earlier in the day Dems indicated they would vote to block it and Kirsten Gillibrand was apparently screaming at them if we do this it won't be a normal shutdown. He will declare an emergency and this will be a disaster. he of course being Trump.
SChumer said the CR is terrible, very partisan and will essentially create a slush fund for Trump and Musk, but the alternative, shutting the government down, is much worse because it would give Trump even more power.
What he apparently means is that Republicans are telling Dems if they don't vote to keep the government open, Trump will declare an emergency, assert "emergency powers" and essentially declare a version of martial law where he completely shutters parts of the govermment that are currently already partially shut down.
So Schumer apparently believes it's better to vote for a bad CR, and give cover to other Dems to do so, rather than have a constitutional crisis with Trump.
I honestly don't know what's true. I don't know what's in the CR that makes it so bad. And I don't honestly know what Trump can and would do if the government shutdown happened, they aren't saying he would literally declare martial law just he would declare an emergency and assert emergency powers but the result would be catastrophic as he could do irreparable harm to government agencies like social security.
Good job MAGA