The Democrat-on-Democrat criticism of the Senate minority leader came from across the party’s ideological wings.

Democrats across the ideological spectrum are sharply criticizing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for caving on his threat to block a Republican bill to avert a government shutdown.

Schumer on Wednesday announced Democrats would filibuster the legislation, but then on Thursday revealed that he himself planned to vote for it, signaling that the filibuster likely wouldn’t happen after all.

Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), a member of the moderate New Democrat Coalition, compared Schumer unfavorably to former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

“McConnell abused the filibuster to make America worse,” Casten wrote on social media. “Schumer is refusing to use the filibuster to… accomplish what, exactly?”

“I think it is a huge slap in the face, and I think that there’s a wide sense of betrayal,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a leading progressive, told reporters.

Democrats unwillingness to stand up for Congress’s constitutional right to prevent Trump from unilaterally shutting down social security offices or firing veterans is craven,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), another progressive, said on social media. “If we’re afraid of blame, we need to get better at persuasion—not rolling over.”

The House passed the bill on Tuesday with all Democrats except Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) voting against the measure. The vote was a rare feat of unity for Republicans, with even far-right members who hate government spending lining up behind House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and President Donald Trump, who threatened to punish dissenters.

All eyes then turned to the Senate, where Democrats have the power to block the bill, since it takes 60 votes to pass legislation and Republicans hold only 53 seats. The threat of a filibuster and subsequent government shutdown represented one of Democrats’ few points of leverage to check Trump and his billionaire adviser, Elon Musk.

Even though Musk and Trump have been unilaterally canceling congressionally mandated spending and flattening federal agencies, Schumer reckoned that a government shutdown would only give them more leeway to do what they wanted. In a shutdown, it would be up to the Trump administration to determine which personnel and policies count as “essential” and are allowed to continue.

“A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he announced his decision.

But nobody really knows how a shutdown would be different this year than in years before. Other Democrats said not shutting the government would have essentially the same result Schumer described. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told reporters Wednesday that the House bill “provides, in my view, a continuing blank check to shut down government agencies, as they’re doing right now.”