After attempting to politicize every tragedy involving a gun, Sen. Chuck Schumer is angry at President Donald Trump for politicizing yesterday’s terror attack allegedly perpetrated by a Muslim terrorist in the U.S. thanks to the Diversity Visa lottery program:
I guess it's not too soon to politicize a tragedy.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 1, 2017
Schumer not only hit back at the president on Twitter, but with a news release, too:
Schumer says that Trump is "politicizing and dividing America" in the wake of the NYC attack. pic.twitter.com/A6EWjJERxF
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 1, 2017
And then he went nuclear on the Senate floor:
Schumer in speaking now on the Senate floor.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 1, 2017
Schumer: "Now, Mister President, I've seen the tweets from President Trump…"
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 1, 2017
Schumer: "President Trump, where is your leadership?"
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 1, 2017
Schumer: "After September 11th, the first thing that President Bush did was invite Senator Clinton and me to the White House where he pledged to do whatever was in his power to help our city."
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) November 1, 2017
Flashback:
Schumer politicized Las Vegas in less than 24 hours…never Forget.https://t.co/4PwEVwKGCK
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 1, 2017
Not only did he politicize Vegas, but he said it was a good thing to do:
Schumer didn't just politicize Las Vegas, he gave a floor speech explaining why it was a good thing to politicize it. pic.twitter.com/6cXjMzs7nf
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) November 1, 2017
Keep it up, Chucky. This will guarantee Trump a win in 2020:
“No no see only WE are allowed to politicize tragedies to push policy changes we want in the aftermath.” Sorry doesn’t work that way.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 1, 2017
Your rules. The enemy sets the boundaries of acceptable warfare https://t.co/8RUj13JwP4
— Conservative Thought Leader™️ (@BigJebBos) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/925707142606225408
Even some in the media get it:
Schumer's hands aren't clean on this otherwise valid point. => https://t.co/GNxAX5evGS
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) November 1, 2017
Unless it involves gun control. https://t.co/6xS6soxzOQ
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) November 1, 2017
But others don’t really care about Schumer’s hypocrisy:
Ice. Cold. https://t.co/G8Hwjbba15
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 1, 2017
Days after Las Vegas, WH said it was “too soon” to talk legislative response
Morning after NYC, Trump has pinpointed immigration overhaul
— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 1, 2017
And that’s our point: It’s always one-sided:
Yes, politicizing tragedies for a policy agenda is bad. Unfortunately, press only seems to recognize that when they disagree w the agenda. https://t.co/3mpDE1nmr3
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 1, 2017
Bingo.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated.
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