Dems Reject Schumer, Join Republicans To Give Trump Another Win

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More than a dozen Democratic senators voted with Republicans to confirm President Donald Trump’s latest nominee. The Senate confirmed David Perdue of Georgia to become Trump’s ambassador to China, an all-important post given the significance of trade and national security issues with the world’s second-largest economy.

The vote was 64-27 in favor of cloture, which requires 60 votes. In 2022, Trump backed Perdue in his attempt to primary incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R), but he wasn’t successful.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party is continuing to lose support among one of its key voter blocs, young people, according to a new survey.

This comes as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is still facing swift blowback after his government shutdown efforts blew up in his face last month.

Swing voters in a major battleground state noted in the latest Engagious/Sago focus groups that they were frustrated with Democrats for prolonging the federal government shutdown, only to ultimately end it without securing a commitment from Republicans to address rising health insurance premiums.

Even some voters who supported President Trump last November said they still look to Democrats to safeguard health care affordability and the social safety net for lower-income Americans.

But in this week’s panels, seven of the 13 Biden-to-Trump swing voters in Georgia said Democrats emerged from the shutdown looking worse than Republicans. Two said Republicans looked worse, while four said both parties appeared equally at fault, according to Axios.

“They gave in to the Republicans,” Trilya M., 53, of Loganville, said of Democrats. “They did not stand their ground with them, and now it’s going to affect the people that [have] the Affordable Care Act.”

It was for what?” said Christine L., 54, of Peachtree City. “It really does make them look bad.”

“They always project to be a party of the people who they care about, the disenfranchised, the people who are in poverty … but their actions contradict it, they don’t really care,” noted Elijah T, 33, of Conyers.

“Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries beat the heck out of this and wasted 41 days dragging their feet before eight Democrats finally decided enough is enough,” said Brian B., 61, of Norcross.

Rich Thau, President of Engagious, who moderated the focus groups, told Axios: “Democrats gave swing voters — who already hold the party in profoundly low esteem — yet another reason to mistrust them.”

Eight of the 13 participants said they still approve of the administration’s overall performance since President Trump returned to office in January.

The five who expressed disapproval pointed to inflation, high food prices, concerns about the job market, aggressive immigration enforcement, and a perception that the administration has not approached its governing responsibilities with sufficient seriousness, Axios reported.

Axios observed two online focus groups Tuesday night with 13 Georgia voters who supported Joe Biden in 2020 and then backed Donald Trump in 2024.

Nine participants identified as independents, three as Republicans, and one as a Democrat. While focus groups are not statistically representative like traditional polling, the responses offer insight into how some voters are processing current political developments.

Eleven of the 13 said they were aware of Democrats’ recent wins in off-year elections in strongly Democratic jurisdictions, including contests in Virginia, New Jersey, California, and New York City.

Of the thirteen surveyed, ten indicated they would support a constitutional amendment to establish an upper age limit for future U.S. presidents, with most suggesting a limit between 65 and 75 years old, the outlet said.

A New York Post editorial board piece published noted that rank-and-file Democrats are largely dispirited and frustrated after a lengthy shutdown failed to win concessions from majority Republicans on issues important to their party.

“Democrats pointlessly kept the government shut down for 41 days (and still counting!), purely to satisfy their squalling left flank’s need to do something to ‘resist’ President Donald Trump,” the editorial began.

“After they shut it down, they opted to claim the point was to force the GOP to extend expiring Covid-era Affordable Care Act subsidies — though the Dems themselves had set the expiration date back in 2021,” it continued.

"Listen to me, boy: cure my twins and I'll adopt you." The billionaire laughed... and the street child only touched them; then a miracle happened..

"Listen to me, boy: cure my twins and I'll adopt you." The billionaire laughed... and the street child only touched them; then a miracle happened...

Richard Vale had everything the world admired: iron gates, private jets, a business empire built on numbers that never slept. His name opened doors. His firm ended wars in boardrooms.

But inside his mansion, silence reigned.

Since the accident, her twins—Evan and Elise—moved through life like fragile glass. Metal splints hugged their legs. Crutches scraped the marble floor. The doctors spoke in careful tones, avoiding words like “never” when they meant exactly that.

No laughing in the courtyard.

No running in the hallways.

Just medical appointments, tests, and a father drowning in guilt he couldn't buy to get out of it.

His wife, Margaret, had grown distant: not cruel, just empty. When she looked at the children, her eyes filled with a sorrow too heavy to speak aloud. When she looked at Richard, there was a question neither of them dared to ask.

Why weren't you there that day?

Then destiny arrived —not in a tailored suit, not in a luxury car.

But barefoot. Thin. Seven years old.

His name was Kai.

A child who slept under park benches and spoke to the sky as if the sky were answering him.

The gala night glittered like a lie. The chandeliers burned brightly. The champagne flowed. The donors smiled with rehearsed pity as the twins were wheeled into the ballroom: symbols of tragedy wrapped in wealth.

Richard smiled all night. He nodded. He thanked everyone.

Until something inside him broke.

He saw Kai near the back —silent, invisible— looking at the twins with an expression that was not one of pity.

And Richard, drunk with pain and arrogance, said the words that would either destroy him… or redeem him.

"Look, kid," she laughed loudly, her voice echoing through the room. "Heal my children and I'll adopt you. How about that? Now that would be a miracle, wouldn't it?"

Some guests giggled. Others froze.

Kai didn't laugh.

He advanced calmly, as if the marble floor belonged to him.

"Can I try?" he asked gently.

The room fell silent.

Richard made a dismissive gesture with his hand.

—Go ahead. Do me a favor.

Kai knelt before the twins. He didn't ask their names. He didn't touch the splints. He didn't say a word anyone would recognize.

She simply closed her eyes… and gently placed her hands on their knees.

The air changed.

Not dramatically. Just… strange. Like the moment before a storm.

So-

Evan's crutch slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a thud.

"I-I... I feel hot," Evan whispered, his eyes wide. "Dad... it doesn't hurt."

Elise stood up.

One step.
Then another.

A collective gasp tore through the room.

Margaret screamed.

Richard couldn't breathe.

The twins stood there—trembling, crying, standing—while the guests recoiled as if witnessing something forbidden.

And Kai?

Kai staggered.

He collapsed.

The doctors rushed toward him, shouting orders. Security panicked. Richard fell to his knees beside the child.

"What did you do?" she demanded, her voice breaking.

Kai smiled weakly.

—I shared.

That night, the tests showed the impossible: nerve activity restored, damage reversed beyond any medical explanation. The twins slept peacefully for the first time in years.

Kai lay unconscious in a private room at the hospital.

And Vivien Vale —Richard's sister— made her move.

He called lawyers. Doctors. Board members.

"It's a fraud," he insisted. "Or it's dangerous. We can't let it stay."

When Kai finally woke up, Vivien was alone by his bed.

"You don't belong here," he said coldly. "Tell me your price. I'll make you disappear."

Kai looked at her calmly.

—I already have a home.

—You live on the street.

—I used to live where I was needed —he replied—. Now I'm here.

Vivien smiled barely, her smile thin and sharp.

—Do you think my brother will choose you over the family name?