Chuck Schumer is having a rough week. And not just because of President Donald Trump—his own side has turned him into a punchline. When Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and even CNN panelists are all mocking the Senate Majority Leader, you know something has gone terribly wrong.
It all started with Schumer’s latest attempt at, well, whatever it is that he does. He showed up at the “Nobody Elected Elon” rally, standing next to Maxine Waters (which tells you everything you need to know), and launched into a bizarre chant: “We will win, we will win, we will win!” Then, realizing perhaps that he was overpromising, he awkwardly pivoted to “We won’t rest, we won’t rest!” If you think that sounds ridiculous, so did everyone else, including the very Democrats he was trying to rally.
CNN panelists laughed at him on live television—yes, CNN—while liberal commentator Bakari Sellers threw in the towel, saying Democrats should have put an actual small business owner on stage instead of trotting out Schumer like some kind of malfunctioning animatronic. It was a rare moment of honesty from the left: nobody is inspired by Chuck Schumer.
And then came Jon Stewart’s brutal takedown. Stewart, once the left’s most effective political comedian, has spent years trying to remain relevant, but even he couldn’t resist the comedy gold that is Chuck Schumer. On The Daily Show, Stewart mocked Schumer’s response to Trump’s proposed tariffs, playing a clip of Schumer warning that tariffs would affect beer and avocados—while literally holding a can of Corona and an avocado.
“Your response to the trade war is to f—— tell us guacamole is made of avocados?” Stewart ranted. He even begged Democrats to stop sending Schumer out to take on Trump, calling it a disaster. “He’s not good at this!” he said before delivering a masterclass in sarcasm: “Who should we get out there to battle one of the most savvy presidential media manipulators in history? Oh, I don’t know—how about Schumer? He’s uninteresting, but at least he’s monotone.”
🚨➡️ Jon Stewart PLEADS with Democrats To Stop Allowing Chuck Schumer to be the face of the Democratic Party against President Trump… pic.twitter.com/d3guNjY49Q
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It only got worse from there. Apparently, Schumer tried to sound dramatic about the Biden administration’s funding freeze but ended up sounding… well, gross. “People are aroused,” Schumer declared in a sentence nobody wanted to hear. Cue Colbert, Meyers, and every late-night comedian in America jumping on it.
Colbert couldn’t resist: “I haven’t seen people this aroused since 1977 when I went to Studio 54 and wore my glasses all the way down. Full nostril cleavage.” And Meyers summed up the entire country’s reaction with, “I have never in my life been less aroused than hearing Chuck Schumer say the word aroused.”
At this point, Schumer’s own party is starting to realize he’s a liability. Democratic strategist Chai Komanduri wrote that the entire Democratic leadership’s response to Trump has been an embarrassment, calling it “sclerotic at best.” (Not exactly the motivational speech they were hoping for.)
Kimmel after playing a clip of Schumer chanting “we will win!”:
“Oh, we are so f[bleep]ed. I mean, we are doomed. All these old men.” pic.twitter.com/6sK96X3mMj
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 5, 2025
And really, who can blame them? If this is the guy Democrats are counting on to counter Trump, they’re in big trouble. Trump is out there packing stadiums, setting the media agenda, and taking direct questions for hours without notes. Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer is leading awkward chants, talking about avocados, and making everyone deeply uncomfortable with his word choices.
The 2024 election is shaping up to be another showdown between Trump and whoever the Democrats prop up this time. But if Schumer is their idea of a strong counterforce, Trump just won re-election.
