Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming.

Waleed Shahid described the senator’s vote for Trump’s spending bill as an “utterly embarrassing strategic blunder.”

The View’s “Hot Topics” segment was particularly heated on Monday, with several tense exchanges replete with shouting and eye-rolling over the question of whether Chuck Schumer’s decision to avert a government shutdown was “acquiescing” to Donald Trump and DOGE.

A shouting match broke out on "The View" on Monday as the hosts got into a heated debate about whether Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should have caved on the House's continuing resolution.