Well then try for a minute to put yourself in the shoes of the Obama voters. In 2008 Obama got 10 million more votes than McCain. Perhaps they thought the President and the Senate should work together to fix the problems of a troubled nation. To some of those voters it sounds like "my number one duty is to thwart the will of the people."
My problem is it is the kind of statement you expect from the head of the RNC, not the Senate MINORITY leader.
From the point of view of some rats it's less than a respectful comment. I'm not sure why you are being coy about it. We're talking about respect. It's not a hard thought experiment...all you Trumpers try along with me. Imagine your guy won the Presidency, and imagine you controlled the Senate and House, and Minority Leader Schumer says "My life goal is to remove Trump."
Do you feel the respect?
@Once-Ler I do not understand your position. And I tend not to be coy. Not one but ALL of the democrats and ALL of the media have taken the exact same position about Trump. We ARE divided but it's politically and should entail words and votes but not action.
You do not see Republican women shouting down the Senate or banging on doors or following democrat senators around harassing them.
We have vital stark differences with democrats. They believe in global warming, over-regulation of business, universal health care, almost universal welfare, catering to sexual fads, taxation,, well, I could go on.
Why should we pretend that all that's okay with us just for the sake of comity.
I really don't mind the comity as in 'My esteemed colleague'; it does keep the peace in Congress but as long as we're using words against our political opponents and not taking the occasional shot at them, I see no problem.
The problem is that the democrats have decided words are not enough and, like Hillary, have encouraged their followers (with words and money) to physically and verbally harass their opponents.