There's no conceivable way Chuck Schumer can think this is a good idea. Before the last shutdown to protect illegals, he was understandably under the impression that any government shutdown for any reason would redound to the benefit of Democrats because the media would dutifully blame Republicans regardless of the actual facts. What he didn't count on was that Democrats' motives would be so transparently obvious that even the media's efforts to run interference for them wouldn't be enough to fool the public.