Once upon a time, Harry Reid used to be a boring and corrupt senator whose views were at times to the right of his own party. Then he became Senate Majority Leader. And somewhere along the way he lost his mind. The shambling crazed wreck who finally stepped down was just nuts. Even on the best of days.
What made Harry Reid go crazy? Nature or nurture. Schumer took over and he's weighing in on the nurture side. A formerly boring New York pol who understood that when the state traded down from D'Amato for him, he also had to play Senator Pothole, delivering aggressively for his constituents. Then Schumer plugged directly into the throbbing heart of the left-wing beast.
He backed Keith Ellison, voted against Ambassador David Friedman (spitting in the faces of many of his Jewish constituents) and then began going full Reid.
Sen. Chuck Schumer caused a scene at a Manhattan restaurant when he began yelling at a wealthy and well-connected Donald Trump supporter that the POTUS is “a liar.”
Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, lost his cool on Sunday night at Upper East Side restaurant Sette Mezzo, according to witnesses.
He was dining with friends when he encountered Joseph A. Califano Jr. — the former US secretary of health, education and welfare under President Jimmy Carter and domestic policy adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson — and his wife, Hilary, who were having a quiet dinner.
Onlookers said Schumer was incensed that Hilary — the daughter of William S. Paley, the founder and chairman of CBS — had voted for Trump, even though her husband, Joseph, is a well-known Democrat.
One witness said of the restaurant rant, “They are a highly respected couple, and Schumer made a scene, yelling, ‘She voted for Trump!’ The Califanos left the restaurant, but Schumer followed them outside.” On the sidewalk, Schumer carried on with his fantastical filibuster: “ ‘How could you vote for Trump? He’s a liar!’ He kept repeating, ‘He’s a liar!’ ”
You never go Full Reid. You just don't.
At this rate, how long is it before Schumer starts haunting cable news programs to deliver fantastic smears that even he will admit are false?