Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faced backlash on Thursday after he doubled down on comparing voter ID legislation to “Jim Crow” policies. Schumer has pushed back multiple times on a Republican plan to add the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require states to obtain proof of citizenship in person when people register […]
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Schumer accuses Trump of pushing US toward ‘foreign war’ with Venezuela
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., issued a sharp warning Saturday about President Donald Trump’s posture toward Venezuela, accusing him of edging the U.S. “closer and closer to another costly foreign war” without congressional approval. In a blistering statement, Schumer criticized Trump’s recent escalation toward Venezuela and argued that the president had upended the Constitution. […]
Sen. John Kennedy ridicules Democratic Party divide between Schumer and ‘socialist’ wing’ led by AOC
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., gave his thoughts on what he considers to be a divide in the Democratic Party amid fallout from the longest government shutdown in U.S. history in an interview Thursday on “Will Cain Country.” One impact of the shutdown, according to the senator from Louisiana, is the potential political shakeup within the […]
Trump directs Hegseth to pay troops during ongoing government shutdown standoff as he rails against Schumer
President Donald Trump railed against Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown Saturday, and said he is directing Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to make sure military service members get paid next week. “Chuck Schumer recently said, ‘Every day gets better’ during their Radical Left Shutdown,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I DISAGREE! If nothing is […]
Jasmine Crockett describes Democratic donor talk on Schumer ‘reminiscent’ of Biden being taken down
Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett said talks among some donors regarding Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are “reminiscent” of when former President Biden was “taken down” before the 2024 presidential election. Schumer is facing backlash from within his own party after his vote in support of the Republican-proposed continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown […]