{"id":40399,"date":"2025-03-19T19:55:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=40399"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:58:14","slug":"schumer-postpones-sf-book-tour-stop-amid-spending-vote-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/schumer-postpones-sf-book-tour-stop-amid-spending-vote-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer postpones SF book tour stop amid spending-vote criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-54.png 750w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-54-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-54-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-54-225x150.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, speak before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington.Shawn Thew\/Pool via Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/users\/profile\/James%20Salazar\">By James Salazar | Examiner staff writer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mar 17, 2025&nbsp;Updated&nbsp;Mar 18, 2025 (SFExaminer.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has postponed an appearance at San Francisco\u2019s Sydney Goldstein Theater this weekend, citing security concerns in delaying his weeklong national book tour as he faces criticism from Democratic voters and politicians for voting to move forward Republican spending legislation last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City Arts and Lectures, which was co-presenting the event with Manny\u2019s of the Mission, wrote on its website that Schumer\u2019s tour promoting the book, \u201cAntisemitism in America: A Warning,\u201d had been \u201cpostponed for security reasons.\u201d The Arab Resource &amp; Organizing Center had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.araborganizing.org\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planned a protest of the event<\/a>, citing Schumer\u2019s support of Israel, which organizers said would include sidewalk chalk art and a picket line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York senator has faced growing criticism from the party&#8217;s liberal wing \u2014 and his peers on Capitol Hill \u2014 since he and nine other Democratic senators voted to advance a six-month spending bill that passed along party lines in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schumer was not one of the two Democratic caucus members who voted to pass the legislation, but Schumer and his peers\u2019 vote overcame the Senate\u2019s 60-vote threshhold to advance the bill to a floor vote and all but ensured its passage in the Republican-controlled chamber. The New York senator said the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-trump-gop-chuck-schumer-86385e644239a3dc1558b37d13094234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill\u2019s passage was preferable to a government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and Elon Musk would be free to destroy vital government services at a much faster rate\u201d if the government shut down, Schumer said of the president and Trump\u2019s top campaign donor, whose Department of Government Efficiency has sought to slash federal spending and the government workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi stopped shy last week of directly criticizing Schumer\u2019s move to advance the legislation. The bill \u2014 which discontinued $890 million in grants for health facilities, $293 million for emergency-preparedness projects and provided nearly $10 billion in funding for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement \u2014 constituted a \u201cdevastating assault on the well-being of working families across America,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EX \/\/ TOP STORIES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/great-highway-lawsuit-joel-engardio-recall-peak-sf-politics\/article_28f166ca-ff82-11ef-81ca-a3218c14c705.html#tncms-source=top-stories-article\">Lawsuits, recalls and rallies: Great Highway saga is peak SF politics<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The drama playing out of The City\u2019s west-side highway is emblematic of its political moment, Adam Shanks writes in an analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/the-city\/the-box-sf-fills-old-hearst-printing-plant-with-ephemera\/article_fde757e6-ff9a-11ef-8e82-6b8ce1b64bb8.html#tncms-source=top-stories-article\">One man\u2019s odds and ends fill former Hearst plant<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The building now holds an event space an antique store specializing in items once thought disposable, and its owner wants to welcome others in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/culture\/food-and-wine\/michelin-guide-california-adds-four-new-sf-restaurants\/article_d90ac0a0-0028-11f0-865d-e77a84e8a595.html#tncms-source=top-stories-article\">Meet The City\u2019s newest additions to the Michelin Guide<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco now has 171 recognized restaurants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocrats must not buy into this false choice,\u201d the longtime San Francisco congresswoman said. \u201cWe must fight back for a better way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff voted against advancing the bill and against the legislation itself.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/padilla-statement-ahead-of-no-vote-on-republican-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Padilla called the measure \u201ca Republican power grab\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;advancing \u201cthis Trump-Musk billionaire agenda.\u201d Schiff said the bill\u2019s passage Friday made it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiff.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/watch-sen-schiff-reacts-to-passage-of-partisan-cr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ca bad day for the Democratic Party.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Community organizers spoke out against Schumer over the weekend. In a statement,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/statements\/indivisible-calls-schumer-step-aside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indivisible San Francisco<\/a>, a progressive grassroots organization formed in the wake of President Donald Trump\u2019s election in 2016, called on Schumer to step down from his role. The organization wrote that he \u201cfailed to keep the Democratic Senators united in this unique situation where they could have placed real limits on the dismantling of the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe is not fit to be the Minority Leader if he is not willing to oppose Trump\u2019s destructive agenda,\u201d Indivisible San Francisco wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization said that it worked with the Indivisible East Bay chapter to urge Padilla and Schiff to vote against the measure. Group members said that while they were \u201cgrateful\u201d for Padilla and Schiff\u2019s votes, \u201cwithout effective leadership, their opposition and our hard work was lost,\u201d Indivisible San Francisco wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters conducted before the spending legislation passed,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/democratic-party-hits-new-polling-low-voters-want-fight-trump-harder-rcna196161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">65% of Democrats said<\/a>&nbsp;they wanted congressional party members to \u201cstick to their positions even if this means not getting things done in Washington.\u201d In April of Trump\u2019s first term, 33% of Democrats polled advocated for such a stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, speak before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington.Shawn Thew\/Pool via Associated Press U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/19\/schumer-postpones-sf-book-tour-stop-amid-spending-vote-criticism\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40406,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40399\/revisions\/40406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}