Somebody Stop Chuck Schumer

Please.

Chuck Schumer has announced that he is trying to push through a Senate resolution condemning Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson. On the surface, that may sound like a statement of moral clarity. In reality, it is empty, counterproductive, and politically convenient in all the wrong ways. It does nothing to weaken Fuentes, nothing to reduce his influence, and nothing to protect Jews. What it does is give him and Tucker Carlson exactly the kind of material they’ve been trying to manufacture on their own.

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Their entire narrative depends on the idea that Jews receive special treatment from the American state. They tell their audience that “you’re not allowed” to criticize Jews and that the political establishment will punish anyone who tries. It’s the foundation of their entire worldview. A formal Senate resolution aimed at a single internet personality fits that worldview perfectly. It hands them an official document they can hold up and say: we told you this is how the system works. A “relatively” marginal figure suddenly gets to present himself as someone powerful enough to provoke the United States Senate. For someone like Fuentes, that is oxygen.

The second problem is Schumer’s selective outrage. He wants to appear forceful when the target is someone completely outside his coalition, someone who poses no risk to his political standing. Meanwhile, people inside his own party use their influential platforms to spread rhetoric legitimizing and justifying the massacre of Jews. Rashida Tlaib has spent years spreading Jew-hatred. She elevates slogans that were designed to justify attacks on civilians and call for the destruction of the Jewish State. She has even attended events run by literal terrorists. Rashida is a sitting members of Congress with real institutional power.

Schumer never announces resolutions about them. He never names them. He never steps forward to draw a line. He chooses silence because addressing this problem would force him to confront a faction of his own party that is large enough to cause political damage. Avoiding that conflict is easier than taking responsibility for it.

Which leads to the real motive behind this announcement. This is not a plan to confront antisemitism. It is a way for Schumer to signal that he is “taking action” without touching the areas where action would actually matter. He gets to appear as a defender of Jewish safety to donors, organizations, and the press. He can claim leadership and the moral high ground while avoiding any internal fight that could cost him political capital. And because Fuentes is an easy villain with no institutional backing, the whole thing carries no danger for Schumer.

The result is a gesture that sounds forceful but functions as political insulation. Fuentes and Tucker will exploit it immediately. Tlaib and her allies will continue operating without consequence. And Jewish communities will be left with the same threats as before, except now wrapped in another layer of political theater.

And in the middle of all this posturing he creates a trap for anyone who voices legitimate concerns about the resolution. If a Republican objects on the grounds that this is political theater or that it hands extremists ammunition, Schumer can frame that objection as sympathy for Fuentes. He can collapse every criticism into the same category and declare it suspect. People who raise the very concerns I’m laying out here risk being lumped together with those who actually agree with Fuentes and Tucker. That blurring of motives is politically useful for Schumer because it makes him look like the sole adult in the room while delegitimizing anyone who doesn’t join his symbolic gesture.

He also gives cover to the small number of Republicans who might actually agree with Tucker and Fuentes. They now have the option to oppose the resolution quietly while claiming they are doing so for procedural or constitutional reasons, not because they share the worldview of the person being condemned. The resolution helps everyone play their tired political games.

A leader who genuinely cared about Jewish safety would start with the people who have power, influence, and the ability to shape public opinion. Instead Schumer chose a symbolic announcement that rewards the extremists he claims to oppose and avoids the ones he doesn’t want to confront.

All of this lets him appear decisive while escaping the responsibilities that real leadership would demand. The resolution costs him nothing and helps him manage optics. Jewish safety is not the beneficiary of this move. Schumer’s political position is.

It’s time the Jewish people had some new representation in this country.

This resolution will disappear into the congressional archives. The damage it does will linger much longer.