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There was actually a rare and hilarious moment on CNN when anchor John Berman pressed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about the government shutdown\u2014and even threw the term \u201cSchumer Shutdown\u201d at him.<\/p>\n
Schumer clearly wasn\u2019t ready for that kind of pushback from CNN.<\/p>\n
The exchange came Wednesday, right after Democrats voted to shut down the government in order to jam through taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal aliens. When the anchor repeated what Republicans were calling the closure\u2014the \u201cSchumer Shutdown\u201d\u2014the Senate minority leader froze, awkwardly claiming he couldn\u2019t hear the question. It was the kind of flustered non-response you give when you know the charge hits a little too close to home.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery Republican who\u2019s gone on TV the last 12 hours or so has called this the Schumer Shutdown. What do you say about that name?\u201d Berman said.<\/p>\n
The camera then went to a live shot of Schumer on Capitol Hill, who sat there on camera saying nothing.<\/p>\n
The anchor asked, \u201cSenator, can you hear me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Before the Democrat senator said\u2026 \u201cI can\u2019t hear.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CNN host asked once more, \u201cSenator Schumer, can you hear me?\u201d But the minority leader just sat there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think Senator Schumer can hear me right now. Maybe the government shutdown included audio on Capitol Hill,\u201d the anchor hilariously snarked.<\/p>\n
During the interview, Schumer was asked about his previous comments regarding government shutdowns in 2013, 2019, and March 2025:<\/p>\n
Those comments included calling it \u201ca politics of idiocy, of confrontation of paralysis,\u201d \u201cself-defeating,\u201d and \u201cholding American workers hostage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was you three times in the past\u2026 what\u2019s the difference?\u201d the anchor said. At that, Schumer interjected with a lame excuse, claiming it was before Republicans had reportedly done \u201cthese horrible things to healthcare,\u201d without further explanation.<\/p>\n
Schumer can spin it all he wants, but his claim that Republicans pulled the plug on healthcare for illegal immigrants after his remarks in March simply isn\u2019t true. Vice President JD Vance has already laid out the timeline in detail: that funding was cut back in January, the moment President Trump took office. In other words, Schumer is rewriting history to dodge accountability.<\/p>\n
The vice president explained:
This is a Democrat talking point. They say, \u201cWe\u2019re not actually trying to give health care benefits to illegal aliens,\u201d and here\u2019s why it\u2019s not true. There are two Biden-era programs that explicitly gave the taxpayer health care money to illegal aliens that we turned off when President Trump took over in January. Program number one is there\u2019s a lot of emergency healthcare at hospitals that are provided to illegal aliens that was funded by the federal government. We turned off that funding, and because of course we want American citizens to benefit from those hospital services, not to be taxed, and then to have those hospital services go to illegal aliens.<\/p>\n
The second of which is, the Biden administration gave mass parole to millions upon millions of illegal aliens, and then they simultaneously made those parolees eligible for healthcare benefits covered by taxpayers. In the One Big Beautiful Bill President Trump and Congressional Republicans turned off that money for healthcare funding for illegal aliens, the Democrats want to turn it back on.<\/p>\n
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wasted no time sharing the photo, highlighting just how tone-deaf Schumer looked while his party owns this mess.<\/p>\n
A student at the University of Texas was allegedly expelled on the spot after choosing to kneel during the national anthem at a major school event, sparking an immediate firestorm of controversy, debate, and national outrage.<\/p>\n
The incident reportedly occurred during the opening ceremony of a UT Longhorns football game this past weekend. According to eyewitnesses, the student \u2014 a sophomore majoring in sociology \u2014 quietly took a knee as the \u201cStar-Spangled Banner\u201d played, in what appeared to be a peaceful protest. Moments later, security escorted the student out of the stadium.<\/p>\n
But what happened next stunned both students and faculty: by Monday morning, the university administration had allegedly issued an official expulsion notice, citing \u201cactions unbecoming of a representative of the university\u201d and \u201cdisruption of school values.\u201d<\/p>\n
Social media exploded overnight. Hashtags like\u00a0#UTExpelsForKneeling<\/strong>,\u00a0#FreedomToProtest<\/strong>, and\u00a0#FirstAmendmentFail<\/strong>\u00a0trended nationwide. Celebrities, activists, and politicians weighed in, with some calling the university\u2019s decision \u201coutrageous\u201d and \u201cdeeply un-American.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not about disrespecting the flag \u2014 it\u2019s about demanding justice,\u201d tweeted one user. \u201cExpelling a student for expressing their beliefs peacefully? This is fascism disguised as discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n Civil rights organizations, including the ACLU and NAACP, have already announced plans to investigate the incident and offer legal support to the student.<\/p>\n However, the university\u2019s official response added more fuel to the fire. In a now-deleted statement, a UT spokesperson claimed the expulsion was \u201cin line with campus conduct standards\u201d and aimed at preserving \u201cunity and institutional integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, critics aren\u2019t buying it.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a disgrace to higher education,\u201d said Dr. Elaine Brooks, a professor of political science at the university. \u201cColleges are supposed to be the breeding ground of free thought. Expelling someone for peaceful protest sets a terrifying precedent.\u201d<\/p>\n As of Thursday, student protests have erupted across the UT campus, with hundreds marching, chanting, and demanding the student\u2019s immediate reinstatement. \u201cWe kneel with them,\u201d read banners across the main square. Classes in several departments were canceled as students organized sit-ins.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, some conservative commentators have praised the university\u2019s bold stance, arguing that \u201cdiscipline and patriotism must come before activism.\u201d But the backlash appears to be far greater than the support.<\/p>\n Legal experts say the university could face a massive lawsuit on constitutional grounds, especially if the expulsion is verified as retaliation against a First Amendment-protected act.<\/p>\n So far, the expelled student has not spoken publicly but is reportedly consulting with legal counsel.<\/p>\n As tensions continue to mount, the University of Texas finds itself at the center of a fierce national debate: where do we draw the line between protest and punishment \u2014 and who gets to decide?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was actually a rare and hilarious moment on CNN when anchor John Berman pressed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about the government shutdown\u2014and even threw the term \u201cSchumer Shutdown\u201d at him….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}