Despite his “no” vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints
Either Schumer no longer has effective control over own his caucus, or he has permitted the deal to progress with a wink and a nod behind the scenes — and with a strident disavowal for the bank of cameras he famously loves — while taking Democratic voters for fools.
There isn’t really a good answer. They had the leverage (finally) and could have compelled something useful.
They get off on losing. I suspect some of them are beating off right now–the human suffering they have enabled must be intoxicating.