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March 31, 2020 Tweet - "Senator Mitch McConnell: You may have been distracted by impeachment from acting to fight coronavirus, but not everyone was. I called for President Trump to declare a public health emergency to fight coronavirus on January 26!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2020 Meng Issues Statement on Trump's Tweet About Asian Americans and the Coronavirus Rep. Grace Meng
March 23, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Connolly, Over 120 House Democrats Urge Trump to Drop ACA Lawsuit During Coronavirus Pandemic Rep. Grace Meng, ...
March 22, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate majority may consider Congress a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump administration. House Dems don't get down like that. We will always fight #ForThePeople." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 20, 2020 Letter to Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, Department of Homeland Security - Connolly, Bicameral Group of Members Press Trump Administration on Reports DHS is Preparing Mass Deportations of DREAMers Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
March 19, 2020 Tweet - "First, the coronavirus is "totally under control." Next, "it's like a miracle - it will disappear." Then, the whole thing is a "hoax." Now, America is "at war." Dude, you're all over the place. PIPE DOWN." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 16, 2020 Tweet - "Trump claims that the Coronavirus is under control. It is not. The President needs to either step up and speak the truth #SocialDistancing. Or get out of the way. FACTS." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 15, 2020 Tweet - "Harry Truman: "The buck stops here." Barack Obama: "As President, I take responsibility for that." Donald Trump: "I don't take responsibility at all." COVID-19 is a devastating virus. We need real leadership, not dereliction of duty." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "The Trump administration is incompetent and corrupt. That has always been the case. Why did so many turn a blind eye to the obvious malignancy at the White House? GREED. #GOPTaxScam" Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "Today, the Senate will vote on the Trump administration's nomination of James Danly to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. But Mr. Danly lacks the experience of past nominees and has deep ties to the energy industry that FERC is supposed to regulate!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Wilber Ross, Secretary of the Department of Commerce - Clarke Leads NY Delegation Letter to Census Bureau: "Extend Census Collection Deadline Due to Coronavirus Disruption" Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
March 11, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump will speak to the nation this evening. Question. Do you still believe the worldwide coronavirus pandemic is a Democratic hoax?" Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 10, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans are pushing Trey Trainor to serve on FEC He's been skeptical of even the most reasonable campaign finance restrictions Trainor's nomination fits a Trump admin pattern of nominating people for federal agencies who hold views in opposition to those agencies' missions" Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans are pushing Trey Trainor to serve on FEC His former law firm described him as being "intimately involved" in Texas's 2003 redistricting--which the Supreme Court deemed in violation of the Voting Rights Act because the maps significantly disenfranchised minority voters" Sen. Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2020 Tweet - "Thousands have died #Coronavirus. The stock market has collapsed. Recession may be imminent. And the so-called President spent the weekend at a Florida golf resort. Pathetic." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 8, 2020 Pelosi, Schumer to President Trump on Coronavirus Response: Put Health and Safety of American People Before Corporate Needs Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
March 7, 2020 Tweet - "Americans are dying from the #Coronavirus. The stock market is in free fall. Tornadoes have ravaged parts of the Southeast. And Donald Trump is back on vacation in Florida. Make America Great Again? What. A. Fraud." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
March 3, 2020 Tweet - "At a time of crisis like this we need serious, sober, credible leadership. We don't need a president who just says whatever pops into his head. We don't need the facts being brushed under the rug. The American people need the truth." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 27, 2020 Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement on Congressional Action to Combat the Coronavirus
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 26, 2020 Tweet - "To the Department of Justice: Richard Grenell was just named President Trump's top intelligence official. But reports say he failed to disclose his past work as a foreign agent. You must determine whether Mr. Grenell has violated the law." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 25, 2020 Tweet - ". @SenateGOP scheduled votes on divisive anti-choice, anti-women, anti-family bills After complaining impeachment was preventing us from doing the people's business, this is what they propose? Fake, dishonest, extreme bills having nothing to do with improving American lives?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 25, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Acting Chief of Staff for the White House - Deutch, Luria, 22 Representatives Demand White House Deny TruNews Press Credentials Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
Feb. 25, 2020 Rep. Nadler Statement on the Trump Administration's Inadequate Coronavirus Response Rep. Jerry Nadler
Feb. 24, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's bringing us closer to a banana republic: 1--Classifying Bolton's book to cover up truth 2--Installing a political yes-man as head of US Intel 3--Firing officials who refuse to pledge allegiance to Trump Where are Republicans who claim to care about rule of law?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 22, 2020 Tweet - "How does Democracy die? When separate and co-equal branches of government become wholly-owned subsidiaries of an autocratic President. This is real folks. And we must do everything in our power to stop it #ForThePeople" Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 20, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Reacts To 2020 Democratic Debate. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 20, 2020 Rep. Adriano Espaillat Statement on The Impact of Trump Administration's Muslim Ban Rep. Adriano Espaillat
Feb. 20, 2020 Tweet - "If President Trump pardons Roger Stone, it'll be a green light to Trump's accomplices to keep breaking the law & covering up for him If any Republican actually cares about preserving rule of law--they'll take their head out of the sand & stand up to Trump" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 20, 2020 Tweet - "Just in - Russia helping Donald Trump in upcoming presidential election. They are at it again. Is anyone surprised? (Other than the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of Maine). #DefendOurDemocracy" Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 15, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump claimed again in his #SOTU that he defeated ISIS This is President Trump's #DailyLie President Trump gave ISIS a lifeline and emboldened our adversaries when he recklessly abandoned the Syrian Kurds. Now Russia is pressuring our troops!?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 14, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump says he has absolute immunity and a legal right to interfere in judicial or DOJ proceedings. Attorney General Barr agrees with him. He just doesn't want President Trump to tweet about it so it's easier to cover up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2020 Tweet - "Bill Clinton had casual conversation on airport tarmac w/ then-AG Loretta Lynch. The right-wing outrage machine went nuts. Donald Trump actively tampers with sentencing of corrupt crony Roger Stone. The sycophants say nothing. PHONIES." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 13, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump publicly attacked the judge who will decide Roger Stone's fate. Another example of his blatant contempt for the independence of the judiciary. Now would be the time for Chief Justice Roberts to speak up and directly defend the independence of this federal judge." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2020 Tweet - "The only lesson President Trump has learned is that there is nothing he can do that Senate Republicans will not forgive or rationalize or simply ignore." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Letter to William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Democrats Announce AG Barr to Testify Before Committee Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Feb. 12, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Rae Davis, Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Soto, Members Seek Probe into Whether Trump Administration's Delay of Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Funds Violated Same Law as Delay of Ukraine Security Aid Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans justified their vote to acquit President Trump by claiming he had "learned his lesson." But he didn't. And Senate Republicans are now responsible for every new abuse of power he commits." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "Dear Senate Republicans: President Trump didn't learn any "lessons" when you excused his abuse of power. And now you are responsible for every new abuse he commits." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "We are witnessing a crisis in the rule of law in America, unlike we have ever seen before. It is a crisis of President Trump's making. And it was enabled and emboldened by every Senate Republican who was too afraid to stand up to him." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump ran a campaign against the "swamp" in Washington. What is more swampy, what is more fetid and stinking, than the most powerful person in our country literally changing the rules to benefit a crony guilty of breaking the law?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General needs to investigate now. The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to convene an emergency committee hearing to investigate why the Roger Stone sentencing recommendations were countermanded. President Trump should not be able to rig the rules." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "One word, 9 letters, sums up President Trump's budget: H-y-p-o-c-r-i-s-y. If the State of the Union is what he says, the budget is what he does. The American people can see clearly that he is a fraud who is not fighting for them." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "To the DOJ Inspector General: I'm calling for an immediate investigation of why the Roger Stone sentencing recommendations by career prosecutors were countermanded. The American people must have confidence that justice in this country is dispensed impartially." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "They'll probably recommend no jail time, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a show on Fox News." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "$1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid & Affordable Care Act tax credits, hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicare, millions of lives in jeopardy Pres. Trump's budget makes clear his #SOTU pledge--to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions--is a bald-faced lie It's his #DailyLie" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General must open an investigation immediately. I will be sending a formal request to the IG shortly." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Letter to William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - Chairman Nadler Demands Answers from AG Barr on Giuliani Back Channel to DOJ Rep. Jerry Nadler
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's proposed cuts to anti-corruption funding for Ukraine further proves one of the linchpins of his impeachment trial defense was a total fabrication The president has never been concerned with fighting corruption in Ukraine, as shown by his latest budget proposal" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's budget shows his State of the Union was lie upon lie to the American people. It's his #DailyLie today. By proposing severe cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, President Trump's latest budget is simply a continuation of his war to rip away health care from millions." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Textbook case of witness retaliation: Not only is retaliation against LTC Vindman, the anonymous whistleblower, others like them shameful--it's illegal I'm calling on federal Inspectors General to investigate retaliation against whistleblowers who disclose presidential misconduct" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Not only is retaliation against LTC Vindman, the anonymous whistleblower, and others like them shameful--it is also illegal. I'm calling on every single federal Inspector General to investigate any and all retaliation against whistleblowers who disclose presidential misconduct." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "With his latest budget proposal, it's hard to imagine that President Trump could do any more to double-cross the very American workers and middle-class families he promised to help just last week in his State of the Union address." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 9, 2020 Tweet - "His #DailyLie: Pres. Trump claimed in the #SOTU he defeated ISIS. So why did US Envoy to Defeat ISIS say ISIS currently has 14-18 thousand fighters? And why did @DefenseIntel say ISIS took advantage of his reckless decision to abandon Syrian Kurds?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 8, 2020 Tweet - "Jonathan is 6 years old. He's from the Bronx. And when he took off a day from school to come be my guest for the State of the Union and fight for health care for kids across the country, he needed an absentee note for his teacher. #SOTU" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 8, 2020 Tweet - "This is the #DailyLie today from President Trump. I will say it again and again and again: LTC Vindman is a patriot. He's living up to his oath to protect and defend our Constitution. This action is only a show of weakness from the president." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 7, 2020 Tweet - "As usual, the White House runs away from the truth. LTC Vindman lived up to his oath to protect and defend our Constitution. This action is not a sign of strength. It only shows President Trump's weakness." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 7, 2020 Tweet - "The Pentagon assured me that patriots & whistleblowers like LTC Vindman will be protected. Any reprisals against him or others who came forward to tell the truth are wrong and should be seen for what they are: An extension of President Trump's cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Nixon resigned. Clinton apologized. Trump holds a hate-filled rally. Be not discouraged. House Dems will continue our fight to lower drug prices and #DefendOurDemocracy." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Bottom line after President Trump's speech: This was the first time in American history there was a bipartisan vote to convict and remove a president But the president orchestrated the largest cover-up since Watergate And Senate Republicans will have to answer for their votes" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "If it was a sham trial, the acquittal means nothing. And a trial without witnesses, a trial without documents, is not a trial. The overwhelming majority of Americans--Democrat, Republican, Independent--know that." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "I'll never stop fighting for Americans with pre-existing conditions. Kids like Jonathan--a 6-year-old Bronx native and my #SOTU guest. If President Trump really wanted to protect kids like Jonathan, he wouldn't be suing to end protections for people with pre-existing conditions." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump spoke today, for an hour and a half, claiming he did nothing wrong. But the question looms: Mr. President, if you didn't nothing wrong, why did you prevent any witness and any document from being allowed at the trial?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Senator Gillibrand Statement on Vote to Convict President Trump Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 5, 2020 Statement from Congressman Joe Morelle on State of the Union Rep. Joe Morelle
Feb. 5, 2020 Velázquez on State of the Union Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Feb. 5, 2020 Stefanik Statement on Acquittal of President Trump Rep. Elise Stefanik
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "6-year-old Bronx native Jonathan and his family were my State of the Union guests last night. If President Trump really wanted to protect kids like Jonathan, he wouldn't be suing to end protections for people with pre-existing conditions. This is Jonathan's story. #SOTU" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "The drip, drip, drip of new evidence is going to keep coming out. With each new revelation, Senate Republicans will have to answer for their votes in this trial. They chose to turn their backs on the American people and stand for a cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "I direct my final message of this trial to the American people: Don't lose hope. There is justice in the world, and truth, and right. There have been dark periods in our history, but we always overcome." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's #SOTU was demagogic, undignified, partisan, untruthful And we have to remember to believe what he does--Not what he says I'm going to start highlighting a #DailyLie to show just that Today's? That he'll fight for Americans with pre-existing conditions. He won't." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "14 million private sector jobs created. Unemployment rate dropped from 10 to 5% Stock Market skyrocketed. Deficit reduced by $1 trillion And more than 100 million ppl w/ pre-existing healthcare conditions protected for the first time That's the tremendous @BarackObama record" Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Once President Trump realized he got caught, he tried to cover it up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump tried to take credit for a growing economy. But the truth? The economy in Obama's last 35 months created over 1 million more jobs than were created in Trump's first 35 months. Democrats are fighting for Americans' jobs. Because America can do even better. #SOTU" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "If past is prologue, almost everything President Trump said last night will be contradicted by his budget. In the past, he has cut funding for health care, for medical research, for infrastructure, for education, for college students. Watch what he does--not what he says. #SOTU" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Madison and Washington were right. There's no greater subversion of our democracy than for powers outside our borders to determine elections within For an American president to deliberately solicit such a thing--blackmail a foreign country to help win an election--is unforgivable" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
March 31, 2020 Tweet - "Senator Mitch McConnell: You may have been distracted by impeachment from acting to fight coronavirus, but not everyone was. I called for President Trump to declare a public health emergency to fight coronavirus on January 26!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 23, 2020 Meng Issues Statement on Trump's Tweet About Asian Americans and the Coronavirus Rep.Grace Meng
March 23, 2020 Letter to President Donald Trump - Connolly, Over 120 House Democrats Urge Trump to Drop ACA Lawsuit During Coronavirus Pandemic Rep.Grace Meng, ...
March 22, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate majority may consider Congress a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump administration. House Dems don't get down like that. We will always fight #ForThePeople." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 20, 2020 Letter to Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, Department of Homeland Security - Connolly, Bicameral Group of Members Press Trump Administration on Reports DHS is Preparing Mass Deportations of DREAMers Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
March 19, 2020 Tweet - "First, the coronavirus is "totally under control." Next, "it's like a miracle - it will disappear." Then, the whole thing is a "hoax." Now, America is "at war." Dude, you're all over the place. PIPE DOWN." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 16, 2020 Tweet - "Trump claims that the Coronavirus is under control. It is not. The President needs to either step up and speak the truth #SocialDistancing. Or get out of the way. FACTS." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 15, 2020 Tweet - "Harry Truman: "The buck stops here." Barack Obama: "As President, I take responsibility for that." Donald Trump: "I don't take responsibility at all." COVID-19 is a devastating virus. We need real leadership, not dereliction of duty." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "The Trump administration is incompetent and corrupt. That has always been the case. Why did so many turn a blind eye to the obvious malignancy at the White House? GREED. #GOPTaxScam" Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 12, 2020 Tweet - "Today, the Senate will vote on the Trump administration's nomination of James Danly to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. But Mr. Danly lacks the experience of past nominees and has deep ties to the energy industry that FERC is supposed to regulate!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 12, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Wilber Ross, Secretary of the Department of Commerce - Clarke Leads NY Delegation Letter to Census Bureau: "Extend Census Collection Deadline Due to Coronavirus Disruption" Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
March 11, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump will speak to the nation this evening. Question. Do you still believe the worldwide coronavirus pandemic is a Democratic hoax?" Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 10, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans are pushing Trey Trainor to serve on FEC He's been skeptical of even the most reasonable campaign finance restrictions Trainor's nomination fits a Trump admin pattern of nominating people for federal agencies who hold views in opposition to those agencies' missions" Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans are pushing Trey Trainor to serve on FEC His former law firm described him as being "intimately involved" in Texas's 2003 redistricting--which the Supreme Court deemed in violation of the Voting Rights Act because the maps significantly disenfranchised minority voters" Sen.Chuck Schumer
March 10, 2020 Tweet - "Thousands have died #Coronavirus. The stock market has collapsed. Recession may be imminent. And the so-called President spent the weekend at a Florida golf resort. Pathetic." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 8, 2020 Pelosi, Schumer to President Trump on Coronavirus Response: Put Health and Safety of American People Before Corporate Needs Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
March 7, 2020 Tweet - "Americans are dying from the #Coronavirus. The stock market is in free fall. Tornadoes have ravaged parts of the Southeast. And Donald Trump is back on vacation in Florida. Make America Great Again? What. A. Fraud." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
March 3, 2020 Tweet - "At a time of crisis like this we need serious, sober, credible leadership. We don't need a president who just says whatever pops into his head. We don't need the facts being brushed under the rug. The American people need the truth." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 27, 2020 Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement on Congressional Action to Combat the Coronavirus
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Feb. 26, 2020 Tweet - "To the Department of Justice: Richard Grenell was just named President Trump's top intelligence official. But reports say he failed to disclose his past work as a foreign agent. You must determine whether Mr. Grenell has violated the law." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 25, 2020 Tweet - ". @SenateGOP scheduled votes on divisive anti-choice, anti-women, anti-family bills After complaining impeachment was preventing us from doing the people's business, this is what they propose? Fake, dishonest, extreme bills having nothing to do with improving American lives?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 25, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mick Mulvaney, Acting Chief of Staff for the White House - Deutch, Luria, 22 Representatives Demand White House Deny TruNews Press Credentials Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
Feb. 25, 2020 Rep. Nadler Statement on the Trump Administration's Inadequate Coronavirus Response Rep.Jerry Nadler
Feb. 24, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's bringing us closer to a banana republic: 1--Classifying Bolton's book to cover up truth 2--Installing a political yes-man as head of US Intel 3--Firing officials who refuse to pledge allegiance to Trump Where are Republicans who claim to care about rule of law?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 22, 2020 Tweet - "How does Democracy die? When separate and co-equal branches of government become wholly-owned subsidiaries of an autocratic President. This is real folks. And we must do everything in our power to stop it #ForThePeople" Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 20, 2020 CNN "CNN Newsroom" - Transcript: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Reacts To 2020 Democratic Debate. Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 20, 2020 Rep. Adriano Espaillat Statement on The Impact of Trump Administration's Muslim Ban Rep.Adriano Espaillat
Feb. 20, 2020 Tweet - "If President Trump pardons Roger Stone, it'll be a green light to Trump's accomplices to keep breaking the law & covering up for him If any Republican actually cares about preserving rule of law--they'll take their head out of the sand & stand up to Trump" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 20, 2020 Tweet - "Just in - Russia helping Donald Trump in upcoming presidential election. They are at it again. Is anyone surprised? (Other than the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of Maine). #DefendOurDemocracy" Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 15, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump claimed again in his #SOTU that he defeated ISIS This is President Trump's #DailyLie President Trump gave ISIS a lifeline and emboldened our adversaries when he recklessly abandoned the Syrian Kurds. Now Russia is pressuring our troops!?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 14, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump says he has absolute immunity and a legal right to interfere in judicial or DOJ proceedings. Attorney General Barr agrees with him. He just doesn't want President Trump to tweet about it so it's easier to cover up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2020 Tweet - "Bill Clinton had casual conversation on airport tarmac w/ then-AG Loretta Lynch. The right-wing outrage machine went nuts. Donald Trump actively tampers with sentencing of corrupt crony Roger Stone. The sycophants say nothing. PHONIES." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 13, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump publicly attacked the judge who will decide Roger Stone's fate. Another example of his blatant contempt for the independence of the judiciary. Now would be the time for Chief Justice Roberts to speak up and directly defend the independence of this federal judge." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 13, 2020 Tweet - "The only lesson President Trump has learned is that there is nothing he can do that Senate Republicans will not forgive or rationalize or simply ignore." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Letter to William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - House Judiciary Democrats Announce AG Barr to Testify Before Committee Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
Feb. 12, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Rae Davis, Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - Soto, Members Seek Probe into Whether Trump Administration's Delay of Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Funds Violated Same Law as Delay of Ukraine Security Aid Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "Senate Republicans justified their vote to acquit President Trump by claiming he had "learned his lesson." But he didn't. And Senate Republicans are now responsible for every new abuse of power he commits." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "Dear Senate Republicans: President Trump didn't learn any "lessons" when you excused his abuse of power. And now you are responsible for every new abuse he commits." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "We are witnessing a crisis in the rule of law in America, unlike we have ever seen before. It is a crisis of President Trump's making. And it was enabled and emboldened by every Senate Republican who was too afraid to stand up to him." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump ran a campaign against the "swamp" in Washington. What is more swampy, what is more fetid and stinking, than the most powerful person in our country literally changing the rules to benefit a crony guilty of breaking the law?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 12, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General needs to investigate now. The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to convene an emergency committee hearing to investigate why the Roger Stone sentencing recommendations were countermanded. President Trump should not be able to rig the rules." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "One word, 9 letters, sums up President Trump's budget: H-y-p-o-c-r-i-s-y. If the State of the Union is what he says, the budget is what he does. The American people can see clearly that he is a fraud who is not fighting for them." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "To the DOJ Inspector General: I'm calling for an immediate investigation of why the Roger Stone sentencing recommendations by career prosecutors were countermanded. The American people must have confidence that justice in this country is dispensed impartially." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "They'll probably recommend no jail time, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a show on Fox News." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "$1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid & Affordable Care Act tax credits, hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicare, millions of lives in jeopardy Pres. Trump's budget makes clear his #SOTU pledge--to protect Americans with pre-existing conditions--is a bald-faced lie It's his #DailyLie" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 11, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General must open an investigation immediately. I will be sending a formal request to the IG shortly." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Letter to William Barr, Attorney General of the Department of Justice - Chairman Nadler Demands Answers from AG Barr on Giuliani Back Channel to DOJ Rep.Jerry Nadler
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's proposed cuts to anti-corruption funding for Ukraine further proves one of the linchpins of his impeachment trial defense was a total fabrication The president has never been concerned with fighting corruption in Ukraine, as shown by his latest budget proposal" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's budget shows his State of the Union was lie upon lie to the American people. It's his #DailyLie today. By proposing severe cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, President Trump's latest budget is simply a continuation of his war to rip away health care from millions." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Textbook case of witness retaliation: Not only is retaliation against LTC Vindman, the anonymous whistleblower, others like them shameful--it's illegal I'm calling on federal Inspectors General to investigate retaliation against whistleblowers who disclose presidential misconduct" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "Not only is retaliation against LTC Vindman, the anonymous whistleblower, and others like them shameful--it is also illegal. I'm calling on every single federal Inspector General to investigate any and all retaliation against whistleblowers who disclose presidential misconduct." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 10, 2020 Tweet - "With his latest budget proposal, it's hard to imagine that President Trump could do any more to double-cross the very American workers and middle-class families he promised to help just last week in his State of the Union address." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 9, 2020 Tweet - "His #DailyLie: Pres. Trump claimed in the #SOTU he defeated ISIS. So why did US Envoy to Defeat ISIS say ISIS currently has 14-18 thousand fighters? And why did @DefenseIntel say ISIS took advantage of his reckless decision to abandon Syrian Kurds?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 8, 2020 Tweet - "Jonathan is 6 years old. He's from the Bronx. And when he took off a day from school to come be my guest for the State of the Union and fight for health care for kids across the country, he needed an absentee note for his teacher. #SOTU" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 8, 2020 Tweet - "This is the #DailyLie today from President Trump. I will say it again and again and again: LTC Vindman is a patriot. He's living up to his oath to protect and defend our Constitution. This action is only a show of weakness from the president." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 7, 2020 Tweet - "As usual, the White House runs away from the truth. LTC Vindman lived up to his oath to protect and defend our Constitution. This action is not a sign of strength. It only shows President Trump's weakness." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 7, 2020 Tweet - "The Pentagon assured me that patriots & whistleblowers like LTC Vindman will be protected. Any reprisals against him or others who came forward to tell the truth are wrong and should be seen for what they are: An extension of President Trump's cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Nixon resigned. Clinton apologized. Trump holds a hate-filled rally. Be not discouraged. House Dems will continue our fight to lower drug prices and #DefendOurDemocracy." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Bottom line after President Trump's speech: This was the first time in American history there was a bipartisan vote to convict and remove a president But the president orchestrated the largest cover-up since Watergate And Senate Republicans will have to answer for their votes" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "If it was a sham trial, the acquittal means nothing. And a trial without witnesses, a trial without documents, is not a trial. The overwhelming majority of Americans--Democrat, Republican, Independent--know that." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "I'll never stop fighting for Americans with pre-existing conditions. Kids like Jonathan--a 6-year-old Bronx native and my #SOTU guest. If President Trump really wanted to protect kids like Jonathan, he wouldn't be suing to end protections for people with pre-existing conditions." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 6, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump spoke today, for an hour and a half, claiming he did nothing wrong. But the question looms: Mr. President, if you didn't nothing wrong, why did you prevent any witness and any document from being allowed at the trial?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Senator Gillibrand Statement on Vote to Convict President Trump Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 5, 2020 Statement from Congressman Joe Morelle on State of the Union Rep.Joe Morelle
Feb. 5, 2020 Velázquez on State of the Union Rep.Nydia Velázquez
Feb. 5, 2020 Stefanik Statement on Acquittal of President Trump Rep.Elise Stefanik
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "6-year-old Bronx native Jonathan and his family were my State of the Union guests last night. If President Trump really wanted to protect kids like Jonathan, he wouldn't be suing to end protections for people with pre-existing conditions. This is Jonathan's story. #SOTU" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "The drip, drip, drip of new evidence is going to keep coming out. With each new revelation, Senate Republicans will have to answer for their votes in this trial. They chose to turn their backs on the American people and stand for a cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "I direct my final message of this trial to the American people: Don't lose hope. There is justice in the world, and truth, and right. There have been dark periods in our history, but we always overcome." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Pres. Trump's #SOTU was demagogic, undignified, partisan, untruthful And we have to remember to believe what he does--Not what he says I'm going to start highlighting a #DailyLie to show just that Today's? That he'll fight for Americans with pre-existing conditions. He won't." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "14 million private sector jobs created. Unemployment rate dropped from 10 to 5% Stock Market skyrocketed. Deficit reduced by $1 trillion And more than 100 million ppl w/ pre-existing healthcare conditions protected for the first time That's the tremendous @BarackObama record" Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Once President Trump realized he got caught, he tried to cover it up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump tried to take credit for a growing economy. But the truth? The economy in Obama's last 35 months created over 1 million more jobs than were created in Trump's first 35 months. Democrats are fighting for Americans' jobs. Because America can do even better. #SOTU" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "If past is prologue, almost everything President Trump said last night will be contradicted by his budget. In the past, he has cut funding for health care, for medical research, for infrastructure, for education, for college students. Watch what he does--not what he says. #SOTU" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2020 Tweet - "Madison and Washington were right. There's no greater subversion of our democracy than for powers outside our borders to determine elections within For an American president to deliberately solicit such a thing--blackmail a foreign country to help win an election--is unforgivable" Sen.Chuck Schumer
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