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Given that Kahnna has been the face of all of this, I still believe there's no way that Thiel wasn't heavily involved, but if that's true it actually makes me think that the establishment forces who control the dem party were also probably pressuring Dems to vote to end the shutdown (and let's be clear here, as hard as it was on the American people it was even harder on the economy /s)
Regardless, if it's just Thiel or Thiel and others including the Dem establishment, the narrative seems pretty clear. They want Schumer gone for a reason. Even if he didn't "push back enough" to keep the party united, he definitely doesn't seem to be getting rewarded for whatever he did or didn't do.
I have been assuming it was mainly Thiel retaliating for Schumer forcing a Senate vote to release the Epstein files (the same day Wyden called for an investigation of JP Morgan's records of transactions between Thiel and Epstein) after House republicans blocked it for a second time, but Thiel definitely isn't the only big politically adjacent name being investigated with Epstein, and there are some very big names who aren't conservatives.
Thinking about who among powerful Democrats would want to retaliate because of the Epstein investigation, there are a few possibilities. It might not be a coincidence that Tim Kaine was one of the democrats to turn, given who he presumably remained somewhat close with after returning to the Senate in 2016. Presumably, since all the other Democrats who voted that way are also older/about to retire, they may all have been fairly close with the same person or her husband.
I don't remember anything about Khanna in the saga but I haven't followed super closely. Anyway, Khanna is not in the Senate so maybe there is something I'm missing altogether. But I thought this was about the Senate vote.
Kahnna was the first to immediately begin calling for Schumer to step down Sunday night, and he has been in the news non stop since then repeating the same thing over and over.
The media has been helping him push the narrative that Democrats are furious with Schumer. Yet when two of the most trustworthy Dems (AOC and Sanders) were asked directly, neither called for him to step down and both warned that this was a much bigger issue than just Schumer.
It's very odd to me that Kahnna is the one Democrat receiving all this press as he lobbies this message. My assumption has been that since Kahnna has been backed by Peter Thiel for most of his career, it would benefit Thiel for Schumer to be gone.
Sept 10: Dem Orders Congressional Probe Into Epstein and Peter Thiel’s Relationship](https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-wyden-orders-probe-into-epstein-and-peter-thiels-relationship/)
Sept 10: Schumer moves to force Senate vote on Epstein files
Sept 10: US Senate Republicans narrowly reject Schumer bid to force vote on Epstein files
Since the House should finally have enough votes to get the Epstein files released, Thiel could potentially hope to install a Democrat that he trusts, or he could just be trying to signal to other Democrats that he has the power to end anyone's career if they try to investigate him, even someone like Schumer.
Meh, people were dragging Schumer as soon as the cave was announced. I don't think anyone needed Khanna for that. Also the Khanna-Thiel thing is new to me. I had thought Thiel was MAGA but I don't keep a scorecard.
AOC and Sanders have to be more careful about what they say, because of their larger and relatively focused audiences, and because they have to play nice with the leadership.