Schumer likes to wring his hands at Trump. But, ultimately, he’s powerless.
And now Chuck Schumer will never live down his latest epic mistake.
Rising Terror Threats Expose DHS Funding Crisis
Two deadly shootings have spotlighted the dangers of the ongoing Department of Homeland Security partial shutdown, now stretching nearly a month.
Republicans are increasingly frustrated with Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, for repeatedly blocking funding bills while pushing demands focused on Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms rather than securing the homeland amid clear terror risks.
Shocking Incidents Fuel Security Concerns
The crisis intensified with two attacks on the same day. In West Bloomfield, Michigan, an armed suspect rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel synagogue, which was hosting children in its day school, and opened fire in what the FBI described as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.
Temple security neutralized the threat, k-lling the attacker, identified by DHS as a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon.
Separately, at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, a gunman previously convicted for attempting to provide material support to ISIS stormed an ROTC classroom, k-lling one person (an Army officer) and injuring two others before being subdued and k-lled by students. The FBI is investigating this as an act of terrorism. These events come against the backdrop of heightened threats tied to U.S. actions against Iran and domestic extremism.
Republicans Call Out Schumer’s Intransigence
GOP senators have been vocal in blaming Schumer and Democrats for prioritizing partisan ICE changes over immediate national security needs, leaving DHS without full funding despite multiple Republican attempts at full-year bills and temporary extensions. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., stated: “At some point, the consequences, impacts of not funding DHS are real.”
He added: “I’m not sure” if the shootings would make Democrats budge, but “it’s a dangerous game and people are going to get hurt.”
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., was blunt: “They are so beholden and detached to the far-left component of this nation that they don’t care about everybody else… We’ve had terrorist attacks right here in the homeland — two in the last two weeks.” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., emphasized: “We must condemn this antisemitic attack.”
Schumer condemned the Michigan incident, saying: “Antisemitism is not theoretical. It is real, and it is deadly. In solidarity with good-thinking people everywhere, it must be faced head-on, denounced and defeated.
Every one of us has a responsibility to not just stand up against this pernicious hate, but to fight it wholeheartedly, no matter where it comes from.”
Yet his office has not responded to questions about whether the attacks would prompt a shift on DHS funding, reinforcing Republican criticism that Schumer’s focus remains narrowly on immigration enforcement tweaks while homeland vulnerabilities grow.
