling this groundbreaking that will create over 10k jobs for his state,

Lutnick crashed the event and Schumer set him straight about the source of the funding and who was actually responsible, but you either didn't bother to look, or didn't care about the Democratic initiative that created jobs for New Yorkers and other states; opting instead to glom onto this false attack on the Dem leader.

You didn't debunk anything. You provided cover for Seder who found and posted this on his podcast. You furthered his lie that Sen. Schumer had covered for Lutnick.

You diverted from and was almost successful in ignoring the DEMOCRATIC initiative, the CHIPS and Science Act that made the event possible.

You, Seder, and the fool who made the video provided cover for Lutnick crashing the event, and failed to even credit Pres. Biden, much less Sen. Schumer for helping make all of that job creating commerce possible.

[BeyondGeography]

43. Schumer ran interference for Lutnick when he was asked a tough question

None of your diversionary tactics will change that.

Many of us are tired of his tentative leadership and his consistently weak public appearances. Railing at Sam Seder won’t change that either.

[pimpbot]

44. Did you even watch the video at 4:00?

Its a great question, which Chuck interrupts and basically lets Lutnick off the hook from answering. He could have just kept his mouth shut and let Lutnick fumble around for an answer.

I don't think anyone on this thread is arguing that CHIPs was a good thing, Biden and the Democrats pushed it through, and should take credit for it. However, while we are taking credit for it, we should be making a big stink about all the GOP and MAGA that like to claim credit for things they oppose.

Appropriate Chuck interruption should have been "Thats a great question! Trump and his cronies have taken credit for many Democratic initiatives. Democrats are fighting to bring good paying jobs to New Yorkers and Americans through out the country."